Part 6 of my pre-season post covers StumbleUpon and YouTube with its features and settings for the 30 Day Challenge in 2008 followed by a checklist of action items.

StumbleUpon and YouTube with its Features and Settings

1. Sign up with StumbleUpon and install the StumbleUpon toolbar for the Flock web browser.
   
   Note: Do not spam StumbleUpon and use it as it is intended.
2. Login to StumbleUpon by clicking the “Sign In” icon on the toolbar (highlighted in red) and check the “Sign out when I close the browser” (highlighted in blue) if you are sharing the computer.
   
   
3. Familiarize yourself with the StumbleUpon toolbar. The “Stumble” icon (highlighted in red) allows you to save settings for topics of your choice and then allows you to find interesting sites recommended by people who have similar preferences. The thumbs up and down icons (highlighted in yellow) allows you to rate whether you like or dislike the current page you are browsing. If the current page is not within StumbleUpon then clicking the thumbs up icon allows you to add a review with an option to categorize the current page. The “Send To” icon (highlighted in blue) allows you to send the current page to a friend and the blurb icon ((highlighted in green) allows you to view the review of the current page.
   
   
   
   
4. The second set of StumbleUpon icons is Channels. The icons from left to right are as follows. The globe icon allows you to stumble through everything randomly. The friends icon allows you to stumble favorites of your friends. The images icon and video icon allows you to stumble through images and videos. The websites stumble icon provides a list of sites like BBC, YouTube etc that you can stumble through. The news icon allows you to stumble through news items and the all drop-down menu allows you to specify the channels and language to stumble upon.
   
   
5. The last set of StumbleUpon icons from left to right are as follows. The favorites icon gives you access to all pages that you have given the thumbs up to. The people icon gives you access to you friends and fans. The mailbox icon shows your inbox and the tools dropdown menu allows you to configure my StubmleUpon preferences as well as sign out.
   
   
6. Sign up with YouTube or login via your Google Accounts password and subscribe to Ed’s feed on YouTube.
7. YouTube integrates into the Flock web browser seamlessly. Remember to click the “Remember Account” (highlighted in red) to keep your friends in the Flock people sidebar.
   
   
8. Add YouTube search into the Flock web browser’s installable search engines by clicking the yellow magnifying glass icon on the address bar.
   
   
9. Familiarize yourself with YouTube. For example, you can Subscribe to a channel (and read it within Google Reader), within the Flock browser it allows you to e-mail, blog and view stream options for the video, YouTube allows you to rate videos, StumbleUpon the videos and share it on social networks.

Action Items for StumbleUpon and YouTube with its Features and Settings

1. Signup for StumbleUpon and install StumbleUpon toolbar in Flock.
2. Familiarize yourself with StumbleUpon features.
3. Signup for YouTube and subscribe to Ed’s youTube feed.
4. Integrate YouTube into Flock web browser and add YouTube in Flock’s .installable search engine.
5. Familiarize yourself with YouTube features.