As an avid photographer, I started out my research by using Shutterfly as an alternative to Flickr, as they had been compared in the original article. To my surprise, Shutterfly is actually more of a printing photo sites that allows your to share your images through books, prints, frames, etc. While I think the site is a great idea, the interface is easy to use, and, yes, you can post to Facebook about your new creations, I would actually remove this from the 'social sharing' line up, because essentially, it's a printing site.
Next, I moved on to Zeemaps, since I spend more time on the road than I do at home. Though it is somewhat compared to Google maps, Zeemaps has much more flexibility and the ability to color regions, which is excellent. Since other users can collaborate on these maps, it becomes ideal when coordinating multiple travelers over a large area. I easily got lost using Zeemaps for an hour, and as I flush out the details more, I may suggest it be used as a part of our travel tools in next year's recruitment season.
Finally, I couldn't help but notice that there was a blog option. I love to blog and have an audience for all of my (mis) adventures, but alas I was familiar with two of the three tools. I chose to explore Tumblr, though, a site I have known about but avoided, as it seemed simliar to Stumbleupon and had no place in my social media plan previously. While I find Tumblr fascinating after exploring it, I'm not sure that it is a tool I would use to promote the non profit I work for, but I would use it for my own images. Much of the content is laughable, but for a social site that's a more media based blogging apparatus? I would give it four stars.
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