Read the 17th September New Scientist magazine article on Social Networking.
I am experimenting with some of the sites mentioned in this article:
http://christophergovanstreet.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1 - Windows Live Spaces (Microsoft)
http://www.myspace.com/christophergstreet - MySpace.com - the leading Social Networking site with 100 million members.
http://www.eons.com/ - designed specifically for folks 50 plus
http://en.facebox.com/ - blogs, music
http://www.friendster.com/ - mostly USA networking it seems
http://www.genesreunited.com/ - explore your relations - i've logged over 600 of my relations since February.
http://www.meetup.com/topics/ - arrange face to face local meetings with people interested in whatever topics interest you.
http://www.siphs.com/regsuccess.jsp - Life Sciences Community
