The market has been completely over saturated with social networking programs and web sites. I find myself constantly asking "what else could there be?" only to be provided with an answer on what seems to be a weekly basis.

So what is "the next big thing" in social networking? More importantly, do we even need another social networking site? Maybe.

There's a lot of buzz around a new site called Plum that is designed to organize and collect photos, videos, bookmarks, blog feeds and documents from different sources — Internet or hard drive-based. The site uses tags, sets, and profiles. Once it gets a feel for what the user "likes," it will make suggestions on what to share with other users.

The site features handy shortcut applications that can be attached to your browser toolbar or desktop to make it easier for you to collect files.

What I like about Plum is that it's based on the idea that people are losing their minds having to go from site to site, account to account, to find that video or picture or file. Having everything in one place is an idea whose time has come.

Plum will definitely not be the last "next big thing," but it will certainly make it easier to catalogue the new one when it comes along.

Plum is still in beta, but you can request an account on the Plum homepage.