THING 23

OK, I've given myself a pat on the back. I am amazed that I followed through with this and completed all 23 things. It happened because it was fun and interesting. Thank you for this opportunity!

THING #22

I'm sure that I will be drawn back to many of the web sites that I have sampled. If not through my work, just for fun. This project made me so aware of the vastness of the internet! I will come back and hopefully review some of the other contributors blogs. At a quick glance, I can see we all took different approaches to the things and our blogs. Check out no lutefisk on a stick. He really stretched the limits of this experience! I found more sites I would like to explore on his blog... and will find more on other blogs .

THING #21

I viewed several of these sites. MN Readers RSS wouldn't attach to my google reader. I am a "member" of Web Junction, GoodReads and now Ning. I left comments to another ning coworker and added the ning badge to my blog.

THING #20

I am a registered Facebook user, and a MySpace lurker. I have found interesting information about people I know! I feel like a spy, but if they put information out there, they should assume it is for public viewing. MySpace seems to offer more information. Facebook seems to take more navigating to find info. I looked at the Librarians and Facebook site. The group has over 4,000 members! I joined.

THING #19

I listened to a podcast on MPR about why women shouldn't be so picky about the men they date, or end up with. Not exactly library related, but interesting! Podcasts are great. You can always catch up on a session you've missed. I suppose we could create some library related podcasts on our website.

THING #18

I looked at both You Tube and Google Video. My dial up makes viewing a slow and tedious process. And our library blocks these sites. I know I would really enjoy these sites if I had a better connection. Pictures are worth a thousand words.

THING #17

ELM has many useful databases. My RSS wouldn't attach the InfoTrac Student Edition youth smoking subjects. But I could attach the RSS feed for NPR Children's health topics. It's a great feature to be updated on current articles through RSS. I created a folder in Academic Search Premier. Several of these sites want you to create web pages. I emailed a proquest article to myself and that was an easy process. Net Library has the nice feature of being able to browse for a subject in a book and to take notes on pages of interest. All very useful databases, especially for students.

THING #16

Both of these tools are wonderful! I like how they lay out a plan for a specific timeline. I would definitely recommend it to any students gathering information for school projects.

THING #15

I tried puzzle pirates and tried a bilging game. Actually felt like there was not much interaction with other sailors. Is second life the game where people actually like it better than their real life! Would need a lot more time to learn the ropes for these online games.

THING #14

I like the group forum on LibraryThing. Great place to share ideas and thoughts about the library.
A friend asked me to join GoodReads so I did. Either of these sites would be good to keep track of the books I have read, which I have always wanted to do. But will it happen??
I love all these tools I have been learning about. And I will probably use them here and there. But I don't know if I will ever have a blog or site I need to manage. It just takes too much precious time!

THING #14

THING #13

Whew! That was a workout! I could research these tools for the rest of my life.
I would love iGoogle as a home page if I didn't have a work home page. I love all the widgets and customizing that can be done. My life isn't so complicated that I need a calendar, but I could use one at work as a sort of diary/work schedules/events for myself and employees. I would use a free calendar, not Backpack which you have to subscribe to. I would have to work with these tools for awhile to get used to them. It's hard to make a judgement with so little time. Sticky notes might work well on a home page. I've never used a PDF converter, but I am glad to know that these exist should the need arise.

THING # 12

I liked the Reddit news site. Easy to browse. The most popular articles have a red number in front of them for easy identification. They are usually quite sensational..."Man drops dog off cliff." A few of the articles were not appropriate for children! Newsvine's format was too cluttered.
I shared an article from BBS News and the tools were very easy to use.
These are sites I would go to more for entertainment than news...to see what others think is interesting. Not really productive.