Life after 23 Things...

I haven't written in this blog for awhile. Thanks to this exercise I was able to create an Adoption Blog for my personal life. It is linked under Blog Friends. I also was able to find a photo on Flickr from the area my son lives in to headline my new blog. The photographer was nice enough to let me use it for giving him credit.

My reader lets me keep up on co-worker's blogs and progress.

Life has been crazy due to PLA being in Town. I did enjoy my day at PLA. Today I will pay for everyone else's day. I'm hoping things will go back to normal, or at least less hectic next week.

Ning Group

Ok for fun, I created a Ning Group for RCL Librarians working on the 23 things on a stick. Hopefully some will join when they get to Ning.

Life after 23 Things

Ok, I'm still checking my RSS feeds. I enjoy reading other's journey on the 23 things. I also like the comics I bookmarked.

Someone who was doing the 23 things on a stick contacted me on Facebook. It's the first person who wasn't related to me or a coworker.

I did add the results of a silly quiz on the bottom of my blog. There is a link where you, too can discover who your tv boyfriend is. My tv boyfriend appears to be Peter from Heroes. I saw part of the first season of this on DVD. I thought he died at the end. Does that mean I'm involved with a ghost?

While I miss new things to try, I don't miss opening account after account. So there is life after 23 Things on a Stick. Until the next time.

Thing 23 Final Thoughts - sounds ominous

I think that some of the ideas about Library 2.0 are good and some are not very useful. I'm not sure how many of the emerging ideas we will see implemented or how fast. Sometimes things change very fast and other times they never really arrive.

My favorite things I actually mentioned in my last post - LibraryThing, Blogging itself, and photo manipulation.

Quite a few of our staff are doing the 23 things on a stick. It has been generating alot of conversations. We talk about what works, what doesn't and some of our frustrations.

Unexpected outcomes -I learned about file conversion sites. I had never heard of those. They could be very handy since our software is often older than what people are using elsewhere. I learned that my Western relatives like to play poker on Facebook, also.

My biggest peeve was having to open account after account. In some ways it would almost be better if we could have some joint accounts that people could go in and edit, rather than having to open another account.

I would be interested in participating in similar programs if they are held again. I like that you can go at your own pace and work on it when you have time.

23 Things on a Stick is an interesting and educational path to exploring different ways of using the web for professional and personal interests. Try it, you may not like all of it, but you'll probably learn something new.

Thing 22 What Did I Learn Today?

I looked at the links mentioned on this thing. I added Web 2.0 Directory to my my links. I also added the blog Information Wants to Be Free to my RSS Feed- I enjoyed reading her blog.

I plan on continuing to check my RSS Feed, which has many of my coworker's journey through 23 things on a stick. I plan on using some of the accounts I signed up for. Some I probably will not visit again, due to the fact I don't think they are too useful to me. These activities will be worked on, maybe not as often as I'd like, but I have found most to be interesting and educational, even when I got tired of opening another account.

The most useful to me in my personal life will be the ability to open and write a blog, using the photo sites for picture sharing and manipulation, and LibraryThing for organizing/cataloging a special collection I own at home.

Thing 21: Ning & Social Networking

Ok, I joined another social network called Ning. It appears to be more adult orientated than Facebook which reminds me of kindergarten asking for "friends".

I added the badge to this blog. I uploaded my standard Cinque Terra photo for me. I'm hoping against hope that this is the last "social network" I need to join. I'm not a social butterfly. I prefer bbs or websites I can be anonymous on and do not have to "join".

While this may be useful, I feel old and antisocial after having to open way too many accounts, most of which I don't see myself using past this educational opportunity. A few are interesting, but I prefer lurking to particapating usually.

I did enjoy the articles on PW & Webjunction. They were my favorite part of this exercise. "My Guide to Social Networks" was fun also.

Thing 20 Facebook , Social Networking cont'd

Ok, I've been checking the Facebook account. I now have 3 friends, 2 cousins and a co-worker.

It's been interesting reading the blogs and articles highlighted on Facebook. I did look at HCL's and Denver's "My Space" sites. Denver's is certainly noisey. I found out that HCL is single and a Capricorn.

I can see the appeal, but I really don't have the time or the interest to do this regularly.

Thing 20 Facebook continuing

I became a fan of Hostelling International today. They mentioned in an email newsletter that they were on Facebook. I posted to their wall.

I made my first friend, a cousin I found listed on another's cousin's friend list. We emailed back and forth a short bit. I like her whale photo.