23 Things - Thing 23

Finally - the last thing. I've enjoyed parts of this, things like Flickr and LibraryThing and not enjoyed other things as much (especially when I had to rush through them or they didn't spark my interest) like Technorati and YouTube. But on the whole I think it's a really good idea. Especially to learn and think about and keep up with emerging trends and technologies. And if another program was offered I'd probably do that too (in fact I'm going to have a look at the 43 Things site) and at some point (in the neat future, I hope) I'm going to come back and thoroughly go over the 23 Things so you can expect more posts from me, about this, in the future. But now I can breath a big sigh of relief and take a break for Christmas.

23 Things - Thing 21

Podcasts are fun, but I'm on someone elses computer (remember no internet access at home) and having trouble accessing some of the files. I found one that looked really good but can't get it to play (I did get something else to play and I added one podcast to my bloglines account). I think the most important thing I found out is that I need a lot more time with this. There's masses to search and browse through but I'm tired and I've had enough.

23 Things - Thing 18

Look as I've mentioned before, I don't have internet at home, which makes this fantastic concept a little irrelevant for me. I'm also a bit paranoid. I know there are safeguards etc but I feel better using a computer that is a stand alone and not putting anything I wish keep under wraps online or even on my usb. I really, really like the concept 'tho.

I also like that Zoho has access to all the 'usual' office programs that most people need and that you can work offline as well. They even have the capacity to create a wiki!

23 Things - Thing 16

I love the idea of having a workplace wiki - one where you could share advice, tips and tricks. Also where you could find the rules and regs you want in an easily searchable form. And having one where anyone could enter any type of info sounds really good too. (for a better description check out: http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11264) I'm a bit concerned that not a great many customers would be interested in adding or using a wiki while it's still in the 'developmental' stage. I'm not sure how many people (other than staff) access the library blog at the moment.

I think the funniest article that I came across is a description of librarians @http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/LibrarianI love how this wiki doesn't just have 'serious' articles but also a lovely sense of humour. Something I desperately need at the moment.

It might also be fun to have a 'life' wiki where you could write / describe all the lessons you learnt from opening a bank account to how to deal with a sibling in one or more forms of panic. The opportunities for striking terror into the hearts of friends and family are endless.

Although this could work as a blog.

23 Things - Thing 14

I can understand the appeal of finding out how popular blog (I'm curious about mine but I suspect no one's paying any attention to it). And to check out what everyone else is interested in. Unfortunaly Technorati feels like (to me anyway) another interesting way (in a search engine kind of a way) to spend a lot of time in front of the computer and I'm not really into that at the moment. I have a gazillion other things that require my attention and I keep getting interrupted. I think this is another one of those things I'm just going to have to get back to. Maybe there's a website that could help keep track of all those things as well. Hmmm.

23 Things - Thing 13

I think the thing I like best about Del.icio.us is the fact you can access anywhere you have a net connection. Although transferring and organising the enormous number of bookmarks I have (on various computers) is a monumental task. To answer the question we were asked about how useful we thought Del.icio.us would be as a resource tool. I think it could be very useful if I had the time (and the inclination or customers asking the 'right' questions), all I seem to do now is scrabble to keep my head above water.



Just out of curiosity is anyone else not able to access the tutorial?

23 Things - Thing 12

Rollyo - what an excellent idea. For those who don't know, Rollyo is a site where you can create a list of sites (especially ones that you know have accurate info) to search through when looking for info. I haven't really created anything yet but when I have more time I'm going to go back and create several different ones. In particular one for finding info for students, one for discovering craft ideas for kids and one to look up review of books. I look forward to making my life easier and more fun.






My [practically] nonexistent account @

http://rollyo.com/kymirryn

23 Things - Thing 2

Lifelong Learning - The Easiest and the Hardest

Ok, Thing 2 asked us to think about which of the 7 1/2 habits of lifelong learners would be the easiest and hardest for us to do. I've thought about it and I believe that the easiest thing for me to do will be habit 3 [which is View Problems as Challenges] because I try to do this will all the problems I come across. I think that this makes me a happier and more positive person as well as giving me a way to deal with difficult things that happen.

I think that hardest thing to do will be habit 1 [Begin with the end in mind] or habit 5 [Create your own learning toolbox]. Habit 1 because this will require me to think differently about certain things, I have not made a point of thinking where I will need to be or where I would like to be. Habit 5 because I am NOT organised. Sometimes I like living in chaos - it gives me all sorts of ideas [wicked giggle].

Anyway for more info (if you're interested) on the 7 1/2 habits have a look at http://www.plcmc.org/public/learning/player.html

It's also worth figuring out how you learn things ie if you need to write something down for it to stick or if you need to actually do it to. Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles if you're curious.