Step 16 -- LibraryThing

I think this is the coolest library 2.0 thing so far! It's a way to organize my home library collection (I'm always forgetting what I have) and a neat way to read book reviews by real people. Often I'm disappointed by professional critics' reviews of movies and books are the same. I can see working on this project when I'm through with the NT23.

Step 15 -- Digg

Digg was interesting. I signed up for it only because I wanted to "digg" an article and I couldn't unless I was a member. It actually a neat way to surf hot internet topics. And the social networking aspect of it is interesting -- to be able to see what my friends "digg." But, again, I don't spend that much time typically on my computer. I like newspapers and books :-)

Step 14 -- Delicious

It wasn't hard to set up the Delicious account (libaide73), although when I added it to my Explorer toolbar it made me close Explorer. I didn't appreciate that because I tend to have tons of windows open when I am working on my 23 things. It's much easier to have a lot of windows open than try to go back and forth between sites using back arrow.

I think it will be useful to find my favorite sites when I'm on my computer at work or when I'm borrowing my in-laws' computer when we're visiting.

I think this will be a site I look into more when life calms down. It's hard to get two kids ready to go off to college, get me ready to start school again, and get this done at the same time :-)

Step 13 -- Tagging

We do use tagging in our library to help the students find information as not all useful topics (names, diseases, other subjects of interest) show up in the MARC records. It also helps us help the students. In that respect, it does belong in libraries. We're really just adding additional subject information.

Step 12 -- Twitter

I've set up my Twitter account -- http://twitter.com/libaide73. It was very easy to do -- maybe too easy. I'm following a few people, but this seems to be a time killer just like Facebook. I have to look around and see how everything works but I've got a lot to do before school starts :-)

I don't remember specifics of the last time I heard about Twitter. It shows up on TV, in the newspaper, on websites -- it IS all over!

Step 11 -- IMing

I set up a Yahoo account. My user name is libaide73@yahoo.com. Now I need to find someone to talk to.

I haven't done most of the 23 things before. I'm glad I'm trying everything, but I'm not sure how useful it will be to me in real-life.

Step 10 -- Ning

Ning looks a lot like facebook to me. And after reading the article about Ning's management policies, I'm not sure why one would want to join it. The difference seems to be that facebook is for individuals and groups and Ning is just groups. I'm probably missing something...sometimes I'm high-tech challenged :-)

By the way, I've been accepted as a "friend" by several of my facebook requestees, but I'm still waiting to hear back from the groups I applied to.