You know what the best part of this whole 23 Things is? Asking for help from and talking with coworkers about the current "Thing." Everyone is having fun, everyone is helpful, everyone tells me their opinions on our current assignment. Generally I walk down the hall to the nearest department, which, fortunately, is full of knowledgeable people. I already knew that I work with such great people, but this project just affirms it.
So, this RSS thing...... Really, really easy to set up. The directions on the NEFLIN website have been outstanding -- thank you! I have to say, though, that I'm not really getting what the hoopla is all about. It seems to me I now have yet another account to check. It's basically another email account. I have very few sites that I check on a really regular schedule, so I don't see RSS as saving me time. Just the opposite. It seems to me that it's just as easy to go directly to cnn.com and browse through the pages I follow. Peruse, read and I'm done. Why go to Google Reader and pull up my account just to see a list of articles? I can save a step and go directly to the site myself. Plus I'm so used to what the site looks like that it's fast and easy. I can see the advantage of RSS, I guess, if someone follows lots of blogs and lots of news and library sites. But, for me, I don't see any advantage. I'm glad I know how to do it, though, and I'll monitor my Google Reader for awhile to see how I like it.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Thing Three
Since I just returned from watching the inauguration in HD on an awesome plasma screen TV owned by the Library, I decided to do blog searches on the Obama Inauguration. My first step was actually figuring out how to spell inauguration - I had an extra "a" thrown in there the first go round. As required, I reviewed Technorati and then picked out Ice Rocket as my second search tool because, let's face it, it has a very cool name. And as we know, image is everything :)
Personally, I can't see myself following blogs on a regular basis. The majority of them out there -- this one included -- are written by any Joe Blow sitting in front of his computer. I'm not really into listening to the random opinions of people I don't know. It reminds me of the TV commercials for recently released movies that, thank goodness, have stopped running. You see trailers about the movie and then all these people coming out of it were interviewed about how they liked it. Who cares? I don't know you. I want to hear from friends, coworkers, family, experts, not just the random guy who decided to post on his blog or come out of a movie theater.
Back to the comparison of search engines -- I thought Technorati looked and acted more professional. It probably appealed to my sense of wanting to hear from someone who knows what they're talking about. Its options seemed more numerous than Ice Rocket. I didn't get as many hits on the inauguration as Ice Rocket, but I think 22, 801 is still plenty. And I'm sure the number will multiply as the day progresses. When I searched the photos link, the ones on Ice Rocket were applicable, but not so on Technorati. What does a picture of Christie Brinkley have to do with the inauguration? I admit I didn't spend lots and lots of time on this exercise because I couldn't really get into it. But interesting to know blogs are searchable.
Personally, I can't see myself following blogs on a regular basis. The majority of them out there -- this one included -- are written by any Joe Blow sitting in front of his computer. I'm not really into listening to the random opinions of people I don't know. It reminds me of the TV commercials for recently released movies that, thank goodness, have stopped running. You see trailers about the movie and then all these people coming out of it were interviewed about how they liked it. Who cares? I don't know you. I want to hear from friends, coworkers, family, experts, not just the random guy who decided to post on his blog or come out of a movie theater.
Back to the comparison of search engines -- I thought Technorati looked and acted more professional. It probably appealed to my sense of wanting to hear from someone who knows what they're talking about. Its options seemed more numerous than Ice Rocket. I didn't get as many hits on the inauguration as Ice Rocket, but I think 22, 801 is still plenty. And I'm sure the number will multiply as the day progresses. When I searched the photos link, the ones on Ice Rocket were applicable, but not so on Technorati. What does a picture of Christie Brinkley have to do with the inauguration? I admit I didn't spend lots and lots of time on this exercise because I couldn't really get into it. But interesting to know blogs are searchable.
Thing Two
So, truth be told, I was a little nervous about what we all would have to do for Thing Two. Imagine my surprise when I found out I just had to read!! I can do that. Heck, I even enjoy doing that. And the Stephen A. video clip was fun, too. He just kinda gets right to the point, doesn't he?
Finding time to participate in 23 Things is really pretty simple: you put it on your "to do" list. I make time for the current "thing" just like I do for any other work-related task. Plus I learn, like most people, by doing something. You can tell me a bunch of times, but unless I actually do the task myself at some point, it doesn't really stick. And why am I gonna do all these crazy "things" Stephanie is putting out there for us?!! Again, it's simple: to prove to myself I can do it. OK, and I want to show off to my teenage children!!
Finding time to participate in 23 Things is really pretty simple: you put it on your "to do" list. I make time for the current "thing" just like I do for any other work-related task. Plus I learn, like most people, by doing something. You can tell me a bunch of times, but unless I actually do the task myself at some point, it doesn't really stick. And why am I gonna do all these crazy "things" Stephanie is putting out there for us?!! Again, it's simple: to prove to myself I can do it. OK, and I want to show off to my teenage children!!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Thing One
Wow, I'm blogging! Who would have thought?!! I'll admit I asked for some help from coworkers as I was setting this up, but I did it -- finally! A coworker and I are still not sure about the settings part (enabling comments) because we couldn't figure out how to do it before moving on to step 3 - selecting a template. We're thinking we can do it from here, but that will have to wait for now.
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