#18 - Social Networking

Because I have 4 children (two in high school and two in college) I am somewhat familiar with MySpace, Xanga, and Facebook. At this time all my kids and many of their friends have Facebook accounts. Facebook is especially popular with the college kids but even popular with the high school. I think this is just another way for people to communicate with each other. Today students and others spend so much time on the computer that communication is much quicker for them to use Facebook, etc. I know there can be concerns with these sites and you need to use your better judgement and make good decisions in what you post and who you allow to "invite" to your site. I myself at this time don't see a need to have a Facebook or MySpace account. I can still use the phone to contact friends. Maybe some day when I have a "social life" (maybe once my kids are out of the house and when I'm old and retired) and am on the computer all the time, I'll have to set up an account with all my friends.

#17 - Wikis

I investigated all the library wikis mentioned in the discovery exercise. I must admit my favorite was the Book Lovers wiki developed by the Princton Public Library. I liked the book reviews and think that would be very helpful in considering a book to read. My other favorite was the SJCPL Subject Guides wiki. A lot of information was available through this wiki. I also checked out the KDL wiki.

#16 - Technorati & Blog Tagging

I started out doing some general exploring in Technorati. Did a keyword search for "Learning 2.0" - 6,718 posts came up, and 659 posts tagged. I did notice that November 5 was the highest date with blog posts mentioning 2.0. I looked into some of the popular blogs and into the DVD, Movie and Sport categories. I did do a search on "Dancing with the Stars" and found a lot of fun information. Marie Osmond's son is now in rehab. Go Jennie Garth! Maybe not the best dancer, but I still like her. And yes, I am voting.

#15 - Tagging

I did do some exploring with del.icio.us and it was interesting to see what people were bookmarking and tagging. At this point, I see no need for me to set up an account since I really have nothing that needs to be bookmarked or tagged. I can see where it might be helpful for others though.

HELP! I'M DROWNING

So today I thought I would go back to some of my sites like RSS Feeds, Rollyo, LibraryThing and see what was happening. So I tried to log into Bloglines to get to my RSS Feeds and it would not let me. First it said I an incorrect name or password. After several attempts, I checked the "forgot password" thinking I had the wrong password. That came up that my e-mail was incorrect. So I confirmed my e-mail with the original e-mail I received when I first registered which was correct. By this time I'm getting really frustrated, so I went to get some help from the expert co-worker who has helped me in the past. She was baffled too, but suggested I e-mail Bloglines for possible help. So I e-mailed them. Waiting now to see if they respond and offer any help. HOPE I CAN BE SAVED!

#14 - Best of Web 2.0

Whoa! I recognized some of those sites (Bloglines, LibraryThing, Zoho, Flikr, Rollyo, Facebook). Can't imagine where I've seen them. Checked out the health award winners and several others just for the fun of it. I think I'll stick to what I've learned on the 23 things before I get into other stuff. I don't think my mind can handle much more at this point.

#13 - Online Productivity

So I did some exploring of Zoho Writer. It looks to be a lot like Microsoft Word and Excel Spreadsheets. I did like some of the templates (the recipe one) and maybe in the future I might use some of the business ones for my husband's own business. But for now he handles all that and uses something else. So for now, since I really don't have a real use for these, I'll stick to Microsoft Word when I do need to use it.

#12 - Customized Search Engines

I didn't get that one. I knew what it wanted me to do, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. After some help, I realized how easy it really was. Anyway, now my Rollyo has some great recipes sites for me to use. I guess that means I'll have to try some recipes out too. Feel free to check out my Rollyo recipe sites.