Week 4 Thing 9

Checked out Merlin today - found several interesting links (made an avatar) and subscribed to the RSS feed. Also looked through the search tools for RSS feeds and am still trying to figure out how this would be useful to me. Hopefully, now that I am aware of these search engines I will come across ways that they will be helpful to me. I have been checking my blogline account regularly and finding it quite convenient to have those feeds readily available.

Week 4 Thing 8

I learned all about RSS today, opened my bloglines account and subscribed to 10 different feeds. I'm looking forward to checking by blogline account and seeing how easy/convenient it will be to keep up on all that information out there.

Week 3 Thing 7

I'm participating in 23 things because I don't think I'm a very tech savvy person. However I do find myself increasingly dependent on the internet for homework help, recipes, and now that it is summer, trip planning. All things I used to depend on the library for - now available in my home.

Week 3 Thing 6

Spent some more time in Flickr today and learned how to set aside photos (in my "favorites") so that I can easily find them again! Also explored some of the mashups - especially Flickr Color Pickr. This is very interesting - not sure how you would use it but it's neat to see the pictures sorted by color. I like the way you can make the colors brighter or darker and just seeing the different kinds of pictures that fall under one color.

Week 3 Thing 5

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Originally uploaded by nichali

Spent some time exploring Flickr and felt a little like this cat looks. Found a photo yesterday on Flickr that I was going to post to my blog, but I ran out of time and decided to go back today and do it. I guess I should have flagged it or something, because it is now impossible to find (so many pictures to choose from!). I need to learn more about navigating Flickr and setting aside those photos I am interested in.

Week 2 Thing 4

Time to register my blog. I actually set it up a couple of weeks ago and had some trouble finding it again. But, I found it and hopefully will not lose it again!

Week 2 Thing 3

Set up my blog, although the process was a little intimidating for me. Fortunately, my co-worker had already set hers up and was able to answer some of my questions. (part of my "toolbox.")

Week 1 Thing 2

Read through the tutorial about Lifelong Learners. Easiest and hardest of the 7 1/2 Habits for me is recorded in my Test Post.

Week 1 Thing 1

Read and learned about what to expect from this program.

Test Post

Easiest: Setting up the learning toolbox. Working at the library has opened my eyes to all the resources available out there to learn about new things.

Hardest: Setting definite goals. I'd rather leave things open-ended and enjoy what I am learning. If I set a definite goal, I will stress over getting that specific thing done instead of enjoying the learning process.