Finishing 23 Things

Well in truth I haven't finished it all -- still waiting on my Facebook account to be generated but I will go ahead and write about finishing my 23 things. I wasn't able to finish on schedule but that is OK. The point is that I got through all the exercises and played with all the tools being offered. I see a great deal of potential and realized that I both personally and professionally could be doing a lot more. For example I like blogging -- I don't think of myself as a writer but I am doing a lot of it in my blogs and will probably continue it personally. I find I like using anything that has a graphical interface and that comes from my interest in art and book design. I do think visually and love using pictures to illustrate or make my point. In fact I feel my blogs are not complete without a picture! I had played with Flickr in the past but now am getting more serious about it. I have even invested in a digital camera to make it easier for me to use.

How will this impact me at work -- well the ease of setting up and using many of these tools makes me think we can easily incorporate them into our work. I have tried to look at them with library or reading or book implications. I see the communication aspects as well as the promotional aspects. One thing that I had not realized the importance of was tagging -- and you can see that in my blogs -- it wasn't til I got to Del.icio.us and Technorati that I realized oops -- should have tagged those blogs!

Finally I don't think this is the end -- my other realization this is only going to continue and Web 2.0 is going to grow -- and we need to say abreast of it. Despite all of the commercialization and Yahoo or Google generated products Web 2.0 is being driven by a hugh force -- people who have easier and easier access online as the cost of doing so comes down and the user interfaces become less geek or tech-head operated.

So my thanks to the Libraries for supporting this and allowing me to use work time to play!