The 23 Things program is one of the most rewarding and educational experiences I've had this year at work.
Of course I loved doing the "fun" things most of all, but some of them were also the most challenging! (Read "Flickr!).
I think I learned a lot by working my way through the program at my own pace, but I did have to get personal help from the fantastic EIS team members, including Phung, a couple of times along the way. Thanks a lot guys!
"Google Groups" was a very effective way of alerting everyone to updates or extra notes too.
There was more reading to be done than I first thought, so I usually made time on Friday afternoons when things were a bit quiet in the office to tackle the reading and the tasks.
The 23 Things program is a "must" for everyone who owns a computer! A bold statement, but I think it's a valid one.
We're very lucky at VU to have had the benefit of Jenny Cameron's Facebook notes available to us. Pity the millions of Facebook users out there who know nothing about "privacy settings"!
How could you draw on what you have learned in 23 Things to help you in your work?
Dood's answer : I think my working life could definitely benefit from employing some of the 23 Things elements. I see that Delicious could be an effective way of keeping up with fields of interest.
Google Reader offers great possibilites via RSS feeds to capture new stuff. What a pity I don't have 30 horus in a day to read everything that's fed to me! I guess it's all about filtering things out, then ditching the crap, or better still.....unsubscribing!
How could the library use the technologies featured in 23 Things to improve its service?
Dood's answer : I think RSS feeds are a real boon. If they aren't being used already for heaps of things, then I'm sure someone could look into this. For example, I know that Lesley is investigating whether it is possible to set up a RSS feed for Janetta for items being received on the VU Author blanket order.
How do you think the 23 Things program could be improved in the future?
Dood's answer : The "here's how" notes (for adding gadgets etc.) were very good, but I think it would be good in the future, to spell out some basic functions for novice bloggers.
For example, I think it would be beneficial to those staring out in the blogosphere to know some basic things like how to edit a blog and how to delete things from a blog.
I found out how to edit by playing around, but at the very start of the program, it was a bit daunting to have a newly cerated blog and not know how to "fix" mistakes.
Oh! another thing, a suggestion to people about "keeping your newly created passwords and logins written down somewhere" would be a good one! I went nuts creating new password and logins for each new "Thing".
Here's a possible solution...... "KeePass" an open source password control manager program.
Do you think you'll keep blogging or keep using any of the other tools you learned about?
Dood's answer : Definitely! I'm not sure I'll have a need for Google Talk since email works perfectly fine for me, but I'll definitley use RSS feeds and look at what I can do with Library Thing and Delicious in the future.
I might even check out "POPTUB" a new video service from Google. It's sort of an "Entertainment Tonight" for the YouTube set.
http://www.youtube.com/user/POPTUB
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