Rollyo

Okay...so I'm probably being bad here. I didn't try and create a search roll nor did I create an account on Rollyo. I looked at the other search rolls and I didn't really find it would be necessary for me. I'm not a huge searcher on the net and I don't have tons of sights I go to that I need to put in a search roll. I looked at the ones listed on the 23 Things site and just found it confusing and unnecessary. I use the bookmark option in my internet toolbar, I don't need to put them in a search roll or publish them for others to see and use. I did find that Rollyo was very slow, some pages didn't even open. I think something like this is good for libraries to use and to have available for their patrons.

Library Thing

I had looked at Library Thing last year when I heard about it from some classmates of mine. I asked someone I worked with about it, I figured it was something he probably used. He went in and showed me his lists and what all you can do with it. I didn't join it back then because I didn't think I had a need for it. So, with doing these 23 Things, I joined Library Thing. I grabbed 5 books and added them to "My Library," my username is The Chief. I found it actually really neat and something I believe I will use not just for my books but for my son's books as well, he has a library himself. I've asked for a new bookshelf for Christmas, if I get one I am going to put all the books I own on there and then I will put them all in Library Thing.

Generators

Well I didn't find this one too exciting. Probably because I just didn't understand it. The more I tried them the less I liked them. I tried one called Cool Text, I liked it, however I couldn't seem to figure out how to get it to load onto my blog. I tried a few others but didn't bother to even acknowledge them since I couldn't figure them out either. I honestly don't have time to mess with something like this. Before now I had never heard of such a thing and can see now why. I don't need to spruce up my pages with anything. I think the most experience I might have with this is when I used to change the look of my Myspace page. Other than that, I don't mess with it. This gave me more of a headache than anything else.

RSS Feeds/Bloglines

So...today I discovered RSS Feed and I'm amazed and wondering why in the world I didn't discover this before. I had always wondered what in the world that little orange box that says RSS in it was. Now I know!!! Thanks to these 23 Things, I have discovered a whole new world of getting my news and information. I must have 25 things I'm following already. I'm ready to learn more about this. Hopefully I can keep up with it as I am already having a hard enough time keeping up with my practicum and my homework, plus all my outside of school duties, like being a parent, wife, employee, daughter, friend, etc.

Flickr

So...I finally got on to look at Flickr and figured the only way I was going to be able to explore it more was to create an account. Here's my URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/campbell_98/ I have it set to private...friends and family only...so if you want to see my photos you have to add me as a contact. I'm leery about letting just anyone see my photos. Anyway...I uploaded some photos from my trip to Florida back in March. I got to play around with picnickr(??? I think that is how it is spelled). I thought that was awesome to be able to put text on my photos and was glad I had created an account. I plan on using Flickr more often.