Thing 23: Is it the end or the beginning????

I can't believe summer is coming to a close and that all of these Things have been learned! :)

My favorite Thing was probably the Readers or RSS feeds. That is something that I use daily now and I never knew what they were before. I also really loved learning through those Creative Content videos. My least favorite thing was probably Twitter! That is surprising because I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE facebook and Twitter is just another form of social networking but it just seems boring to me. I will probably never log onto it again. I thought LibWorm was disappointing too.

Google Docs was definitely something that I will use again. I thought that I knew what it was but really had no idea. I also learned how to actually use Wikis which is nice to understand.

I will be very interested to see what I can access in my school system because so many things are blocked. I hope that I can continue to use my Reader and would like to show my students about mash ups but I know Flickr is blocked. At least I will know what people are talking about as they throw around the jargon of the new technology.

All good Things must come to an end!! :)

I am broken!

So, I broke down and finally did it. I am totally embarrassed by it but I now have a Twitter account. My user name is courtneybis in the event you want to follow me. I have already blocked a few people that tried following me. Of course, on the news this morning was a big story about the Twitter accounts of several celebrities being hacked into. Seriously! Is it an omen?

One thing that I absolutely have to share is my absolute favorite "Thing" of the "Things" I have completed thus far. I am LOVING Google Reader. I love getting blog updates, gossip, and news all in one spot. It is my favorite of all the "Things" we have learned about!

Thing 12 Twitter

AHHHHHHHH! It is taking over. I hear about Twitter, tweets, and tweeting everywhere. It has been something that I have avoided participating in (see Facebook Thing 8 and 9) but have always wondered about.

People that know me would be shocked to know what a huge Howard Stern fan that I am. He has been talking about Twitter a lot lately (like everyone else in the world). I know that he is having his staff tweet during the show to provide details to non-subscribers about what is happening during the show.

Although I am intrigued by the whole idea of it--I am going to impose limits on myself. There is only so much networking and updating I can do while keeping my sanity. I already blame facebook for making me have to have my eyes touched up (LASIK). I don't think they can handle additional computer time. :)