THING TWENTY-FOUR (and Thing Four!)

24. Eat SOMETHING on a stick at the Minnesota State Fair.

Even though my goal was to finish 23 Things before making our annual trek to the Minnesota State Fair, I still enjoyed consuming Things on a Stick this year. The frozen chocolate covered bananas are my favorites. Key Lime Pie on a stick is good too!

Thanks to dahl for posting the photo on Flickr.

Chocolate Covered Banana On A Stick
Originally uploaded by dahl

THING TWENTY-THREE!!!

23. Complete a survey and comment on 23 Things.

Although the 23 Things have been completed, I am happy to continue a journey that gave me many opportunities to learn about Library 2.0. The most fun was the day I started my blog in May when I did an avatar and added links for Delicious and Shelfari before doing the required Things. I thought, "I can do this". Even though there were delays and frustrations along the way, the self-paced tutorial was a great format for me to follow. Although I am a person who usually likes to do things in order, I found that if I had challenges or spent too much time on any "Thing", it was best to move on and return later. After having problems posting a YouTube video, and asking two people for help, it worked fine when I tried using a different video. Now that I am completing the project, I have had fun going back to do more - like adding letters 358 from More Flickr Fun today.

I already had accounts for some of the Things, but I learned more when exploring each Thing. My favorites to continue working with are the photo ones like Flickr and PictureTrail. At work I also want to do more with the ZOHO site that we started using last spring.

Thank you for offering 23 Things again. Even though I am back at work now, I was glad to be working on it mostly in the summer when it did not matter if I was working at one or two AM. Having a dial-up computer connection at home takes more time than using the wireless that I use when I take my computer elsewhere.

Now I understand the Facebook culture better, and am happy to be a member. It has already been fun to "re-connect" with people, and I will probably use Facebook more than many of the other Things.

One of my favorite parts of 23 Things was to look at the blogs of others. After finishing a Thing, it was fun to read what others had done for it. At first I looked mostly at blogs from our SAMMIE region, but recently have looked at many others from throughout the state. I plan to continue reading them, and look forward to expanding my horizons. I would be interested in another similar experience if offered during the summer.

Thing Five Revisited!

Thing Eight - Washington DC PictureTrail

Books Read During the Summer of 2008, Thing Fourteen

Thing Twenty-One, 23 Things on A Stick Ning

Visit 23 Things on a Stick
21. Beyond MySpace: Other Social Networks.

Before beginning Thing 21, I was invited by a colleague to join the 23 Things Ning. I was familiar with Ning, but had just briefly looked, and not been a member. Now I have posted photos and sent comments to other members. Photos are easy to add, and the variety on the site with videos and other media is good. The 23 Things site is a great networking tool. I added the 23 Things Ning to my Facebook page. Last year I joined WebJunction. It is a good site that I should check more frequently.

Thing Twenty-Two!

22. Staying Current. Ways to keep learning.

WOW! I am almost through with the 23 Things, and am finding out how much more there is to learn about 2.0. During the political conventions, I kept hearing about Twitter which is not even one of the sites that I used here . . . I just added links to Opal and Library Stuff which I learned about in Thing Twenty-Two. Having the links on my blog will help as I am already using the Newsvine and Mark Halperin Page sites more since adding them.

I have really enjoyed looking at the blogs from around the state, and was happy to locate a few people that I know. I plan to keep checking the blogs as well as updating mine when I attend conferences or have something new to add.

The 23 Things Ning is a great resource for networking with others in Minnesota. Yesterday when opening someone else's blog, I was amazed when my photos that I had recently posted were displayed on the 23 Things Ning link that she had added to her page. It is great to be able to share ideas as well as photos. Being the other librarians from our college have already completed 23 Things, I hope that we can keep sharing and using what we have recently learned. I linked their blogs from mine.