23 Things Complete

This is it. I've completed all 23 Things. It's been interesting and I never would have taken a look at Scoop.it or StumbleUpon if not for the program. I'm not a person who finds it necessary to use any of these "tools" in my personal life. I have Facebook and Twitter accounts only because of a PD day training session 4 years ago and I hadn't looked at Twitter since then until it was part of 23 Things. Pinterest is a very cool site but there's so much to look at that time passes very quickly and before you know it hours have gone by. I'll be interested to see how long it takes for a memo to come telling people we're banned from using these sites during working hours. Sheree Fitch recently deleted her Facebook account because it was interfering with her work and her personal relationships. I think she's wise to recognise that and we should all strive to keep things in perspective. Having said that, I'll keep my Facebook and Twitter accounts because its fun to look at what other people are posting from time to time. 23 Things has given me better insight into why and how people become so obsessed with their phones and mobile devices. There's a party going on all the time and if you're not connected you're left out. I've learned that I'm OK with that. I have a great family and friends and a job I enjoy. I'm happy to know that these sites are available to me should I ever feel the need to use them. I'll display my 23Things certificate proudly.

Scoop.it

I just completed Thing 19 and joined Scoop.it. I now have social network accounts and passwords to no end. I shared a Scoop.it story from the Florenceville library to my Twitter account making that tweet #3!!

Apps

This week's exercise assumes that everyone owns a tablet, e-reader or smart phone. Since I don't own any of these devices I read through the steps for this week's exercise and that's it for me.

Watching the Canada Reads Pod Cast

How convenient to be doing Thing 17 just as the Canada Reads debate is on! I'm literally listening as I write this post. For years I've listened to the radio broadcasts but I admit to enjoying the pod cast even more. Seeing the faces of the debaters adds to the experience.

Koko meets Mr. Rogers, her favorite celebrity

I've always admired both Koko and Mr. Rogers so finding them together was a treat. I don't remember this episode of his show from my childhood. I must have missed this one somehow. Copying the video to my Blog was again an exercise in "hit and miss". The video icon indicated in the instruction from 23 Things doesn't exist on the tool bar for my posts. I used the "share" option from the video and was happy to find that it posted straight to my Blog.

Interest in Pinterest

Pinterest is far too interesting! How many hours would it take to cruise through all great stuff people post there? I could spend entire days just looking at recipes. I created two boards in a very short time.... one about recipes and one about books and tea. All my favourite things.

Wordle

Oh my gosh!! Thanks to Julie, Connie and Patty I've finally managed to copy this Wordle picture to the Blog. It was easy to create the Wordle but I then needed a ton of help to get it into my Blog. This should have been a simple task but it wasn't as straight forward as I anticipated. I now have to print a copy for my daughter since she's the owner of the stuffed creatures mentioned in this exercise. She'll love it!

Cat and Computer

This is my chosen picture for "Thing 11".  I can relate to the way he/she just sits and stares in wonder at the screen.  I've found myself doing the same thing at times.




Original uploader was Dreysacz at de.wikipedia
(Original text : de:Benutzer:Dreysacz)

Lists in Vision

I've spent some time on Vision and created a list.  I'm also following a person who likes historical fiction.  I enjoyed their comments about Longbourn, a book I recently enjoyed. 

I can see the value of creating a list and know several patrons who have little notebooks to track their reading.  It's hard to get people to trust the on-line services sometimes and not everyone, myself included, wants to share a lot of personal information. We old-fashioned types still value our privacy in some things.

Bragging on Twitter

I've just completed an up-date of the Twitter account I created 4 years ago and haven't looked at again until today.  I found it realtively easy to edit the old account but don't really understand the hashtag thing.  I'll have to spend more time on the site.  I'm now following CBC Books.

My Tweet was an opportunity to share that my neice, Elysia Guzik, has just had an article published in the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science (volume 37,number4,December 2013).  I'm so proud of her!!  She's a PhD student at University of Toronto.  I like to think her visits to me at the library when she was a little girl inspired her own library career.  Who knows how we Storytime people can influence the lives of the children who attend our programs?!  

This is my first time posting a blog and I'm reluctant to even start. My experience is that people post that they're doing laundry or what they ate for lunch and I really don't care. I'll keep an open mind and see where we go.  I hope to be pleasantly surprised.