Thing 27

Twitter: I've been using twitter for a while now. Mostly I use it to tweet my Mystery Beers on Monday night so the folks at home can play along. I like tweeting it's pretty fun. I do tend to use Facebook as a tweeting place than I use Twitter.

I use the above sweet pic of my tat as my avatar on twitter along with the handle andystehr (clever huh?), so if you wanna follow my tweets, please yourself.

I'm not sure about the library usage of Twitter. I guess you could tweet good books to folks. Not the best place to answer reference questions, but it's hip it's fun, why not go for it?

Thing 26

Ning. I signed up for the Ning when I was doing 23 Things (I was a round 3 participant [and yeah I know there wasn't a round 3]).

The uploaded a few pictures and I created a new group. You can check that out here: http://23thingsonastick.ning.com/group/rochesterpubliclibraryinthehouse

I Ning could be pretty cool depending on the focus of your social network. It's really all about which flavor of Web 2.0 you prefer.

I also set up my own Ning social network which I'd be happy to invite you to, if you'd like to check it out. It's mostly blank.

Thing 25

Widgets and Such. I didn't mind the widgets so much. I liked some, I disliked others. I put all sorts of them on my blog, then I took down the ones I didn't really like. There are just so very many. And some are useful. Well, depending on what type of blog you're doing. I loved the idea of talking about specific topic and embedding a browser in your post with wikipedia right there for people to explore additional information about your topic. I'd totally do that if my blog was one of those 'useful' blogs. But it's not, so I'll stick with Sudoku and kitties.

Most of the gadgets were easy to get on my blog. I tried the tag cloud, but it was a little too much for me. Luckily I had backed up my blog before I tried to do this one. I did break my blog for a while, but then I fixed it. I don't think I'm going to be fiddling with the HTML in my template again any time soon.

I spent probably about an hour and a half to two hours on this thing. Mainly because I was helping other folk with 23 Things at the same time. Uninterupted, it probably would have taken 45 minutes to an hour.

Conan the Librarian

For John.

Thing #24

Update. As I just finished 23 Things, I don't have a lot of updating to do. I've already updated my avatar a few times. I was thinking of doing some stuff to it again, but I like it as it is. My profile is fairly complete. Just so you know I didn't completely punk out I did change my profile picture.

It's been like a week or something since my last post, so I think I recall what I've blogging about. What I like about blogging is getting my ideas out there is the world. People don't have to read my thoughts, but they're there is they want them. I, on occassion, consider my self a writer and I've been told I can turn a phrase, so I think to think if someone were to stumble upon my humble little blog they my earn themselves a chuckle or two.

I have found a few other blogs to read. I'm helping a few folks with 23 Things, so I read their blogs on occassion. Also I started reading a few blogs that I heard were funny. I do comment other people's blogs. It's not something I make a huge habit of, but I do it. I lurk in a few forums here and there too. I come out of my shell and ask a stupid question from time to time. My interest in blogs is directly related to my interests. I like movie blogs, and Sci-Fi blogs, book blogs and pop culture blogs, so I'm not really blogging for business purposes.

So that's thing #24 for #23

Thing #23

My thoughts. My opinions on Web 2.0 stuff hasn't changed. I still think is a over-hyped and I still think people will come to information. I guess the only thing I softened on is I think is important to have many access points to information and library services. I've actually always felt that way, I just came off as anti-access-points previously.

May favorite things are: LibraryThing, Google Docs and Gcast. Gcast was the only one of those things I found out about through 23 things. I've bit a much more avid Librarythinger thanks to 23 Things. I'll have to upgrade my account soon.

I've started scheduling tutoring sessions for other folks who want to do 23 Things or more things at the library. I must say, helping others really motivated me to finish 23 Things myself. I owe John a debt of gratitude. It also made the things more fun.

The content is pretty good. The only issue I have the amount and how many of the things I'm going to remember say next year. That's on me though.

I'm already signed up for more things!

I'd describe my 23 Things experience as: Fun. In the end it was pretty cool to take a look at the Web 2.0 stuff out there. I feel less curmudgeonly.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep up with my blog. I spent too much time on it to stop now!