Wrap Up! I Made it to the End!

I can't believe it's over! This has been a very fun and worthwhile experience. I will definately use some of these THINGS here at work and in my personal life. I realize that organizing this learning experience involved a tremendous amount of work and planning. Thanks so much - I really appreciate your efforts!! Now, I must register for the party!

Week 13/Things 21,22 & 23

In reality, this is catch-up week - not Week 13! I'm glad to have this extra time as I was on holidays for 2 weeks in April. Thing 21 WORDLE was lots of unexpected fun - it was great to see words from my blog transformed into a colourful crazy word salad explosion! The most interesting aspect of Thing 22 Library Thing was getting recommendations about other books I might want to read. And there were some interesting reviews. As for Thing 23, Smilebox, it has some interesting things to offer - if I was a scrapbooky type of person with lots of time on my hands. I did create a recipe page and emailed it to myself.

Week 12/Things 19 & 20

On-line Mapping & GIS - So far, Community Walk is my favourite of the 23 Things. I just came back from Victoria, B.C. and received inquiries re: shopping, restaurants, sightseeing from a co-worker who will be holidaying there soon. It was such fun finding bookstores, shoe store, restaurants, points of interest that I went to on my holiday- marking them on the map and emailing them to my co-worker. Very useful! Now I'm going to attempt to embed a google map of my old stomping grounds - the beautiful Fort Qu'Appelle, SK.


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Week 11/Things 17 & 18

In reality it is Week 13, but I have been on vacation for the last 2 weeks and am now playing catch-up.
Social Bookmarking: I checked out DIIGO - which would make a great pet name, by the way. I did not feel the need to open an account because it doesn't fit my current needs in the workplace or at home. However, I can appreciate that it could be a great tool if you were doing collaborative research.
Widgets: I also added a countdown widget/gadget to my igoogle page - the one I chose has a progress bar. It emphasizes the urgency I feel to complete my 23 Things!!! Thanks for giving us an extra week!

Week 10, Things 15 & 16

Facebook - I must be a very unsocial person as I have no desire to create an online profile. It offends my sense of privacy - although it is probably useful for reconnecting with distant friends and family. From a 'working in the e-world' point of view, I can see it as a way of keeping in touch with our users as most students seem to use facebook.

Twitter - I did set up a twitter account, browsed through the subject list and picked some twitter streams to follow. Great method for keeping up with popular culture/celeb gossip. For news, I perfer RSS feeds.

Week 9/Thing 14 Photosharing

Flickr! I did not have a lot of extra time this week, and did not want to open a Flickr account - so just explored option A. I looked under the heading 'library cats' (how did you ever guess?) and found a picture that had 'some rights reserved', which means I am free to share - to copy, distribute and transmit the work. This picture was taken by eyeimage
The url is http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2835118248_116f57d9a5.jpg
And here is she is - tagged by the creator as 'psychologically unstable cat maybe'

Week 7/Things 11 & 12

Well, sometimes my pet is wiki wiki (super fast) - when she's been naughty, or when she knows it's time to go to the vet! In fact, Wiki would be an excellent name for a kitty! Or for a toy or treat! But seriously, I can see Wikis being an excellent tool for collaborative efforts. Wikis could prove to be a useful tool for me in the future. (As for my pet, she'd choose manipulation over collaboration any day. And why not? It works!)

Week 6/Thing 10

What can I say about Thing 10, PODCASTS? I had no idea there was such a variety of them. I spent a lot of time checking out the directories and finally selected PetLifeRadio.com-Cattitude and added the RSS feed to my Google Reader. (I'm actually using Google Reader and love my iGoogle page.) Until next week!

Week 6, Thing 9

Hope you enjoy this offering from YouTube as much as I have.  It fits in with the theme of pets, libraries and working in the e-world.

Week 5/Thing 8

What can I say about Prezis?  Well, sometimes my kitty gets prezis and sometimes she get pills.  The title of my Prezi is 'How to Give a Pill to a Cat'.  It's a masterpiece!  Using Prezi was frustrating at times (as is cat pilling) - thank goodness I was able to consult with my co-worker, Beth - who is also taking 23 Things.  Here is the link to my work of art:
http://prezi.com/d81qo861n3v_/how-to-give-a-pill-to-a-cat/

Week 4/Things 6 and 7

More fun things this week - Google Docs and Spreadsheets!  I had no idea that Google had all of this stuff!  For my Google Doc, I tried to incorporate my themes of 'Vet Bill Blues' and 'working in the e-world' - and found a cute picture from Google Images of a kitty looking at a computer monitor.  Of course, the kitty was not actually working - she was shopping on-line - which is my idea of recreation and sport and much more satisfying than paying vet bills.  I shared my beautiful Google Doc with people in my branch who are also doing 23 Things - I can see that this would be a very handy tool if you were working on a group project.  And yes, I entered my name on the Google Spreadsheet, x-ed the appropriate boxes and will continue to do so.  Talk to you next week!

Week 3/Things 4 and 5

I was wondering what RSS feeds were.  Were they some kind of very expensive pet kibble?  Not at all - they are interesting things I can subscribe to and add to my Google Reader.  It seems to be a handy way to gather all your information in one place for quick access.  So now I know about RSS feeds and Google Reader.  Speaking of pet kibble - mine coughed up a hair ball this morning!  No additional vet bills - what a relief! 

Week 2/Thing 3

I have registered my blog and am thrilled to see it on the 23 Things page.  Vet Bill Blues update - my vet bills are equivalent to an ipad AND an ipod!  Is it more important to have a happy pet or to keep up with new technology? 

Week 1 and 2/Thing 1 and 2

This is my very first blog as a result of participating in 23 Things!  I think I'm excited!  I had fun playing with my igoogle page and found it entertaining but not necessarily relevant to my work.  Thanks to Current Cereals for the tip - Saskatoon links is a very handy gadget.  As for the blog - I had a hard choosing a name/title to represent myself.  Recent vet bills for my princess of a pet have cost me the equivalent of an ipad!  So hence the choice of Vet Bill Blues...