Thing 12

Twitter is everywhere. I heard about it after there was a sermon series at my church on "The Theology of Twitter." There was coverage by local TV networks and apparently CNN ran a clip. One part of the clip showed my husband sitting in a pew and typing into his phone. We were encouraged to Twitter during the sermon. My husband confessed he really wasn't "twittering", he was just playing. The theological impication was that the church must communicate and will need to embrace new technology in order to do this. However, I haven't used it yet. I'll write more after I set up an account
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I set up the account, my name "morereflections". I found another blog where somebody had posted their user name, but when I tried to become a follower Twitter said the account didn't exist. I haven't found anybody else. Maybe I should go write something in my account in case I have some followers. I think having the tweets appear on my phone would be annoying, and I probably won't remember to check the web page. Maybe e-mail would be the easiest way for me. I follow my spouse, who felt guilty after appearing on the new and did set up an account and 4 organizations.
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Thing 11

I signed up for AIM Express, http://www.aim.com/aimexpress.adp since it was web based. I tried the Google IM first, and it never would load. My screen name is "somereflections". It would be nice if someone would message me. I don't think IM will be very useful for me. I think the odds of my friends and family both being on the computer as the same time as me and having the time to IM are small. If we had that much time, we'd phone. E-mail is a more useful form of communication because it can be read and answered at the reader's convenience. Text messaging on the phone is also convenient for short messages. I don't see how I would use IM in an elementary library. However, I have enjoyed finding out about all of this technology.
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Thing 10

Ning was interesting. I found several sites on it for things I was interested such as mysteries, books, Bluegrass music. However, I didn't join after reading the article. Privacy is an issue here. Also, I know several people on Facebook, and it will take enough time keeping up with that
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July 29
A friend told me that a child we know was recently diagnosed with an rare disorder. I did what any librarian would do- a little research. I used the NORD data base and found a support group for this metabolic disorder. I was inerested to find out that it was an Ning site. It seemed like a very useful site for parents and friends of children with this disease. I'll be on the lookout for other Ning sites.
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Thing 9

I guess I will have to admit that I have found Facebook pretty addicting. I have made friends and joined groups and become a fan. I put the website to my local library on my wall. My patronus is a bat. I joined my local church, town, and library group. I joined a Star Trek group. I work with a blind student a few hours a week, so I joined a blind students group and a braille group. One of my daughters has CP, so I joined a group for that. It will be interesting to see how useful these will be for me in the future, but it has been fun today. I do see the privacy problems, since my page tells what town I live in and where I go to church.
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Thing 8

Facebook wasn't difficult to set up. I feel like I maybe the only person in the world without a page. After putting in my name, e-mail address, and age a list of potential friends appeared, two of whom I know. Okay, how do they do that? I didn't put in my e-mail address for finding friends. I told my husband he would be in big trouble if he didn't accept me as a friend. And the wise man did so immediately, even if I can't spell his band's name. I can see how it could be bad to have too much personal information on a page. I am interested in doing the next lesson to see more ways to use Facebook. From my husband's page I went to our church's music ministry page. It seems like a good way for members to keep in touch as well as encourage people to join. I am also curious so see the page of my daughter, the new librarian.
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Thing 7

I added a feed to my Google Reader and another to my blog. It was easy to do. And I think these are great ways to handle blogs, the issue again is time.

Thing 6

I am afraid that Google Reader may be dangerous for me. I ended up signing up for blogs on some of the topics that interest me, such as accessibility and mystery books, and if I read them all I won't have time for anything else! In reality, it is a great way to keep up with a field.
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