Frustration thy name is...

So I love how much there is to learn through the 23 things. I really think I can use some of the things in my daily life on line and am thinking of getting a phone that will let me do the things while mobile. Here's the kicker though: I wanted to integrate the things more, add them to my blog or to each other. But I can't! After spending a half hour trying to remember my flicker login and password and another looking for blogger widgets of out things I' giving up for now.

But I will be back, oh yes... (evil cackling laugh)

Diigo

I like Diigo so far, it's nice to be able to bookmark from anywhere and know you have access at home. I've been using that feature on StumbleUpon, but then I get sucked in to a whirlpool of unproductivity and before I know it two days have passed. (For those who don't know StumbleUpon is a program that sends you user generated content about things you find interesting).

I like being able to link things that I don't want to lose but also can't read at work because it's work time and not fun time. Even if I book them at my work computer it's not likely that I'll come back to read them since it's almost always work time at work. :)

I'm not a student anymore, but I can see how using this as a research tool would be pretty awesome. I was in the generation that did a lot of reading on line but before tools like this and OneNote existed. Too bad, but we made it through anyway. I think as time passes and the world gets more electronic that tools that combine the ease of use of paper and the availability of electronic media will get more popular.

Vote mobs

During the last election, when I was still a student, the feeling on campus was one of hopelessness and apathy. People felt that voting was useless because change wouldn't happen, no matter the amount of effort put in by the "common people." I was sure this election would have more of the same (only 30% of youth voted last time) until I saw the videos of Vote Mobs. Here is the link to the video. I wanted to embed it but it kept crashing my blog, but please take the time to watch it. It's just this incredible thrilling feeling to watch the youth of the nation rise up for a cause.

Dah dha dha dah inspector widget

For those of you reading this please look to the right of this post. This is my shelfari widget, it allows me to update and display my shelfari shelf list to my blog. Since this was originally a book blog that tool is really handy for readers who might be interested in picking up or searching for the books I talk about. I also have widgets on my computer at home, one is a stick note for reminders and one is a slide show of photos saved to my lap top memory. I kind of like having the ability to customize a web page to my specifics, or to the needs of the page's visitors.

I feel like a twit 'cause I don't know how to tweet

This is the first thing that really made me feel lost. I went on twitter, signed up, found some people to follow (am I a duckling now?) and then what? I found the help section and they spend most of the time talking about how it's a great way to find info really quickly. What? Most people use twitter as a way of sending things out, not to bring things in. Have they all been using it wrong? Or does twitter have high expectations? I tried to use it to find info like the help guide suggested and while the actual tweets aren't that useful the ability to use them to reference other online articles works pretty well. Anyone how wants can send me a message, just add @kem248 in it and it should show up. I think. Maybe.

Sock puppets before they were puppets

That's right a blog about socks. Those who have seen me recently may have noticed my nifty new leg wear, and some of you have asked where I got them. The answer is an online sock store called sock theory http://www.socktheory.com/ . It has all kinds of socks from stockings and tights to tiny anklets. It even has socks shaped like sharks, or pencils. Give it a look see if you're interested.

That old book of faces

I feel very ambivalent about Facebook. On the one hand it is a good tool for keeping track of people who don't live nearby, or people you used to know but now don't really want to catch up with but still want to find out how they are doing. On the other hand Facebook has stated (as a corporation) that they don't believe in privacy and that they basically own everything you post until the end of forever. Now maybe it's just a life time of living with tech-savvy and paranoid people but that really creeps me out big time. If you do something, and someone takes a picture and posts it, then that picture exists on the net until the end of time. It's one thing to say don't do anything stupid, but shouldn't people be aloud a youthful indiscretion or two without it ruining career chances well into adulthood?

I did use Facebook to plan my wedding, and boy did it make life so much easier. I got in touch with my husband's family with only a few button clicks. Things are easy to plan and carry out on Facebook, which is why flashmobs use it. But all of this only happens if people use it. Facebook was the default social media for several years, now that it's starting to splinter will the new sources be as useful?

I guess the most important part of enjoying Facebook is to put more into it. If you ignore it for weeks then you will be ignored upon return. Check it every hour and you have a thriving Facebook life. Me, I'd rather live IRL then in Facebook but I'm old fashioned that way.