Well, I started this blog for a reason …
… being to record my progress following a 23 things program designed for me by a colleague. Tonight’s post is inspired partly by a request from my team leader to me to talk about my “technology makeover” to my team colleagues, and partly to record what I have done so far.
So, it all started with a Google Reader account. I was pretty excited when I had subscribed to 10 RSS feeds, but that seems so funny now. No point blabbing the number now, ’cause it grows on a daily basis. There have been a few advantages from this first thing: many of my current awareness (info on clients’ subjects) and my own professional development info is collecting in one place; this encourages me to spend some quality time learning, understanding, sharing relevant bits; my inbox is being decluttered which is something I have been dreaming of for way too long.
The second thing was to set up a del.ici.ous account. Not so successful for me yet as the GR. I can see that I can share things that I find; am I only able to share with those who have an account? I prolly need to investigate more deeply … hmm, having said that, I have seen some blogs that include a “recently clipped/shared” section, maybe those items comes from del… I will need to explore more deeply.
This blog is the third thing. I was very nervous at first, especially as I have subscribed to lots of RSS feeds from blogs, and find that so many of you are inspirational. That has been a great motivator! I love what I do, and what better way to exploit my passion for librarianship and encourage it in others than to talk about it? One thing that I am having mind juggles with is whether to add links to “hobby” sites and/or client subject sites to the blogroll on this blog (maybe categorise links?), or keep them separate, eg set up separate blogs …
Along the way, I have joined Facebook, and found a friend from school; have discovered and fallen in love with tag clouds, and am contributing to wikis and other collaborative initiatives at my workplace.
September 3, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Welcome to the world of blogging Anne.
September 4, 2008 at 12:30 am
Welcome to the blogosphere, and I look forward to reading your posts