Well, it's eleven months since the University of Westminster's 23 Things programme started and on Thing 16 we are drawing things to a close. In this final 23 Things post, I'd like to take some time to reflect on the new tools I have had the opportunity to explore since last August, and revisit some of my favourites, and say which of the technologies I will not be using again.
My favourites
My surprise favourite discovered through the programme, and one I've used quite a bit in my subject blogs, is Letter James.
23 Things also inspired me to finally set up a Flickr account, which came in very handy for posting photos of my visit to Lund.
Not so keen on...
I found the podcast exercise slightly frustrating, same goes for Google sites.
To sum up, I think I would have enjoyed 23 Things more if it hadn't taken so long to complete. I lost enthusiasm for it due to having to wait so long between things and I watched in envy as the University of Warwick got though their programme in just a couple of months!
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Monday, 25 July 2011
Thing number 15: social media
Thing number 15 is easy peasy, as I'm already using all the social media mentioned.
Facebook is what I use for personal, non-work socialising - so all my friends and family. I've been on Facebook for over four years now and it's scary how my life since joining is all recorded there - holidays, birthdays, friends' weddings, etc.
I've been on LinkedIn for 18 months or so and this is more for professional life, although some of my 'connections' are really good friends. I created a Group account for the Information Literacy Group, which is handy for letting members know about events and other IL-related news.
It took a while but I am now a Twitter convert. This kind of crosses the divide between personal and work life. I didn't want to have two accounts so I follow librarians and my favourite celebs using the same one.
Facebook is what I use for personal, non-work socialising - so all my friends and family. I've been on Facebook for over four years now and it's scary how my life since joining is all recorded there - holidays, birthdays, friends' weddings, etc.
I've been on LinkedIn for 18 months or so and this is more for professional life, although some of my 'connections' are really good friends. I created a Group account for the Information Literacy Group, which is handy for letting members know about events and other IL-related news.
It took a while but I am now a Twitter convert. This kind of crosses the divide between personal and work life. I didn't want to have two accounts so I follow librarians and my favourite celebs using the same one.
Thing number 14: create a podcast
For Thing 14, we were asked to make a podcast using Audacity. This thing has been a while coming as I encountered several obstacles along the way. I have created the audio file but am having problems posting it so you'll just have to believe me. It makes me cringe anyway so probably best it's not out there for the world to listen to!
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