Thing 19--Web 2.0 award winner

I should have been looking for an app to keep my list of "to be explored more later" sites I've picked up from these 23 Things. Instead, I swerved immediately into the travel section and looked at RealTravel for more on Northern Ireland. I guess no "real people" go there as there was only one whiny post from some people who obviously veered over the border by mistake. Now maybe if we were to add London to our itinerary...

Thing 18--Google Docs

Let's just say some of us have never ponied up the money for Excel at home and can see the benefits of spreadsheet availability for that once in a blue moon school report assignement or (gasp!) finishing a work project at home. One more to investigate later.

Thing 16 and 17--Wiki

The library centered Wiki examples seem pretty dead--nothing in the Materials Selection part of the Library Success Wiki. My librarian need for source authority cringes at Wikis so I'm moving on to the next thing.

Thing 15--Library 2.0

In reading two of the articles, my thoughts settled on missions and goals and costs. The Stephens article started with promoting patron driven services and materials, but later stated technology should be reigned in by institution missions and goals. Are these also developed through direct patron input? I think the "something for everyone" argument leads to nothing of substance for anyone. We are long past the library as warehouse model, but who's involved and how do we decide the best use of limited resources in Libary 2.0?

Thing 14--Technorati

Intial disappointment--the tour version I watched showed the wonders of technorati included a book feature, but when I looked at the actual site I couldn't find it (and I still can't find it with a second look). But then I branched out and looked at the Top 10 and found myself spending 10 minutes (which is an enternity in the world of ODC) browsing Lifehacker. Practical, diverse, new to me stuff...I think I'll browse some more. Good site for those of us who don't enjoy browsing the web looking for serendipity.

Thing13--Delicious

Would save a lot of room in my web links. The 'magic middle' as the apex of authority still evades me. I looked at others delicious pages, but still have a hard time trusting the authority of someone who calls herself "dragon lady". I may never feel totally comfortable in the 2.0 world.

Thing 12--Rollo

In July my life was consumed by hosting a teen from Northern Ireland, so I thought I'd use Rollo to start work on planning how I would consume his family's life next year. I made a search roll easily, but tried to edit it as BBC news was like Kudzu taking over all the results. My edits were saved, but just like Kudzu the BBC wouldn't die. I suppose I need to just create a new roll to keep working on my travel dreams...