To Summarize...

I'm glad I took part in Library 2.0 and I am really pleased that I finished. My blog is pretty spartan, but I completed all the lessons.
I enjoyed the rudiments of creating a blog account and posting to it. It's so darn neat! But since I'm of the opinion that no one really cares what I think, I'm not sure about my future in the blogging world.
As far as favorites go, the online generators were the most fun. Zoho had tons of useful applications that I can see using in the future. And I can certainly understand the attraction of Yahoo with the chance for instant fame. I like seeing what interests others by their tagging, and also in the travel sites I joined. There's always so much useful and fascinating stuff.
This program for lifelong learning was very well planned. I surprised myself that in following the directions and reading through examples, I could ultimately accomplish the lessons. It took me many months, but now I've already peeked beyond the 23 things. If anything, I learned not to be afraid to try. So I'm confident that I'll keep learning.

Netlibrary

It was easier opening a Netlibrary account here at the library, than from my home computer. I kept running into problems. I had joined the eBooks at YPL early on, but still enjoyed the traditional book format, rather than reading a novel online. Now audios would be an interesting possibility. I like listening to BCD's while driving.
I see that when I tried to find books by Neil Gaiman on audio, I struck out. But Netlibrary had lots of classics, like Aesop Fables, that I'd enjoy. I looked at the instructions for downloading and I think I can do it. But I'd really need that experience of actually doing.

I saw that I couldn't download to the Ipod, so that MP3 player would be ideal.

#21 podcasts

I get the idea of podcasts and think it's pretty nifty. I've downloaded music from ITunes for my IPOD (a gift from my son) and have greatly enjoyed that. For this lesson, I looked into OTRPod Old time radio for "Who's on first" by Abbott and Costello. I needed to download Quick Time Player to listen to it. I checked out Podcast Alley and saw that I can join Podshow to save favorite podcasts. I would also need to download a podcast generator then. That's for another time.

A trip to the sea

There's nothing like a trip to the ocean. Chuck and I celebrated our 30th anniversary with a trip to the Outer Banks. It's true what they say, "It's good for the soul."

Youtube

I joined Youtube and posted my favorite video to share. This site is great fun and easy to use. I probably wouldn't post a video, since I don't really take any. But it was good to look at the better things this popular site has to offer.

Coconut Comforts

I got a kick out of this video, since I visit the zoo frequently and I wanted to share it with you.

Award Winning Web 2.0

For this exercise, I looked at the award winners and joined Real Travel. I posted a blog about my last trip to visit my penpal (we've been writing since age 14) in Germany. I especially wanted to see my area of travel pin pointed on the little world map. It was a short blog and after posting I was disappointed that it did not appear on my page, but went back today and it's there afterall.
I can see this site being useful for travelling tips about hotels, restaurants and other sites. Frankly, I don't think anyone would really want to read about someone else's adventures, unless you are an avid traveller. Personally, I felt a little silly writing it out. Oh, and one tip, when signing up, you are asked if you want to state your age. I thought sure, why not and I did. But when you bring up your page, there it is in big print, right by your name. A bit jarring.