Thing Three

I set up my Google Reader when I got my Coe Email - but I never looked at it again.  I have set up a fresh e-mail, and a fresh reader... We will see how it goes this time.  I guess I can see how this would be a benefit to professionals that need to stay in the know all the time, or who follow stuff like this, but I am not sure I need it.  So far, it just feels like something else that I need to remember to check.  I like having everything right in one place and how the reader considers something read if I scroll past it.  Very convenient.

I am following my classmates, who seem far more on top of this stuff than I am.  I am following breaking news on the Gazette - 'cause that's the news that really matters to me.  I am following the the home page of the New York Times - 'cause that's my exposure to the wider world news.  I'm following The Verge - 'cause I liked the variety of their stories.  And, I am following Stewart Memorial Library's blog - 'cause our library and it's employees are awesome.

I have never been a comment-er and I have seen a lot of online conversations through commenting that were absolutely inane.  I will try to leave comments on my classmates posts, it's fun to know that people are reading your stuff and thinking about it.

Thing Two

What will you have to consider when adding media to a blog?  How did you choose what to add? And which gadgets did you find most useful?  And how did you choose the labels you did?

I need a smartphone, then I would consider uploading pictures and videos of all sorts.  As it is, I am stuck with what I can appropriate online for now... The gadget tools look like a lot of fun.  It could be easy to get a bogged down blog by adding too much crap for you readers to deal with.  I actually saw a fish tank gadget.  How bored do you have to be to want to feed virtual fish... 

Thing One

1) So far, how have you been using Web 2.0?  Have you created any content for Web 2.0? Are you active on social media (besides facebook)?

I am so far behind the curve, I am not even sure what Web 2.0 is supposed to mean.  Isn't it enough to know how to navigate the Inter-webs   Despite this, I mess around with Google technologies and Apps all the time.  They are on my phone, on my TV, on my Chrome browser.  I am ready for them to take over the world, streamline everything, simplify, and then let me share my uploaded life on the facebook.  I have made somewhat of an Internet presence trying to stay current.  I created a website for my ex's business, and I have set up Google sites for classes.  When my 14 year old daughter Googled my name, stuff popped up - sites I made and stuff I wrote - it made me feel strangely vulnerable.

2) What interests you about Web 2.0--what would you like to learn about?

I would like to learn how to control what actually ends up in the public sphere.  I would like to have all my stuff backed up in a cloud somewhere, but I need to learn how to do this in an effective and organized manner.  I like the idea of a world wide dialogue, but I am a little weirded out by the lack of privacy.