RSS Feeds and Newsreader

I have set up 14 RSS feeds to my Bloglines account. I really think this will be a useful tool for me to be able to access some of my favorite information all in one spot. One of the very useful feeds for me will be the Washington post Metro section- Maryland feed. We've just been getting the Wall Street Journal delivered at home so I need to know what's going on locally. Of the 14 feeds, I've included some of the blog feeds of participants of '23 Things' and 3 library related feeds: Library Journal, Unshelved, and LibraryBytes.

I'm no techie, but there are many aspects of technology in our everyday lives that I really like. Two of my favorites are cell phones and the internet. My cell phone is my constant companion: I can find my children at any time and I keep all my appointments on my phone and am reminded a week ahead of them. The internet is just amazing for finding information on any topic. I know that we all know this. It can't be emphasized enough. I just love using it!!!

Thing 6

I wasn't too successful with mashups. For instance, I couldn't really find out how to use mappr. However I really love the mapping program included in flickr.com, where you simply search for a place, say Dijon, France. A map pops up with lots of photos that you can click on to enlarge. I think this is done with "geotagging"(people who put their pictures on Flickr can add information about where they took the photo.)

Immensity (S. Caterina - Salento - Puglia - Italia - Italy)

Immensity (S. Caterina - Salento - Puglia - Italia - Italy)
Originally uploaded by Gojca

Isn't this beautiful? My son might go to this area of Italy in the future, because he knows a family that he could stay with for a few weeks. I love this Flickr-- I just searched Puglia, Italy. In my free time I know I'm going to be looking at all these gorgeous photos!

First Post/7.5 Habits

71/2 Habits of Lifelong Learners- The easiest of these for me is "Play" because I really love to learn new skills. I've successfully learned French and now I'm tackling Italian; I love to learn new recipes and knitting techniques. For me, this is play. I'm not that good at keeping the end in mind(Goal Setting), because I'm so enthusiastic about whatever I'm learning, that I don't think much about what I hope to achieve. It usually works out fine though, so maybe I am subconciously thinking about goals: I do end up travelling and using the languages I'm learning; completing my knitting projects and recipes, etc.