Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Thing #12 - Rollyo

I really like this! I have aromatherapy websites that I search regularly, and putting them all together like this is wonderful. It was very easy to do once I figured it out. It was difficult, however, to get the searchbox into my blog. I've got something here but so far it doesn't work. I'll come back to it to try to fix it and see what happens.

Thing #11 - LibraryThing

I went to LibraryThing and created an account. It was easy enough to use, and I could see it being useful if I had more time to use it. I think this will probably one my least used discoveries. I've added a link to my catalog.

Thing #10 - My Avatar


I created this avatar on meez.com. I also used Yahoo Avatars to create one, and I actually liked that one better but I couldn't figure out a way to upload her onto my blog. The only thing I saw I could use it for was in IM. Meez was very easy to use, and I downloaded her to my computer than uploaded her here.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Thing #9 - MERLIN & Technorati

I checked out Merlin and added the RSS feed to my blogroll, which was easy enough. There is alot of interesting stuff on there. I used Technorati to search for more news feeds, and even though I did find a couple of interesting ones, the results included more of ones that I found were of no use to me. I think it is easier to find them by finding the links on websites, but I still pretty new at this so I'll try some more searches before I give up completely.

Thing # 8 - RSS Feeds & Bloglines

I really liked this one! Putting all of the RSS feeds in one place is such a great thing, and what a timesaver. I think this is probably one of the things I will use the most. I never knew such a thing existed, and I think more people would be using it if they knew about it too. I've included the link to my blogroll if anyone is interested.

Thing #7

Hmmm....something about technology. I think photosharing sites like Flickr are my new favorite discovery. One of my latest projects is getting several years of photos organized and getting them out to my friends and family, and what better way to do it? I'm looking forward to learning more about these.

Thing #6 - Flickr Mashups


I tried the trading card maker and it ended up being pretty cool. I had a hard time getting my picture uploaded but once I figured it out it worked well. I couldn't get the trading card posted to my blog but here is the link.

Thing #5



We just returned from a long weekend in Ocean City, so I found this photo of sunset on the bay on Flickr. It was pretty easy to do. I opted to download it to my computer then uploaded into my blog. So far this is not too hard!

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

THING #3

Ok, finally getting started.
About the lifelong learning habits...what I find the hardest, I think, is beginning with the end in mind. The hard part is not setting goals, but finding that I set goals and think that I know what the end should be, then for various reasons the goals change.
What I find the easiest is to play. What better way to learn about something then to jump in with both feet and play around a little. You may find you get into a little trouble along the way, but you learn and have fun at the same time!