THING #1- so THIS is Blogging?

Okay, so I've been on vacation for a week and no, there wasn't a cruise ship involved. Darn it!

I'm still trying to figure out why some of the gadgets on my blog are broken and have gone into something called the the "Webmaster Tools" but think I need a whole week to go exploring them. I viewed the entire tutorial with the 31 Things (slides) and found it helpful, but can't seem to find all the tabs and links they mention on my particular blog layout. "Go forth and Blog!" ;-) I think it is more frustrating that the internet is often slow and the videos we need to watch don't show fast enough. Can't wait to see more about "Web 2.0!" Quite frankly, I am personally not afraid of the technology, I am just unhappy that more often than it should it does not work to full capacity. We get the same complaints from our patrons, OFTEN!

I am fully aware from past workshops and conferences we will be in "beta forever" and that change is constant. I am just not one of those people who goes on the cruise ship and has to get on the internet computers to check my e-mail or upload my vacation pictures so quickly. I also don't have the latest gadgetry at home, not even an MP3 player-- yet! (maybe I'll get lucky and win one?) ;-) OTOH, my husband just got his first "Crackberry" (er, um Blackberry) and I played with that to see how mobile technology has jumped ahead. It's scary how addicting it becomes.

By the looks of some others, you can tell they have more experience personalizing the look of their blogs. (i.e. "23" Anybloggy can do 23 things! WebKitteh's Twenty-Three Things Maybe I can steal, I mean borrow some of their creativity...