Thing 20 - Books 2.0

This "Thing" introduced the Kindle 2, which I fell in love with. The audio aspect is great! I want one when they have color for the photos. Once again I ran into some of the sites wanting you to join to get information, so those were out of the running for me. My favorite "Things" in this section are: BooksinMyPhone, What Should I Read Next?, Bookmarked, Booksprouts, Open Culture, Metacritic and BookBrowse. Open Culture offers free online courses from some great Universities. In the optional section I liked Sillybooks.

Thing 19 - Other Social Networks

I liked the few "Things" I was able to view without joining - WebJunction, Film Crave and What's on my Bookshelf. Ning, Gather and Flixter made you join with them to explore the website. I would have liked to have taken a class or two with WebJunction, however I quickly changed my mind when I saw $40 charges attached to each.

Thing 18 - Facebook and MySpace

This "Thing" is very popular today with alot of people. I don't care for it, maybe due to my free time limitations. If I were having extra time to kill or secluded away from human contact, this "Thing" would be quite attractive.

Thing 17 - Podcasts

For this "Thing" I added CNN's RSS feed to my Blog Reader account. I like getting the haedline news sent to me automatically as it's released. I am not going to sign up for GCAST, because I'm not creating a podcast.

Kissing Pugs

Thing 16 - YouTube

I really like this "Thing", and it probably is my new favorite. Since I am a pug mommy, I had to post one of the pug videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcBs_8J54lQ

Thing 15 - Rollyo

I didn't want to set up another account I wasn't going to use, just for this "Thing". If I need this in the future I know where to go. I used the site for searching a couple of different topics, but I didn't care for it that much.

Thing 14 - Oline Productivity Tools

My Count Down Widget was the most fun in this "Thing".

Created by OnePlusYou

Thing 13 - Library Thing

I love this "Thing", it is my favorite so far! I like the recommendations and blogs of others - it is very helpful. This is something that I would continue to use long after the 23 Things have been completed.

Thing 12 - Wiki

This "Thing" could be useful as explained in the "Common Craft video on Wiki". I did not set up a Wiki account, because right now I don't have a need for it. I completed the exercise of doing an entry in the Sandbox. It is after some German text and says "This is a test 3-9-09, 23 things at the lake".

Thing 11 - Social Media

This "Thing" is a different way to get your news, but you have to consider the source for each entry. I shared the CNN story "Five places to go before global warming messes them up" on Mixx. My first choice was Reddit, however they want you to sign up for an account with them - Mixx did not. After sharing the story it told me that I was the 61st CNN reader to recommend this story, and asked me to post a comment.

Thing 10 - Tagging and Delicious

This "Thing" is new to me. I tagged one of my blog slideshows, as well as checked out the delicious website. I was able to access information without signing up with an account, which was nice. I may use it in the future for school projects.