I typically have some desk time where I’m not helping patrons; I can use that spare time to work on drafting 23 Things posts until they’re ready to publish.

I’m fond of Web 2.0 tools, esp. Flickr and Youtube but also blogs and wikis, so I wanted to familiarize myself with more of the tools available.  It seemed like a good idea to take part in this program since it’s a structured instructional tool.

The internet has greatly affected how I spend time at home; I email family much more than I call them, and I comment on their posts and/or pictures much more often than I can afford to visit them.  Family communication and sharing have become much easier and cheaper since I’ve gotten reliable internet service.

My library is, sadly, well behind me in its use of Web 2.0 tools (our current site is rather crudely designed and user-hostile), but the site is undergoing a massive redesign and intereactive features will be a big part of the new version.  I find the planned updates exciting in spite of my concerns about the digital divide: the new features will make it much easier for patrons to provide feedback as well as to improve search results (user tagging will be added to the catalog and to one of our photo collections which will be posted online).