#23 The End

At least I think that I have finished everything. I guess it is up to Ellen to decide that. I certainly would do another discovery program like this. Just don't run itover the summer. July was really hard. The branch was busy and I would get started and then have to run out to the I Desk or pick up a call. Didn't make much progress until fall.

I didn't care much for the podcasts that were part of the learning exercise. They repeated the written information. Maybe they were there for the auditory learners, thats not me.

The only thing I didn't find successful was the tutorials that depended on screen shots of web pages. I find them blurry and hard to read. This maybe that I need new glasses.

I feel uneasy about the blog. One of my entries had a comment from an outside person. It sounded like a person who would bear special watching if they were in the building. I really didn't like that. I am going to skip blogging.

I love Bloglines. It's a great way to keep up with some favorite sites without having to remember to log into them. Without this program I would never have discovered it. I check it almost daily for book reviews, articles from interesting magazines the branch doesn't get and of course cartoons.

I also like The Library Thing, you could spend hours entering your titles and then checking their popularity, title suggestions etc.

I liked the fact that the program encouraged you to explore more deeply into programs that interested you. There were required activities but then you could take it further.

#22 Audiobooks

I had already tried out Netlibrary and had set up an account. I never actually downloaded a title. So I checked one out with the best of intentions of downloading it and putting it on a CD yesterday. Of course that didn't happen maybe tomorrow. It is disappointing that they can't be put on an Ipod. My kids gave me one without realizing that limitation. I am more into audiobooks than music. Of course I can buy audiobooks from the Ipod site but it is annoying.

The free book sites have some really obscure stuff. I wonder who is spending their time digging it up, not to mention who is listening to it. Even for free I can't see myself listening to it.

One more to go and I will have actually finished.