I couldn't resist posting this...kind of scary,huh?

Letter Pop and YourMinis

I love Letter Pop - this is another really good idea. It seems like so many of these sites were created to get around having to use microsoft software - Bill Gates is an inspiration in more ways than one. But I'm really not sure about widgets - I think I have to spend more time learning about these. I'm not sure I did what I was supposed to do.

I'm back....

I have taken a break for over a month now, but decided I would move on beyond the 23 things. Zamzar is really a wonderful tool and really couldn't be easier. I'm sure that everyone will be able to pass this sight on to a lot of people.

and now we come to the end...

or the beginning, or thing 24, or whatever it is, I loved some of it, enjoyed most of it,I'll try to remember all of it, and I might actually use part of it. I'm sure that everyone who has been doing these 23 things will agree with me that it has been a good learning experience. I think I felt that once you knew how to search the internet, what more could there be? The image generators were fun and I love Bloglines, but I don't have much use for Technorati, del.ico.us, or Rollyo. Mashups gave me a headache. The picture sharing sites are fun - but I seem to break every camera I touch, so I might not use them again. Wikis are a great way to share information and I can see many, many ways we will use this technology in the future. I think E-books are underappreciated and I'm sure we will use this technology and be downloading our movies this way very soon. And as for You-Tube, well yes we can all be famous for 15 minutes (or less). Sometimes I think the hardest part was thinking of something to say on my blog. Hopefully, all of these things I have learned will help me download something to my MP3 player...

E-Books

I have been playing around with e-books for about a week or so - Even though we have had e-books for a couple of years I had no experience with them. The audio books from Overdrive are a great idea, and I am sure this will be the wave of the future with dvds, also - its so simple to download and burn these. I had no problems downloading the software from Overdrive, but I made the mistake of upgrading to Adobe 8 before I read the directions - so I had to backtrack and downgrade. Using the Adobe reader didn't seem quite as user friendly as Overdrive, but it wasn't difficult. I think its a great idea for Reference books, and this is something everyone might need to do at some point, when they need a manual or instructions for something they can't find anywhere else. I will definitely be looking at the e-book spot on our website more often to see what's new. I do have a question - Can you "return" your E-book if you finish before the due date? I tried deleting it from my downloads, and this doesn't work, and there is no option to do this from "My bookshelf". If anyone knows the answer to this please let me know.