Thing 10

Well, the instructions simply didn't work for me, adding someone to my network didn't give me easy access to their bookmarks. It actually didn't do anything at all, perhaps they need to confirm that they want to network! Since I don't really want to create a reciprocal virtual link with people that I don't know, I found the easiest way to access someones bookmarks was to use the Delicious toolbar to bookmark their Delicious page. I did find it hilarious that a sharing colleague listed the BBC guide to alcohol units under personal shopping. Perhaps there is a use for that privacy checkbox after all!

Thing 9

Delicious. Well, I suppose it's good that it no longer contains all those full stops; what was that all about? I've used it before, built up lots of bookmarks that I thought might be useful when I was on a different computer, on holiday, or whatever, then I found I simply didn't use them. Google was quicker for finding the few things I required urgently, and since I generally used either the same computer or a roving profile, all del.icio.us gave me was the same bookmarks, twice. I only ever knew a couple of people who used it, and didn't send them links; I tend to use facebook to share frivolous web content, but I rarely revisit the sites I share at a later date. The site looks pretty much as it always did, and it doesn't excite me. Still, I've done my bit and bookmarked and tagged five sites, all of which I had already saved on my computer.

Thing 8

Picnik: oh yes! Now that's more like it; having said in Thing 3 that I quite liked the idea of using Paint for simple screen shots, I've been having to use it all week to add images to a manual, and have tired of its clunky and poor quality editing facilities. Fine, you can save a jpeg, that's a good thing, but doing anything with the image is another matter entirely. Picnik is fast, intuitive, doesn't require registration or download, and it really works. Woo hoo! I have created a sepia monstrosity to prove its worth (another window, natch.)

Thing 7

This is the first thing I've really not wanted to do. Yes, I do have a Flickr account, I had one long before they were bought by Yahoo! Yes, I have a Yahoo! ID, it's been my primary address for about a decade. Yes, I know that if you really want to see the photos of my parents' wedding or my grandmother in her greenhouse, you probably could, but I'm not going to invite you. I also use my Yahoo! ID on a daily basis, so creating a new one and signing in has been a nuisance. What I've done is to use an old version of Internet Explorer for 23 Things and nothing else, while my usual ID defaults to Firefox. Unfortunately the click and drag functionality in Flickr isn't working at all, so I've been unable to create a set of my lovely photos (on a theme of 'the view out of the window of the library' - very artistic).

Thing 6

I had a look for vaguely libraryish sites to add to my RSS reader. I found a couple of well-known ones, the web 2.0 blog run by Phil Bradley and iLibrarian, but I also came across an aggregate page that puts lots of feeds from other places into one webpage, all with a library news theme. It's called The Library News, and I was astonished when I clicked on the 'share button', and then +more, to see just how many tools there are on the web for sharing bookmarks. Literally hundreds. How can social networking be of use if everyone's using a different network?

Thing 5

Well, that was easy. All I did was click on my Blogger dashboard, scroll down to 'other stuff' and click on Google Reader. Hey presto! Signed in, set up and blogs I'm following automatically subscribed to. A time-saver at last.

Thing 4.2

Layout's very interesting, especially the gadgets. I've added a 'subscribe to' button and rearranged the sidebar, but made a mental note to revisit it when I have a 23 Things dedicated RSS reader to feed into. I think that's next.

Thing 4.1

So many blogs, so little time! I've had a quick flick as it were, made the occasional comment (mainly commiserating with others who've fallen as woefully behind as me) and found a couple of interest to follow. I can't work out for the life of me how to follow the 23 Things Oxford blog, even though it too is powered by Blogger; somehow the obvious button's been removed, and I've faffed with it for long enough. Another time perhaps.