Registering for 23 Things

I registered for 23 Things Oxford 2010 by completing the form at http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGRJTjJwR09STkhSd3hLQ0dTcy1NbXc6MA

My thoughts on blogs:

I currently follow 47 blogs via RSS (more on RSS next week) and it's the best way for me to keep up-to-date with life.  I have different types of blogs that I follow: most are work/library-related, and some are relevant to my leisure interests.

As a blogger, I find it a useful tool for communicating with my audience.  It is very quick and easy to update a blog, and you can add interest by including photos, videos and links to other sites.

Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog where I will be reporting my 23 Things progress.  This is the first time I have used Blogger.  I use Wordpress for my OxfordStaffDev blog.  I like the simple interface in Blogger, but the advanced features of Wordpress are an advantage once you are no longer a novice user.

Getting started - Google ID

I am so excited that 23 Things has begun!  I have already used many of the resources that will be included, but not all of them, and I'm particularly looking forward to playing with images in Flickr.

My iGoogle page looks like this:

I have chosen the Japanese tea garden theme, because I like how it changes during the day.

The gadgets I have chosen include the following:

- Google Reader - so I can see if I have any RSS feeds to read

- Weather (it is cold and snowy at the moment!)

- Guardian news headlines

- Wikipedia search box, To Do list and a thought for the day

I have another tab on iGoogle for all things Twitter - here I use BeTwittered to access my Twitter account and I have a saved search for #web2

Other start pages I've used include Netvibes and Pageflakes, but I've stuck with iGoogle because I use my Google ID for so many things.