Wordle, LibraryThing, WrapUp

These 2 things were by far the easiest. I finally learned last week that it is best (for me) to print off the instructions. However, this time I would have been fine w/out them. Both things were very intuitive so you just needed to follow along on the screen. Surprise surpise -- my Wordle was from the "Love Meow" website. It was fun & easy. I had some printing issues, but I've had the same issues on my computer before, it worked eventually.
LibraryThing was fun & easy, again, I added cat books!
Overall, though I was very frustrated at times w/ 23 Things, it was a huge learning curve for me. Most applications were new to me so I was exposed to a lot of different information. I'm glad I did it, I'm glad I'm done!

Online Mapping & GIS

Surprisingly, I found this very easy. This time I had the sense to use the instructions Gail had printed off, so i wasn't flipping back & forth on the screen, which is where I get confused. I had fun, though I kept it simple w/ just 2 places on my "catwalk". I can see how it may be useful to create a community map if you needed to share directions to a place or various places for friends/colleagues to follow. I have used Google Maps/Google Earth for directions in the past, so this portion was straightforward. It is nice to have a 23 Things activity that I did not struggle w/ or get frustrated doing, as has been the case w/ the last few or so. I found I enjoyed doing the 23 Things again, hooray!

diigo, widgets

Not sure that I want to create a diigo account as it is a social bookmarking tool & I seem to have an aversion to any social networking type things. I did try to take the tour on the diigo website, but the video was scrambled. I have reported the problem to 23 Things & if it can be rectified I will go back & watch the video. I do see how this application could be very useful if you research on the web/use it for various reasons. I did however add a "countdown" widget to my iGoogle page. Much more my style -- so very simple!

Photosharing

As usual, I didn't read/follow the instructions. Therefore I got lost/confused & had to attempt it numerous times before it worked, thanks once again to Rachel & Duane for assisting me. Now I do see how easy it should be. I have viewed Flickr before but never uploaded from it. Not sure that I would use it on a regular basis as I tend to send pictures via e-mail as attachments. For this "thing", I typed "tortie cats" into the Flickr search window & got many results. I had hoped that by now I would be more adept with the 23 things but this does not seem to be the case. I learn best by having someone (in person show) me, then doing it myself -- rather than following along w/ written instructions. I'm just glad that I was eventually able to post a Flickr picture on my blog!

Flickr (Photo Credit: GreekVicar)

Wiki

I think I posted to the 23 Things Wiki correctly, but I'm not certain. Hope I did it right, as I found it rather easy! Now when I go into my blog, there is a blue circle w/ the letter "i" in it @ the top of my blog page. Does anyone know why this would happen? Anyway, I had fun using Wiki.

YouTube Video

I am glad we only had to find a video to add to our blog & not actually create/upload a new one unless we wanted to. I would not have felt comfortable doing so. Happily I found a video of a kitten using the library as a research tool in order to successfully land a job. I found this task rather easy & enjoyable (which surprises me as I generally struggle with these technologies).