Thing 6 - Subscribing to Feeds

I'm really quite familiar with RSS feeds so it was a relief to be able to quickly revise this and record my progress. I've subscribed to a number of feeds and have also publicised this with my academics and have demonstrated how to subscribe and use. Having feeds set up within the Google Reader is not so convenient if you have to log in each time to see them, unless you regularly access your gmail account anyway. The layout in Google Reader is preferable to RSS in Outlook but having access to Outlook most of the time makes it more convenient. Either way you do still have to remember to look at it.

The feed I've set up for 23 Things is to ABC News:Business just because it's topical given the global meltdown but it is depressing and I really should find an uplifting feed :) It is quicker for me to look at the ABC news website though, rather than logging in to the google reader. When RSS feeds sit within a webpage they are of more use. I've put a couple in my LibGuides and they work very well because you cut out the extra step of having to log into a reader.

Thing 4

One benefit from system failures (i.e. Outlook, H drive etc) is that time becomes available to allocate to other things - 23 Things in particular.

Re the 7 & 1/2 Habits for me there is probably no standout easiest habit, though possibly I like to begin with the end in mind. I'm the sort of person who likes to know where I'm headed. The hardest would probably be a tendency not to view problems as challenges. I'm assuming this is not uncommon especially when work load is high.

As far as goals for 23 Things I want to get past Thing 7 (where I got up to last time). I would like to know where I'm headed and what use I can make of the Things in my work. I'm looking forward to learning more about Flickr and would quite like to create a presence on Facebook just for the heck of it. Looks as though my learning toolkit will mainly comprise a computer, a digital camera, perseverence and help from contacts when necessary.