More (T)wittering?

Photo by foxypar4 (via Creative Commons)

Oh, dear.

Extra Thing 2 is more on Twitter.

I subscribed to Twitter first time round. I posted, I think, two tweets, perhaps three (does one post tweets?). I subscribed to follow CILIP. They followed me back. I tried reading the many tweets that they produced. I got overwhelmed, especially as I was often required to follow links to websites to get anything out of them (the 142 character curse), and stopped. I don't have my own computer, and I don't have enough time to read them when I am at someone else's computer. So I have not looked at my Twitter account since then. Unfortunately this means that I have no use for Extra Thing 2's features. I have no tweets to archive, in one account, let alone more than one, or to future schedule, and I really don't think that the world needs to know that I've written another blog post. Especially if they are going to be at the level of this one ...

Am I allowed to be excused this Extra Thing?

PS

... and I've changed the font and colour of my blog title!

Ironic olde worlde font for a 21st century exercise?

Beatification

I've now had a look at Extra Thing 1, and realise that I did some of it last time. I changed the background, and one or two other bits and pieces. I found that I had some gadgets/widgets added already, though I must confess that I can't now remember whether or not I added them, or they were there already. However, I've added one or two others to the foot of my page - statistics, a search box, and somewhere where all my fans can sign up to receive my blog posts by email. The world will be so much better for that. I searched for extra widgets, but didn't want any of the ones that I found. Why clutter my blog with things I will never use?

Oh dear, that sounds like a real cop out.

White rectangle

No idea why I see a small white rectangle over the credit for the photo - I don't see it in Preview ...

Oh, no ...

Photo by ihave3kids (under Creative Commons)

I signed up for Round 2 of 23 Things, thinking that as I was only going to be doing the Extra Things, I would keep up. Yes, definitely.

Errr ...

Post No. 1 one month late. Great start.

OK, I haven't quite done absolutely nothing. I re-read my blog from last year, and thought about what I had written (though I didn't commit my thoughts to 'paper'). I sound unconvinced about the necessity of any of the tools covered, though I can see that they have potential uses. Has this changed? Well, I haven't used any of the tools since completing the programme, which probably answers that question, but then my situation hasn't changed that much, so perhaps that is not surprising. I had to think about how to log into my blog. I haven't yet returned to my Google page.

So ... Extra Thing 1. Prettify my blog. I am actually reasonably happy with it as it is. It is simple, but readable. Will time spent on changing the template be worth spending? Do I need lots of gadgets or widgets? Not sure, but when I have a minute, I will have a look at what I can do.

Web 4.0, anyone?

I happened to listen (or sort of listen) to "In Business" on Radio 4 last night, and we are way behind - apparently business is two steps ahead of us, at Web 4.0 ...

Wordle

And here is my Wordle ...



It looked so much better full screen, but I don't know how to improve it in this blog. What does it say about my blog? That I used Flickr a lot, and appreciate the concept of Creative Commons, I suppose, that Google rules the world, and that I do quite a lot of speculating in my writing?

I never knew that Wordle existed - another first! It's fun. And before I started 23 Things, I'd never even used Paint (or realised that its canvas is larger than the screen - daft!), so didn't know how to embed an image in a blog post. I've learned a lot.