I am put to shame by some of the blogs that I have signed up to follow. Yes, I've signed up to follow some of them, and they appear on my dashboard reading list (if that is what it is called ...). I don't have a huge amount of time to read them all, but when I do dip in, I find them very interesting.
I am way, way behind in doing the Things in time. I must catch up! Well, my blog is registered, but unsurprisingly, no-one is bothering to follow it. It is not very interesting. I actually find this exercise of creating a blog that no-one is interested in quite depressing. I suppose that I am gathering a few skills by doing it, but otherwise it is one of a thousand thousand other blogs that are mostly read by none, or only a few. I actually enjoy writing, but I don't have time to put into making this more interesting. Or perhaps I should be more honest in saying that I don't find it worthwhile enough to find the time to put into it? I find the concept of broadcasting my little world to anyone who happens to light upon the blog ... well, something egocentric which I would never have started on if 23 Things Cambridge hadn't come along, and I'd thought that maybe it would enhance my CV. I take a bit of comfort from some of the other blogs being untouched for longer than mine.
So Thing 5 is Doodle. I'm so behind with my Things that I am too embarrassed to try to schedule a peer support meeting about 23 Things. So I created a Doodle for me and all my other aliases to come and remove the tree stumps from my garden. I bet that none of them can do any of the sessions - it has been that way for quite a while ... ;o). I've uploaded a screen shot above. I have no idea why these always come out so small. I am clearly doing something wrong. Anyway, Doodle is simple to create, and I've responded to one poll (bit of a strange term for it) created by another 23 Thinger (much more practical than mine, inviting people to set - sorry vote or poll on - a time for the College librarians' monthly lunch). Will I use it in the future? I doubt it. I don't tend to have to organise many meetings that require lots of people to be there. My Libraries Committee? 25% don't use email, let alone Doodle. It's there. I may well have forgotten about it by the time I come to need it.
Next I apparently have to create a Google calendar, to let everyone know about all those events that so many people need to know about ...
I am way, way behind in doing the Things in time. I must catch up! Well, my blog is registered, but unsurprisingly, no-one is bothering to follow it. It is not very interesting. I actually find this exercise of creating a blog that no-one is interested in quite depressing. I suppose that I am gathering a few skills by doing it, but otherwise it is one of a thousand thousand other blogs that are mostly read by none, or only a few. I actually enjoy writing, but I don't have time to put into making this more interesting. Or perhaps I should be more honest in saying that I don't find it worthwhile enough to find the time to put into it? I find the concept of broadcasting my little world to anyone who happens to light upon the blog ... well, something egocentric which I would never have started on if 23 Things Cambridge hadn't come along, and I'd thought that maybe it would enhance my CV. I take a bit of comfort from some of the other blogs being untouched for longer than mine.
So Thing 5 is Doodle. I'm so behind with my Things that I am too embarrassed to try to schedule a peer support meeting about 23 Things. So I created a Doodle for me and all my other aliases to come and remove the tree stumps from my garden. I bet that none of them can do any of the sessions - it has been that way for quite a while ... ;o). I've uploaded a screen shot above. I have no idea why these always come out so small. I am clearly doing something wrong. Anyway, Doodle is simple to create, and I've responded to one poll (bit of a strange term for it) created by another 23 Thinger (much more practical than mine, inviting people to set - sorry vote or poll on - a time for the College librarians' monthly lunch). Will I use it in the future? I doubt it. I don't tend to have to organise many meetings that require lots of people to be there. My Libraries Committee? 25% don't use email, let alone Doodle. It's there. I may well have forgotten about it by the time I come to need it.
Next I apparently have to create a Google calendar, to let everyone know about all those events that so many people need to know about ...
