One Thing leads to another...

It's been great fun to visit the numerous 23 Things blogs now populating the sidebar. Who knew it would be so interesting to sneak a peek at people's iGoogle pages - someone found Frogger! I need to check out the game gadgets again, clearly. Next I 'm going to do some commenting, I find with my other blog that it's really fun when you get a conversation going in comments. Once I was wondering what a tree in our back garden was, and posted a photo of it to my blog asking if anyone knew - soon I had an answer: Australian Wattle, FWIW.

In terms of what I hope to get out of the 23 Things programme, I'm interested in getting new ideas for how to use Web 2.0 tools. I've experimented with a bunch of them, but would like to become a more regular blogger, for instance. I use flickr, but want to upload more photos and organize them in a coherent way. I think that seeing what other people do will provide some inspiration. I'm also hoping to become more familiar with other parts of OULS, which is already happening as I read the participant blogs. I'm leading some of the upcoming Things, and am looking forward to making discoveries about the topics as I prepare. I am quite amazed at the capabilities of some of the free image editing tools, for instance.

Onward!

First day of 23 Things!

I get a little bit of a headstart as I have had a Google ID for some time. I've customized my google page and it is where I always start when I open my browser. I am going to experiment with some different gadgets though. I also love the iGoogle themes that change the top of the page throughout the day, right now I am using the fox with a Japanese teahouse, the night image is one of my favorites.

Have now added a currency converter, headlines from Scientific American, a BBC Radio gadget, and a gadget that lets you search amazon.co.uk from your iGoogle page.

"23 Things" Begins Soon

Greetings - this is the blog that will be dedicated to the upcoming 23 Things Web 2.0 Program at Oxford University Library Services - I am happy to be involved, and will be responsible for Weeks 4, 10 and 11, covering online image sharing and editing, Office 2.0 and Widgets.