More Twitter - Thing 31

My use of Twitter has really dropped off in the past year.  When I had children attending college out of town, I used it as a way to stay in touch with them.  

My library system has started using Twitter to provide program updates and library news.  The Tweets are fun and informative.  It's going to be interesting to see how this develops.

RSS & Delicious - Thing 30

I don't have much to say about Thing 30.  I didn't change anything I'm already doing.  The Thing 30 options seem like overkill for me.  I don't need or want weather or traffic feeds or any of the other feeds that were listed.  I've been using Google Reader since the original 23 Things and check it nearly every day.  I set up a Delicious account with the first 23 Things and haven't used it much.  I bookmark the sites I use on a regular basis and I use Google for everything else.

Google Tools - Thing 29, Continued

Thing 29 is done! I read the articles on SearchWiki and watched the video. I did a search and looked at the comment boxes (but I didn't leave any comments). I reviewed the search history information. I don't see any immediate value for SearchWiki or search history for me.

Twilerts was my favorite part of Thing 29. I enjoyed the tweets about my local libraries.

Google Tools - Thing 29

I've stalled out on Thing 29, but I'm trying to get started again. I set up Twitter alerts for my library system and library branches a couple of weeks ago. Through the alerts, I discovered that the County is using Twitter and now my library has a Twitter account too.

I explored the Google News page and bookmarked it with other news sites that I follow. I did a search on the upcoming winter storm and was pleased to see that a recent local story was the top hit. I liked the timeline feature in the news archives. It could be really useful for student homework assignments. Many of the library's timeline books are in the reference collection.

I'll return to Thing 29 later. It's time to get ready for work.