More Things: Thing 26

Thing 26 is Ning, specifically the 23 Things on a Stick Ning. I joined it in the last go-round, and frankly, it just hasn't captured my fancy. Maybe I haven't made the effort to make friends there. Facebook has been more compelling to me, partly because I already know people I've connected to there. And of course that I'm now trying to do More Things on a different schedule from others doesn't help. But I did upload some photos, now that I have some thanks to my personal tech support. I wanted to upload one of my newest favorite toy, but since I don't own the rights to the image, I didn't really feel that I could. I looked back at my blog from last summer, and I had Ning on my list of "things I'm excited about," but for some reason I didn't keep with it.

I looked at some of the videos, and made some comments. There was a film of library dominoes (we did something similar a few weeks ago at my institution to kick off Library Week.) And one of my all-time favorite YouTubes, the Medieval Help Desk.

I could see getting involved in an interest group in Ning (my husband is active in some on Facebook.) I just haven't found/made time in my life for that, not in Ning or Facebook. I said last August that I have the problem of having TOO MANY interests - how to limit oneself by the time available?

Thing 21: Beyond MySpace: Other Social Networks

This Thing covers other social networks such as Gather, WebJunction, and Ning. I was sure I'd been in Ning before, but it didn't recognize me. And once I got in, when I moved to another section, it didn't seem to recognize me. I've signed in three times so far (maybe it's just having a bad day.) Let's see if I can capture the code....


View my page on 23 Things on a Stick

I looked briefly at some of the other social sites, and again, if I had more time, it might be interesting to explore more. My problem is that I have TOO MANY interests (books, gardening, film, etc.) How to choose?

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I joined LinkedIn the other week. It seems to be a good social networking site for professionals, and has some "cred" at my institution. One of my coworkers teased me yesterday about not responding to him yet in Facebook. I'll get to it soon. I like the fact that you can put in information about what you like (favorite books, films, quotes, etc.), but part of me is still dubious about this. How much do I want the greater universe to know about me? How much personal information do I really want floating out there?

Well, I've spent an hour on this today, and I'd better get back to updating my web guides. I'd like them to be finished when fall classes start in less than two weeks, and I've still got a stack to work on.

Be seeing you!