Diigo for Victory, once it works.

  by  f_shields

What is new here - well highlighting is nice as are sticky notes, but as I already bookmark in Firefox along with tags, there is not a huge gain here.

Oddly annoying not to receive the activation email along with other warwick.ac.uk addressees, rather offputting. Reporting this to the support link gained me this reply
"We have activated your account in the backend. Welcome"

Cracking use of English I thought ;-)

13 out of 23 - reflections on a long half

  by  wharman 

13/23 is just over halfway and it has been challenging, finding the time to do this properly, and not getting too far adrift of the timetable.  So far I am about 2 weeks behind.

Some things seemed very useful, others just interesting, and most of them total timesinks for attention.  If I needed help to procrastinate, and I generally don't, I have just been introduced to a whole toolkit of ways to be busy in areas that are tangential to my work objectives.

Things 11 & 12 - stare into my inkblot

  by  designshard

Chose this image because it is lovely, and I wish I had taken this picture.

Have now tweeted and retweeted and messaged, but find it all a little clunky and nothing like the immersive, easy, intuitive world I was expecting.  Still perseverance may overcome this - let's see.

Facebook as ever is schizophrenic, useful for libraries, and for personal posts if your privacy is something you are prepared to barter for ease of access. However if you want control, you must prepare yourself for a long vigilant watch over settings, which will flip to default when things are updated.  As default is "everyone", you will find that your privacy is gradually eroded.


Slightly concerned about how far behind I am, in 23 things terms, finding each week is taking me a very long time, and many unfamiliar technologies to go.

Tweet nothings

  by  wharman 

Twitter was straightforward, as easy as hoped.  With only words, it does seem a little pedestrian, and I am missing colour and images. 

Not sold on the idea yet.  It will be great for chat among friends, but bit less clear about any business use.  I am also keen to find people to follow whose tweats are funny.  Anybody got any suggestions for amusing people to follow?

Flaming vixens..... or firefox if you prefer

A quick little part of the course, as I already use Firefox all the time.  I was first directed to it by IT Services back in July 2009, when they highlighted a threat to Internet Explorer, due to an unpatched weakness and recommended that we all use Firefox for a while.  Having tried it, I have not wanted to switch back.


I like it for the frivoulous stuff like the personas - to make my screens more colourful - and the ability to bookmark so easily.

And of course, who doesn't love the sheer crafty beauty of a fox - clever marketing.

  by  Dluogs 

Doodling away

Successfully doodled to arrange a meeting, and quite impressed with the tool.  Could be extremely useful in the future, especially to set the best time/date combination for a wider group of people.

Thanks to the replies on images - will give that a try on the next posting.