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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Thing 28 - Customized home pages -
Thing 28 - I chose igoogle as my customized homepage - I love it! I tell everyone how fun it is to have your own customized page. I have fractals as my background and I love seeing the different ones when I log in. Small thrills - what can I say. I have added Things to Ponder on the advice of my fellow thinger - it's sad how many times I will refresh my page to see a new ponder, yet one more time sink! I love that I can have my delicious bookmarks right there on my page with my email link and all the other stuff I like to get to fast.
Thing 27 - again - Twitter
Okay - I gave twitter another shot - I could come to like it. I has the feel of a sort if IM - but not. I am still sure that I won't have a lot of time to devote to twitter - I do like it.
More things!
I am going back and reviewing each of the things because it has been a month since I was on task. I have reviewed Things 24, 25, and 26 so far. I am planning to look at twitter one more time as well. I am hoping to see more this time. In review, I still love some of the original 23 things and have to go to them often and they still make me smile.
Summer is here - I can work on my things again!
I am so pleased that summer has finally arrived - with it, the rain - and I have time to get serious about finishing more things on a stick. Wish me luck and continue working my way through the things - some of which are going to be tricky.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Thing 33: Travel 2.0
I love to travel so this thing was pretty exciting for me. I started by checking out What Is Travel 2.0 and then started clicking through the sites listed for review.
The travel journal sites are fun, but I don't think it is something I would use. I am a scrapbooker, when I find the time, and I love the idea of the journal - but I am also traditional and truly love the printed pictures and actually writing out the journal. It might be a great way to keep my journal while I travel and then I would be able to use it for my scrapbooking when I got back home. I can't imagine that too many people would be interested in seeing my trip photos, so I don't think I would use Vcarious - although it was fun to look at. I think that there are a number of uses for mapness for the school, I know that many teachers have students plan trips and such, and I like the idea of them being able to interface with their google maps.
TripAdvisor seems to be a great tool. I like how it is a "one-stop shop" so to speak, where you can find flights, hotels, restaurants, things to do, and such. I am traveling to Denver next week and am planning to use this site to find things to do while I am there. The rest of the sites listed under TripAdvisory don't seem to have the options that trip advisor does, and I think that the extras offered by trip advisor are more useful than the hotel review that seems to be the main function of travelpost, Igougo, Gusto, and Virtual Tourist. I suppose I might check out the comments on Boo.com and Sheraton's Share, but I doubt it.
Green Routes is cool - I am always looking for little out of the way places to go. The Taxi estimator is a decent idea, but I have taken a lot of cabs in a lot of cities and no two fares are ever the same. The Wines and Times site was awesome! I would love to take a wine trip sometime! I added the site to my favorites in hopes that sometime I will get to. Hotspotr is a handy one - I am planning to find some places in Denver so I can hopefully continue to work on my things while I am out of town. My boyfriend will love the fast food finder - I am not bookmarking that one! The Travelmashups Awards spot really didn't hold any interest for me.
The travel journal sites are fun, but I don't think it is something I would use. I am a scrapbooker, when I find the time, and I love the idea of the journal - but I am also traditional and truly love the printed pictures and actually writing out the journal. It might be a great way to keep my journal while I travel and then I would be able to use it for my scrapbooking when I got back home. I can't imagine that too many people would be interested in seeing my trip photos, so I don't think I would use Vcarious - although it was fun to look at. I think that there are a number of uses for mapness for the school, I know that many teachers have students plan trips and such, and I like the idea of them being able to interface with their google maps.
TripAdvisor seems to be a great tool. I like how it is a "one-stop shop" so to speak, where you can find flights, hotels, restaurants, things to do, and such. I am traveling to Denver next week and am planning to use this site to find things to do while I am there. The rest of the sites listed under TripAdvisory don't seem to have the options that trip advisor does, and I think that the extras offered by trip advisor are more useful than the hotel review that seems to be the main function of travelpost, Igougo, Gusto, and Virtual Tourist. I suppose I might check out the comments on Boo.com and Sheraton's Share, but I doubt it.
Green Routes is cool - I am always looking for little out of the way places to go. The Taxi estimator is a decent idea, but I have taken a lot of cabs in a lot of cities and no two fares are ever the same. The Wines and Times site was awesome! I would love to take a wine trip sometime! I added the site to my favorites in hopes that sometime I will get to. Hotspotr is a handy one - I am planning to find some places in Denver so I can hopefully continue to work on my things while I am out of town. My boyfriend will love the fast food finder - I am not bookmarking that one! The Travelmashups Awards spot really didn't hold any interest for me.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thing 32: Google Maps
This thing was fun. I created a google map that shows the journey of Amy and Dan Cahill while they search for the 39 Clues. I am having problems getting pictures on my map. I was hoping to get a photo for each leg of the journey on the map, but as yet - can't seem to get them in. Anyone have advice?
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