Thing #12 Comment ZONE! No *&#@ expletives!

I commented on five blogs and found (searched) a few more to comment on that were of a more personal note. One drew my attention about Love After Fifty!! I posted my own personal story on that one.

On Cool Cat Teacher blog I found it interesting to learn about CoComment to keep track of the comments you make on other blogs: http://www.cocomment.com/

The most important rule: NEVER: Be sarcastic, rant prolifically, curse, or personally attack a person.
These are manners that our parents taught us are they not? I wish more people would follow this behavior when invading the PUBLIC space of others in the real world. For example, I was in a restaurant/bar with my fiance for a vacation toddy and a gentleman sitting in the same room was speaking very loudly to his friend about blankety *&P#*** blank *** blank ****-ing (fill in with the most horrific exletives you can imagine) at the TOP of his voice. This happened not just once but several times. If I had not been ready to leave i would have said something. I did mention it to the young son of the owner and he just shrugged. Hmmm....is it just youth? I must admit that I do not always follow ALL of these rules when dealing with corporate consumer issues but when posting blog comments on someone else's space it would seem to logically be the most important guideline.

Thing #11 - LibraryThing-A-Ma-Jigger!

I created a LibraryThing.com account and added a CHICLET (saves space) to my blog. It looks like this (above) and links to your LibraryThing catalog. (Click on the chiclet in my sidebar) I added some MATH books to my LT catalog. This is a very convenient tool for keeping a wish list or sharing curriculum resource books!

Here is the URL for all the cool LibraryThing TOOLS you can use to add to your blog:

http://www.librarything.com/tools

Thing #10 IMAGE-INE THAT!!

I tried Image Chef and it was really easy. You can search images and just replace the text to something you want. I tried a very recognizable image and applied a MATH statement to it which might appeal to 7th graders.

Here's the link! http://www.imagechef.com/

Here's another link where you can get layouts, backgrounds, graphics, generators, widgets, and a lot more!

http://gotomylayouts.com/myspace/?kw=myspace%20images&src=300250-2&gclid=CM3R4Ie25ZQCFR4sagodkG6IRA

Thing #9 Bleary Eyed After Blog Searches!

In order to remember all this stuff, I have started putting all the links I'm visiting in a 23Things folder under FAVORITES so I can go back and explore them further at a later date. I'm learning about so many things that I'm already forgetting what's OUT THERE!
I signed up on Google Reader and subscribed to several blogs using the RSS feed links. I still have to pick and choose which "Favorite Blogs" I show on MY blog because I have too many in the Reader--does that make sense??
· Sometimes it was confusing finding the RSS "sign up" on different web pages
· Technorati searches confused me
· Google Search Blog seemed to work the best

Thing #8 RSS Overload!

This could be used wisely to keep up on relevant professional subjects and things you might want to share with your class each day, OR even medical issues affecting your family. The fear, as in all this internet stuff, is WASTING lots and lots of time exploring all of this information being fed to you each day.

Thing #7 I'm All Googlie!!

So many things!! I'm frustrated about how much time this project is taking and don't think I'm going to meet my deadline. I would love to have more time to properly explore all these things.

I've set up an iGoogle page with some of the gadgets and it is really fun. I chose a designer background (see the Dolce and Gabbana theme above!) and set the tabs for subjects of interest to me and set up the windows using Places to See, Google Gram, Map Search, Fortune Cookie, Clock, Weather for two locations, & several other fun items. I also set up a Google Alert for a subject I'm interested in--it works!!

I've also switched to google e-mail to see if it is easier to manage e-mails. I've opened a Calender to see if it helps with organization and intend to explore the Google Notebook for research and school work. I'm already familiar with Google Earth!

One thing I'm doing is making a 23Things Folder in my Favorites list and adding a favorite to it for every Google application so I can remember them all and explore more when I have time.

Now, I'm all Googled OUT!