OK. I'll admit it. At first I thought this was going to be a bit of a pain to get through. I knew it would probably be useful but when you're on #3 and you've got 20 more to go it's hard to feel excited by it. But I have to say I'm really glad we have this program. I know feel I have at least a basic understanding of some of these web 2.0 applications and what they can do. Most of them I'd never use again but it was really interesting and valuable exploring through them.
I don't know how comfortable I am with the sharing and putting everything out there for everyone else to see aspect of this stuff. I guess I'm very old fashioned but having my name out there and my comments posted for everyone to read makes me a bit uncomfortable. There's also that aspect of, who cares about what I'm doing or what I'm thinking? Some of the blogs and Facebook sites, etc, are really interesting. Some of them are written by people who should turn off the computer a bit more and get outside. I think it's really a generational thing (although there's lots of people my age and older who enjoy this stuff).
Of all the sites I explored, I liked the online productivity sites, Youtube and Rollyo the best. I can see the usefulness in them. I guess if I was the kind of person who sat to play on my computer I'd really enjoy the other stuff but I really use it for more practical applications.
I am amazed on what you can find on the computer and what people are doing with these sites. They are truly creative. It's such an amazing world and it's incredible how it's evolved just in the past 20 years or so!
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