I've been working up the nerve to create a blog for a while now. I'm glad that the opportunity to participate in 23 Things came about since I feel more comfortable using a blog for work purposes rather than personal ones since I am a somewhat private person.
As for my reactions to 23 Things thus far, it's already challenged me by expanding my limits of comfort, which is good. I still feel uncomfortable writing about myself, but hopefully, it will get easier each week with practice.
I have a comment about the process for setting up this Blogger account: the part about entering an email address was confusing. From the front page, it seemed as if you needed to have a Gmail account to use it or create a Gmail account, but I entered a non-Gmail address into the first "blog set-up" box and Blogger accepted it. Everything else has been easy to follow!
After 23 Things is over, I hope to continue adding to this blog and integrate it into the library as an additional source of information for our patrons.
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Hey WaW
ReplyDeleteSo we forced you to create a blog! Yay! No worries about revealing too much; you decide what to share and what not to share. We're really interested in your experience and what you liked/didn't like.
Thanks for comments about the confusion about the email. It does kind of get mixed-up there. You need a google account, which you can use any email for - we'll try to be clearer on that. Glad you figured it out.
Looking forward to reading more about how this is going for you and eventually enjoying the blog as a patron!
What Kelley said - I think what people often forget with these tools is that we are never obligated to share more than we are comfortable sharing: if you wanted to keep the focus entirely business-like, when you start up your library's blog, that would be perfectly okay.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your responses on future exercises...
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Do you know that this was actually the first time it dawned on me that it didn't have to be a gmail or other already-associated-with-Google account? It's really poorly worded. It's not exactly like I'm a neophyte in the online world.
ReplyDeleteSo you're not alone there in being confused by that. I sat there and facepalmed over the many practice blogs I had created for varying reasons in the past, carefully creating or using a gmail account for each.
doh.
hey look! I'm following yer blog! I love the profile picture. And totally what Kelley and Leigh Anne said. A blog doesn't have to be personal.
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