Thing 13: Online productivity tools

I already have an iGoogle start page.  One thing I have noticed is that if there is too much video and picture content, the page can be slow to load especially at home.  This is an annoyance if all you want to do is to search Google.  Couldn't get the countdown widget working quite right on this blog, but did activate the one on the 23things blog. I did read the Wired article about online calendars.  Our district already uses an online calendar within and between buildings, so that isn't a particularly new concept for me.  I'll go back later to Remember the milk-the title is so catchy. 

Thing 12 social media sites

I checked out Mixx, Digg, Newsvine and Reddit.  It takes a lot of time to figure each one out, but I can see the potential and why tech-savvy people would like to use it.  Whether it wastes time or enhances productivity would I suppose depend on the topic.  I used the share tools in a NYTimes article about Facebook, which was quite easy; someone else had already shared it to Digg.  

Thing 11

1.  I've already been tagging this 23things blog in Blogger-no problem there.  Sort of like indexing.  I can see how del.icio.us can be useful when you are working on more than 1 computer-also shared by a class or group of students.  Maybe used for book reviews, authors etc.  Who knows?  The list is endless.  I've created an account there, added bookmarks from eSchool news I got from emailings.  Useful to see others' bookmarks too.