Week 5 - Thing 12

Rollyo
I created an account and explored the site, but found it a little confusing and a redundant tool. For my interest in travel, for example, I already have a number of sites that will alert me to some target destinations and prices.
However, I may be missing something and will explore further.

Week 5 - Thing 11

Library Thing
Easy to use and lots of areas to explore.
I added at least 5 books and plan on making a list of what I want to read next.

Week 5 - Thing 10

A star is born

Week 4 - Thing 9

I subscibed to Merlin and added it to my feeds. I find the "cut and paste" method easy.
While exploring Feedster, Topix.net, etc, I realized that it is time to get selective in what I want to add to my feeds. For example, I got carried away, looking at a couple of Forum topics in Topix.net.
Bottom line: I will have to curtail my "playing time" at the computer to balance the rest of my fun time.

Week 4 - Thing 8

I set up my bloglines newsreader account at:
www.bloglines.com/public/ebenet@carr.org
Then I signed up for over 14 feeds. There is so much to see and learn; it's a brand-new mountain vista.

Week 3 - Thing 7

I am interested in opening a Skype account. This will allow us to communicate at a lower cost with our families overseas. So far, I have downloaded Skype, but have not taken any further action.

Week 3 - Thing 6

Thanks to Heather's instructions, I finally succeeded: Here is a view of the Matterhorn.

There is so much to explore in Flickr mashups and 3rd party sites, it's amazing. My preferred is Mappr. It's going to be an excellent way to organize travel souvenirs.

I am excited about learning all this "stuff".

Week 3 - Thing 5

I had fun exploring Flickr, Tags and Groups. Then I got carried away looking at photos of one of my favorite mountains, the Matterhorn. Unfortunately, I was not able to transfer the photo to my blog. Here is my next challenge....I will learn.

Matterhorn and Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

Out of the Train - few of Zermatt and Matterhorn -The Matterhorn (14,693 feet) is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps. On the border between Switzerland and Italy, it towers over the Swiss village of Zermatt and the Italian village Breuil-Cervinia in the Val Tournanche. The mountain derives its name from the German words matt, meaning valley or meadow, and horn, which means peak.

My first Blog

With the first Thing I have learned that it is difficult for me to convince myself that I CAN and WANT to use technology to my advantage.
On the other hand, I have no difficulty to begin with the end in mind, realizing that at times that end will have to be modified.