Reflecting on 23 Things

This program has been a lot of fun.  It’s given me something quasi-educational and productive to work on during slow days on the phones and in the community office.  I was familiar with many of these sites on the list before now, but not all of them.  And I’ve learned quite a few new things about the technologies I was already using.  I was already pretty technology-obsessed going in to 23 Things, and I fear this has made it even worse!  But since I’m a tech trainer, I suppose it is all part of my job.

I have to admit, as “tech savvy” as I claim to be, I didn’t even know what “Web 2.0″ meant until a conference I attended last year.  I had heard the term bandied about quite a bit and figured it must be something very complicated.  When I found out it just meant Facebook, blogging, et. al., I thought, “What??  I already use all those things!” and promptly put Web 2.0 among my skills on my resume.  After completing 23 Things, I feel even more equipped to make use of Web 2.0 technologies – and hopefully, as a tech trainer, teach others how to use them, too.