I think it's cool we're getting to play with all this 2.0 stuff. I think it was in Emily's? blog where she said she didn't really see the point in posting totally irrelevant and possibly boring life details at semi-regular intervals on Twitter and I couldn't agree more. I guess that's why I never really bothered with a blog or with Twitter because, without sounding like I'm some insecure, self-loather, I didn't think my life was that important. And it isn't in the scheme of things, but that's kinda the point I took away from this weekend: that whole idea of being able to be social and find "communities" based on shared interests without having to be an IMPORTANT person. What's weird is that I started following a few comedians I like (I love stand-up) and now I get tweets from "important" people, like Kathy Griffin and Patton Oswalt. Yeah, I'm cool. I get tweets from celebrities. No big deal.
Anyway, I had a ton of fun playing around with Twitter and starting this blog. I am totally on board with technology and can see it's usefulness in both the library world and every other part too, really. I am not necessarily a techie either, but if something is cool and is going to make my life easier, I am all for it. I recently bought a droid phone because I wanted to feel like I was riding the technological wave and not some old granny living in an analog world. My previous phone was this old school, have-to-text-by-pressing-the-number-buttons-three-times-to-get-a-letter phone. I couldn't even get photos texts on that phone. I said to myself, "I'm going to be a librarian. I have GOT to get with it here." So, now I'm swyping, I'm downloading apps, I'm taking photos of my kid and texting them all over town, I synched all my accounts so I can get tweets by phone and check my RSS feeds on my phone through googlereader. I also wanted to try reading a book on my phone so downloaded Kathy Griffin's memoir (something fun and light) and now I am a total advocate for reading digitally. I even think I could read something deep and heavy on it. Before that experience I was a complete skeptic. I liked paper books and I was sticking to it, but I now know without a doubt the direction books are going which is why I wanted to be in the e-book group.
Whew. I over-blogged today, but I guess my mind is still reeling from the weekend. I am super happy I'm taking this class. Looking forward to following everyone in the www! It'll be weird to get to know everyone first this way and then meet you all in person in October. Anyone going to see Catfish? It looks awesome and it's all about this very thing.
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