Thinking about Things - Thing #23

This post will conclude my blogging adventure (for now), so I want to take a second to talk about what I'd do differently given the chance.

First and foremost, I'd decide how I was going to title my posts and stick with it. I didn't care how I titled my posts in the beginning, but now I do - and I'm stuck with some funny-looking titles.

If I were really going to write a blog, I'd decide what I wanted my blog to be and I'd work like crazy to make it look and work just that way - I wouldn't throw up a video here, a LibraryThing link there, a Rollyo search roll here and there. I'd also make sure I was linking to online content whenever possible, and in a consistent way (e.g., why was there ever a URL typed out and not made into a hyperlink? hmmm?). I'd also decide on a tone and do my best to stick with it - professional and perfectionist? Emperor's-New-Clothes with the appropriate note of snarkiness? No matter the tone, I'd work on my writing, because, wow, my writing has been pretty inconsistent in these two dozen posts!

I think this program has really helped me catch up, even just a little bit. It's given me license to go and play in the social web, and in turn that has helped me prioritize which ones I want to work on during my own time. I'm not really surprised by what I'll take away from the 23 Things, but I'm glad it ended up feeling as productive as it does.


The program's format is fine, and I'd participate if there were another program presented in this way. The "lifelong learning" aspect was obviously essential, but I think many staff members felt patronized by the learning plan assignment. I don't think that was an encouraging tone with which to start out a 9-week program. I'd also like to suggest that if IUL takes on another organization's format, that they replace the items we can't use with items we CAN use.

All in all, a success, I'd say!