I can't believe I'm done with the 24 things! It's been fun, and I've learned a lot. A bunch of the things--especially near the end--were applications I'm familiar with, mostly from non-work-related stuff I've done just for fun.
But here were also several things that I'd been avoiding because they just seemed too complicated or mysterious, or I had one of those random techno-blocks about them. Having to explore them for work was enough to get me past that, and that's been good.
Since it's New Year's Eve Day, and a big time for reflection and list-making, I'll hand out a few Playground-related awards:
Thing I Hadn't Known How to Do Before That Became an Addiction: RSS feeds, in a landslide. What did I ever do without Bloglines?
Thing Whose Appeal Continues to Mystify Me: Technorati. Maybe it's because I'm a lazy tagger, but I'll never understand how this is better than just Googling.
Biggest Surprise (besides the wonder that is RSS): Discovering the depth of my e-mail phishing naivete.
Happiest Reunion: Library Thing and me. I still don't know if I ever will add enough titles to my account to justify my paid membership, but it was good to get reacquainted.
Would I participate in another program like this? Sure. I like the self-paced exploratory nature of it, the support materials were really helpful, and it was fun.
That's all-- Happy New Year!
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