Del-icio-us

I opened a Del-icio-us account when someone in CCK08 Course on Connectivism posted all the class introductions on her Del-icio-us account. I'm not really comfortable with that but I haven't gotten around to deleting that information from my Del-icio-us account and using it for more appropriate information sharing.
On my google favorites, I do have a section for listing other people's Del-icio-us sites and if you want to point me in the way of your Del-icio-us page, it would be most helpful. It's always good to have people pre-screen and recommend websites. Of course recommending websites also happens through twitter, facebook, diigo, blogs, etc. so there's little danger of running out of interesting urls to read.
More crucial than learning about either Del-icio-us or Diigo is getting a better grip on the labeling process.

Igoogle

As you can see, my postings have become infrequent. It's been too easy to just dip into the river of information flowing through cyberspace rather than being proactive and creating blog posts. I read this blog post yesterday about changing the igoogle home page to keep one more focused on tasks and goals. http://andremalan.net/2009/11/dropping-out-is-sometimes-the-right-thing-to-do/ and I'm rethinking how I use igoogle. I've uninstalled a lot of stuff and am now trying to decide how I want to set up my igoogle page. For sure I'm going to add a timer/stopwatch to the page. Is there anything you've done with igoogle that has helped you achieve your priorities?

Jane Howard quote on network

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
Jane Howard
(1935-1996)

100 Free Ivy League Literature Courses

http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/100-ivy-league-literature-courses-you-can-take-for-free-at-home/
Once an English major, always an English major. The great thing about studying English is that perfection doesn't make a good story. Heroes have flaws - sometimes fatal flaws. All good stories contain conflict and crisis and never knowing exactly where the story is heading and the expectation that the ending will most likely be a bit of a surprise.
I laugh when I hear young guys talking. They'll say, "She's caught my eye but I don't need any more drama in my life. So how crazy do you think she is?" They never ask "How crazy do you think I am. Do you think she's up to the drama I'm going to bring to her life?" And the real interest is what's the chemistry going to be when these two crazy, flawed people get together. Let's face it - if there's no chemistry, no craziness, no drama - well it sounds pretty boring to me.

My Biggest Obstacle

CCK09 challenges its participants to find out what web tools are available and to plunge in and start using them. I'm more of a reader, an observer, an introvert. So that's the goal - to experiment, to produce, to move beyond my comfort zone.

Organizational Skills

Have you noticed how much more complexity is added to life with the passage of time? When it comes to tools for staying organized, well I'm just not using them. When I go into houses, I'm always curious about how people store their stuff. And when I see people with packed schedules, I can't help wondering how they stay on top of things. So how do you do it? Share a habit that really makes a difference in your productivity. How were you able to carve out the time required to take this course? Did you drop an activity to add an activity or did you become more skilled in accomplishing your responsibilities more efficiently?

Blogs to Facebook to Twitter and Back

The online world moved from blogs to facebook to twitter in order to increase connections while decreasing the amount of time and energy required. Who even knew the world contained so many online marketers wanting to follow thousands of us? Call me corny but I liked it better when people were publishing their ideas. I suppose it's the difference between watching a movie and reading a million customer ratings of a movie. One great movie has the potential to change a person's whole world view in a way that a million two-sentence reviews of a movie can't.