Charlotte-Mecklenburg Thing #23

The last thing. It feels odd to be writing this post. The training schedule at RCPL has it down that these 23 Things should be done by the 60-day mark. On 3/23, I'll have been working here for 60 days. That's as odd a thing to comprehend as finishing this exploration. I was so excited when I got this position, and time feels like it has flown by!

There were a lot of Things in this that I only knew by name (like RSS feeds), and it feels good to have a firmer grip on those concepts. I adore the browser-based word processors (as well as their file storage capacities), and I've already started thinking of ways to make use of them.

Another thing I'm taking away is Blogspot. Currently I use Livejournal for my personal blogging, and I do like it. But in poking around Blogger, I've grown to like it for different reasons. There's got to be a better way to search it though.

As for improvements, I can't readily think of any that would actually happen. Some of the links on the PLCMC blog are broken, but it's also been 2 years since they made those posts for this program.

All in all, I enjoyed this exploration, and I'm sort of sad to see it end.

But maybe that's just because I'm not getting a free mp3 player.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Thing #18

This post is an attempt to use Zoho Writer to write a blog post in accordance with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Thing #18.

I love that Zoho allows me to log in with my Google Account rather than have me sign up for an account with them. Having so many things that require a password can get hectic. Maybe Google having such a monoply on the internet (what with Gmail, Google Accounts, Google Docs, the Google Toolbar, and Google Earth) we're one step closer to having barcode tattoos or implanted chips that are scanned to determine identity rather than flashing a picture ID.

As much as I love being able to keep documents online in order to transfer them from computer to computer without the hassle of a flash drive, privacy becomes an issue in a way. Who can access stuff on Zoho? How hard will they have to try if they really want it? Things on the internet are rarely ever (close to never) private. At the same time, I have had the unfortunate experience of being unable to access a flash drive because there were already too many drives associated with the (networked) computer.

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