Things 1 and 2

I had already signed up for an igoogle account and spent some time customsing my existing homepage and looking for gadgets that are relevant to my library's subject areas,as well as some of my own interests. I was surprised by the number of hits..some trivial (for those not sure what to call their new pet, you can always try "cat name generator" ...) others more serious and relevant to my search terms.

here's a picture of my current homepage ( green colour scheme will be no surprise to anyone who knows me!)

23 Things...here goes...

My first post is just to gve an idea of why I decided to sign up for the 23 Things programme and what I hope to gain from it.

I am not a "digital native" and feel the need to bring my web skills up to date :)

I have already seen examples of positive uses of web2.0 in libraries and would like to learn more about how to apply them in my own workplace.

To hear about how colleagues in Oxford an beyond are using web2.0 and pool our ideas