Web 2.0 SRR

Dear Diary -what a minute, no one uses that quaint method of expressing their thoughts, insights and dreams anymore -they blog!

Dear Blog, I have the power! I now can access the world, or parts of it, through my Google Reader account. I can express my opinions to colleagues I’ve never met, get the latest reviews of books for our Media Center, get tips on creating our own web site, etc., etc, etc. I even  know the reason I have trouble falling asleep at night, thanks to a little blurb in POPSCI.COM.

No more searching google and hoping to find articles of interest – only to click on a likely entry and find it was last updated in 2005! I love the ability to pick and choose blogs that interest me, changling and adding to them as my interests and needs change.

Sometimes i find the comments silly. How many people need to chome in, writing, I agree with so and so about such and such! On the other hand, I never know when I’m going to come upon a gem that will cause me to stop in my tracks and look at something in a whole new way. Taking a leap from the personal to the global, so many of the problems in the world are the result of people never having heard, or read, thoughts and ideas different from their own.

The experiences I’ve had in just the past week looking at a variety of blogs, reading the posts, and adding my own comments have been exciting, enlightening and empowering. Wow, that’s something i cannot imagine having written  a year ago.

Dear Dairy, I take it back; there is still a place for you. but it’s definitely a whole new BLOG-game!