Oh my goodness, I only sat down for a few minutes to have a look around the other cpd23 blogs and now it's two weeks later, I seem to have grown a beard and my laptop has fused with my lap. Gross but kinda convenient...
I've even been commenting! Motivated myself with a biscuit per comment; yep, I'm basically a golden retriever. Here are a few of my favourites:
http://ankova.tumblr.com/ - Lots of lovely pictures and graphics, I think I've got blog platform envy...
http://dorkavecunespork.wordpress.com/ - Ahh, pictures of food and words about library stuff, thumbs up!
http://simplethingstomakeanddo.blogspot.com/ - Lovely layout and a non-library perspective on cpd23. Also, there are lots of pictures of cake :D
http://pluggedinlibrarian.blogspot.com/ - A technogeek perspective! I've just started a new job as an e-services librarian so I think this blog'll be interesting AND useful, crumbs.
I'm slightly late putting this up, lagging behind and it's only Thing Two, sigh. In my defence, it's been lovely weather, which is very rare(bit) here in rainy Wales so I've been out and about enjoying the sunshineshine. I tried to blog, honest Ma, it was the screen glare what stopped me.
In other news, I've been trying to find out how to add the 'reply to comments' option to Blogger, I've been messing with the html but nothing seems to have any effect, I think the template I'm using is an immovable object and I'm not an unstoppable force (yet). Any tips oh passing persons of the internet?
Monday, 27 June 2011
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Thing 1!
This is my first post for cpd23 so hello any fellow library and info folk!
I've never blogged before, which is one of the reasons I'm taking part in cpd23. I've always felt a bit ambivalent about writing a library blog; it feels like there are already several million out there already and, frankly, I didn't think the world/the internets needed another. Especially not one written by me!
I'd not actually considered blogging as a tool for professional development until Helen Murphy's presentation about cpd23 at the recent New Professionals Conference - weird considering I once spent a whole year reshelving books on reflective practice... knowledge is absorbed directly through the hands, right? Anyway, once I'd started viewing it that way, my innate self-interest kicked in and I thought 'Yes! I must take part in exciting communal blogging/professional development process!'
Selfishness aside (temporarily, muhaha), I'm looking forward to reading and learning from other people's blogs. The fact that I've already been able to spend an hour or so roaming around other cpd23 posts has really helped me get started with this vaguely frightening first post business: there's a sense of anonymity in crowds that I find reassuring. Like a zebra.
In terms of the upcoming Things, I'm looking forward to 8 and 9; my time management could be better and if this can be achieved by playing around with fun apps then I'm a happy lady. I'm not so much looking forward to Thing 15 as I have slightly antisocial leanings but hey, I'm sure it'll be good for me to make an effort to talk to library people I don't already know. Eep!
I've never blogged before, which is one of the reasons I'm taking part in cpd23. I've always felt a bit ambivalent about writing a library blog; it feels like there are already several million out there already and, frankly, I didn't think the world/the internets needed another. Especially not one written by me!
I'd not actually considered blogging as a tool for professional development until Helen Murphy's presentation about cpd23 at the recent New Professionals Conference - weird considering I once spent a whole year reshelving books on reflective practice... knowledge is absorbed directly through the hands, right? Anyway, once I'd started viewing it that way, my innate self-interest kicked in and I thought 'Yes! I must take part in exciting communal blogging/professional development process!'
Selfishness aside (temporarily, muhaha), I'm looking forward to reading and learning from other people's blogs. The fact that I've already been able to spend an hour or so roaming around other cpd23 posts has really helped me get started with this vaguely frightening first post business: there's a sense of anonymity in crowds that I find reassuring. Like a zebra.
In terms of the upcoming Things, I'm looking forward to 8 and 9; my time management could be better and if this can be achieved by playing around with fun apps then I'm a happy lady. I'm not so much looking forward to Thing 15 as I have slightly antisocial leanings but hey, I'm sure it'll be good for me to make an effort to talk to library people I don't already know. Eep!
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