#23 - Summary

I can't believe that my journey is ending already! I'm really looking forward to playing around with the new websites and web 2.0 features that this exercise turned me on to! The mashups had to be my favorite, simply because you can do so much with them - I really enjoyed the creativity you could put into it, and then *presto!* something really neat comes out the other end! This really caught my interest since I'm a widget fan to begin with, and now I've got many more avenues to explore in that respect! Thank you for that!

The most challenging things I found were, (aside from the outdated or dead links), were the podcasts. It took me a little while to get the hang of searching and actually coming up with what I was looking for, and then the obstacle of adding them -- it became much easier once I knew where to click to add the podcast and not the plain text blog feed!

The most surprising thing during this exercise was seeing myself blog about social networking in an unflattering light in its regard to being an informational resource! I L♥VE my social networks! I never dreamed that their image could be even the slightly bit tarnished! After the exercise pertaining to them, I see them not so much as anything but a creature comfort where I can hang out with my friends around the globe without leaving the comfort of my home.

I really enjoyed this online adventure, and I think it's a good way to introduce new technology in a way that both novice computer users and the 'old pros' of the internet can embrace. I'd be happy to participate in something like this again if ever it were offered to me.

Thanks, KDL for reinforcing my internet addiction with all these new places to explore and skills to hone!

:)