Google Universe

I was pretty pumped when I first found Google Scholar a few months ago. When recommending this to university students for articles, I quickly found out that not all, but a lot of the articles you have to pay for. That was really disappointing because the information certainly looked good but not all can afford it.

Facebook

The first venture into Facebook was quite a few years ago when I was checking up on my son's activities. Playing the spy gave me way too much information - what does it mean when a girl gives a guy a thong? When he found out that I was on Facebook it was a bit embarrassing for him, so I didn't use my account for years until recently. My niece has uploaded pictures of her little girls and its a great way to stay connected to the family. On the other hand, I do not have time to make "friends" or reply to all the requests. After spending all day on the computer, the last thing I want to do is go home and look at another computer. Go for a walk or read a book, talk to my husband - these sound more appealing!

Wikipedia

I was surprised to find that even my home town of Balzac was on Wikipedia and that was even before the new CrossIron Mills mall opened. The claim to fame was Balzac Billie, the gopher who predicits the coming of spring. It was very easy to edit the information and I added Kathyrn as a Hamlet close to Balzac.

In exploring Delicious, I found that the more that I used it, the easier it was to navigate. I really liked the old Best Websites on Horizon and part of that was being familiar with it. I really just need to use it more.