I first went to check out Bloglines search tools. I don't have an account there and didn't want to get more involved so then I took a look at "Technorati". After browsing I came upon an interesting article about Twitter and Google Maps being used to track down 2 missing skiers. That would be a perfect example as to how this modern tech stuff can be of great service! Then, after clicking on the "Technorati Tutorial" link I was surprised to find that the narrator was speaking in Dutch. I saw the link to change to English - but after listening only a few more minutes, I stopped. The gentleman was extremely boring to listen to, he even coughs at one point to make it seem very unprofessional as well!
Out of all of them, I liked "Google Reader" the most. I found it easy to look at and navigate. I subscribed to a feed - for "ABC News...". Now I get local info through "Fantastic Mastic Beach" and broader news automatically!
I do have to mention that after getting involved in all these exercises I think that you need to devote a fairly large amount of time to being on a computer to take full advantage of all these things! Truthfully, after I get home, sometimes the computer is the last thing that I want to look at! I do appreciate the opportunity to learn about all this at work, but I seriously doubt I will utilize a lot of it from home.
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