Week One: Blogging

In the quest for a blog name with a little appeal, I googled the term "literary allusion." After glancing through a few random links to the phrase, and then squishing and poking what I found, I came up with this: a literary allusion is a reference to one thing that helps you understand another thing because you can remember the first thing and apply it to the other thing. Understanding the first thing helps you understand the second thing.

But you, or in this case me, (ignore the fact that the grammar doesn't work here) must first be aware of the reference and then be familiar with what the reference means. And that's where I come in. In reference to technology, I have limited awareness. Oh, I use a little too much Facebook. I have a couple of e-mail accounts and a Twitter account that I only acknowledge to delete notices that somebody I'll never know is following me. I fantasize about cool Animoto creations. I've even used LibraryThing - once or twice. But when I think about posting a blog to our library's webpage, I get a little wobbly and go completely blank.

So, I'm participating in 23Things because I want to increase my awareness of and familiarity with the tools we will be covering in the weeks to come. Maybe even figure out how to apply them. Wouldn't that be cool?

Just wish I knew: will this be my 15 minutes of fame? Or my Catch 22? The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.