#23 - Summary

My favorite discovery exercises in 23 Things had to do with photo sharing, online productivity, and digital music (no surprise). Professionally and personally, I like to keep up with things be it technology or anything else, so 23 Things definitely has focused me on doing just that when I may not have necessarily made time for it otherwise. I don't know if there was anything unexepected, but I definitely picked some new tools that might useful in day-to-day life. I still am concerned that many, many staff members felt unable to participate, especially the non-librarians. Workloads and staff loads at most branches are such that people cannot eke out the time during the workday, and financially, these are the same staff members who may be less likely to have good internet connections and/or home PCs. I think ultimately, regardless of format and concept, it will always come back to staffing issues. I would participate in a program like this again.