Thing 7

I used Google Docs, mainly because I now have a google sign-in, reader, 2 wiki sites, and a calendar. Easiest to have everything in one spot. I added several files that I wanted access to from both home and work--much easier than emailing them to myself, which is what I've done in the past. This way, I know I'll always have the latest version and can access them from anywhere. The only problem I foresee is having to make sure that I make all corrections to the google doc, so I don't have 3 different versions floating around.

This was an easy assignment (but useful) and didn't take very long--maybe 30 minutes.

Thing 6

Although I knew about Wikipedia, of course, I had never thought about the possibility of creating my own wiki (and had never edited one). I decided to create a family wiki using a template on the google wiki site. I plan on using this to potentially post a family blog, announcements, photos, etc. I've been playing around with this for a few days and have learned to use some of google's other applications that can be added to the wiki template, such as google maps and calendar. I want to learn more about how the sharing works, especially with the different "levels" you can specify when you list who can have access. I just shared it with my husband and once ready, I'll share it with other extended family members too. I like that one site covers the whole family (as opposed to facebook) and doesn't require others to join (again, facebook).

I'm really interested in creating a wiki for work also, similar to a mini-intranet for our department. I've been thinking about this for awhile but thought I'd have to start a password protected website. Now I'm wondering if this would work instead. It would be a way of having contact info, a calendar of conferences/meetings, and maybe useful on-call info that people can access from home as well as at work. Although I'm not sure how much I can put on it without running out of space and having to pay extra.

To do the assignment, it took about 45 minutes, including reading and watching the suggested material as well as starting my own basic wiki (more with the extra time spent editing and adding to it).