Okay, as I work through my things I realize I need a way to organize them. I need a place to put all my User Names and passwords because it is annoying that some sites have a six digit password and some have an eight digit one. I haven't really looked ahead, but it seems that might be a good idea for one of our things.
I know I am supposed to be reflecting on Bloglines, but I am being annoyed with trying to manage all these different things because new windows don't open when you click on the links. So I am finding I need to open my email, the 23Things page, Blogger, and now Bloglines to work through all of the assignments by opening new windows myself. And so I am marking everything in favorites. Am I missing an easier way to do this?
I also feel like I am cheating a little since most of this has been addressed at REMC Council meetings. So for my blogline account, I already had one set up. I tweaked it to have the folders asked for in the assignment but then I only see the one old folder, so that is confussing me. (I obviously never went back to the bloglines after it was introduced last year. That's one of the reasons I am taking the class, in hopes I will start using these tools more.)
And then, the last thing I think I am confused about is the reflections and comments. When I do my reflections, I am supposed to come here and do them, yes? I notice a lot of comments at the end of each things direction and am unsure if I need to post there or if people are just posting comments there so all will see them (and then I wasn't sure how to post to those comments.)
Enough reflection? Oh, no, I didn't really comment on the Bloglines. I was confussed, since I had already had an account set up, that all the posts to what I had on there seemed really old. Do the feeds stop after a period of inactivity? Is that why they were all old. And then I was also unsure of how to monitor my account. Mark Bloglines in favorites? Or was their some type of email update link thingy? Okay, so I guess my overall reflection is that I am just a bit confused when returning to things covered in the eariler things.
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It's fine to be using a previously created Bloglines account. To add additional folders, I would click on "edit" at the top of the Feed window, then on "New folder", and name the folder. Then click on "finished" back at the top. Your new folder should appear at the bottom of your list of feeds.
When working with multiple web sites, I like to create new tabs in my browser. They appear at the top of a single window, so I can easily go back and forth, but don't have to have all those windows open.
Posts and comments are two different things. A post you create in your blogger account. Your posts should include your reflections about the current Thing your're working on. Comments are added to posts in other blogs. They are added by going to the bottom of the post window and clicking on "Post a Comment."
Finally - the username/password dilemma. We all have that issue. Whether you use a little spiral notebook or an electronic means such as a spreadsheet, it's good practice to record your username and password as you create accounts. And keep them all in one place.
Hope this all helps. Any other input from anyone???
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