The Final Thing

The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never yet been beaten," said he, "when I put forth my full speed. I challenge anyone here to race with me."

The tortoise said quietly, "I accept your challenge."

"That is a good joke," said the hare. "I could dance around you all the way."

"Keep your boasting until you've beaten," answered the tortoise. "Shall we race?"

So a course was fixed and a start was made. The hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise nearing the finish line, and he could not catch up in time to save the race.

Moral: Plodding got me to the end of 23 Things

At last, I made it. I have been behind schedule all the way. 23 Things have been an eye-opener. I am pleased that I’d played with all the Things even with the ones that I don’t particular enjoy. But at least, I know they are there and I might use them under different circumstances.

I have my own personal blog and a frequent Flickr user. I enjoyed Twitter, iGoogle and I wish Endnote Web was available when I was a student. I am still in doubt about the role of web 2.0 for libraries. Does having a Facebook page or a Twitter account make any difference? But I can see that new ways of delivering information changes the way a library operates and we as librarians have to keep up with these things.

My final thoughts is that to really make a full impact and to participate well, I either have to have a lot of time on my hands and/or be a full-time social media participant.