Item #23, at last...

Emerald City at last! It's been a long, hard, journey but I've crossed the finished line and it feels great. Now, to reflect. Would I do it again? Absolutely. Was it difficult? At times, yes. Was it worth it? Most definitely.

My favorite discoveries along the way were LibraryThing, Generator and Widget. I had no clue such things existed, had never even heard the terms in my limited circle. I found each application easy to use and fun to work with. However, I was as equally impressed with some of the other applications, such as Zoho, for their practicality and usefulness for productivity purposes. I now know what RSS feeds are; that Flickr is a software and not a rude gesture, that Wikis are the collaborative efforts of the novice and experts alike---something I could conceivably contribute to.

But overall, my greatest discovery was the discovery of self. The fact that I was able to complete each assignment, though not as efficiently as others but sufficiently enough to get the gist of the application, was personally rewarding.

In response to the question of what improvements I would suggest, I have two. First, I felt there was an overload of information in a number of the exercises. Especially, considering that Web 2.0 was new to most participants. Sometimes less is more. There were times I felt I was wading through swamp grass to get to the main idea. My second observation, one I heard voiced often, was at times the convoluted directions---not always the easiest to follow at first glance.

Nevertheless, I'm glad I embarked on this journey--bumps, bruises, potholes and all! I could see myself participating in another similar odyssey---but first I just need a year to recover from 23Things:)