The usefulness of blogs

Since setting up and registering my blog, I have been busy checking out the blogs of other people, especially people that I know and work with, or have worked with in the past. It has been really interesting to see the choices that people have made for their layouts, and the things that they actually post. As well as being able to see what other people are hoping to achieve by doing 23 Things and how they are finding the programme, it has also served to help me reconnect a little with people that otherwise would not be interacting in this way because they are not keen on things like Facebook, which I often use.
I have been very excited to see that 2 people have commented on my blog so far! My aims for next week are to put up a picture and become a follower on some of the blogs that I am enjoying reading.

My 23 Things experience so far

I am participating in the 23 Things programme because I want to gain more practical experience of using web 2.0 in my day to day life. I am hoping that I will gain a better working knowledge of web 2.0 and be able to apply this knowledge in my working life. I already know a bit about web 2.0 from various applications that I use in my personal life for social networking and from courses that I have attended, but I would like to learn more about the applications that I don't use, and see how they benefit me professionally and socially.