Well, that wasn't so bad. I'm a twenty-something-year-old guy who is, while not completely new to this stuff, not as computer/internet savvy as I ought to/would like to be. I'm attempting to rectify the situation, hence my participation in "23 Things on a Stick." I'm also currently taking a class called "Internet Fundamentals and Design" that touches on a lot of similar Web 2.0 issues that this program does. I guess I have done a little bit of blogging before but it has been more on the "commenting," rather than the "posting," side of the equasion. Setting up the blog was pretty painless, much like setting up an internet account, and it was fun deciding on a layout that suits my personal aesthetic. I also enjoyed creating my avatar (I had actually done something very similar to this before at the Simpson's Movie website) , though, I'm not thrilled with my outcome. I think they could stand to give a few more options as far as facial appearance and body shape go, and, despite the number of background and clothing options, I was unable to find something I really liked. Maybe I need to quit complaining and just mess around with it some more. In any case, I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to export the avatar to my blog. Ultimately, I guess, it's so far so good with this stuff and my only advice to others would be that, while it may seem intimidating at first to someone not completely comfortable with computers, if you just dive in you'll find that this Web 2.0 stuff isn't so hard afterall.
Since starting this blog I have joined another blog with a fellow "23 Things on Sticks" participant. Our new blog is a place for us to voice our Minnesota sports-related opinions, such as why our favorite teams seem to be in a perpetual rebuilding mode. So I guess I'll be doing a lot of blogging in the next few months . . . looking forward to it!
John K.'s "23 Things on a Stick" blog
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