There's light at the end of the tunnel

by http://www.flickr.com/photos/larimdame/
23 Things has been very useful for me.  I haven't completed it in the way it was probably intended i.e. week by week but actually doing it all in one go helped me to make decisions quite quickly about what I will use and not use.
For personal use, Flickr is going to be at the top of the list as being most useful, it is probably the most enjoyable one too as I can easily get carried away looking at other people's photos.
For work though the most useful is going to be Google Docs. I need to play around with this a lot more but from what I have seen far it will make it much easier for me to work outside of my normal work space which gives me plently of flexibility.  I
The one I persisted with was Diigo.  I already bookmarked pages but probably not as orderly as I could have done.  I did get frustrated with creating lists and then finding they weren't there, only for them to magically appear a day later.  In today's worls I don't really expect to have to wait for electronic stuff to work.  I am quite impatient though!
I think it's evident that Web 2.0 has a use; it's everywhere.  Not engaging with it and making use of it to communicate and support our customers would be an error.  That doesn't mean to say we need to follow absolutely everything religiously but we should be aware of what's out there and weigh up whether it has a use and purpose for us.
Now to the awards:
Best Blog: This has to go to the 23 Things really, it's where I kept up to date with everything
Best Blog Name: The Metadata Magician - it seemed to conjure up images of wizardry!
Best Blog Post: Diigo for Victory - I loved the title, the picture and in particular the use of English ;-)
Peer Support Award:  I'm sure lots of this went on but Suzanne in our office was always on hand
Progress Award:  This has surely got to be me?  I think I managed to do 15 Things in 2 days at one stage and I've completed 4 days ahead of schedule.  If it's not me 'I've been robbed!'

But seriously, thanks to the 23 Things' team for all the effort and work that's gone into this.  It's been great hearing people talking about what they've uploaded on to Flickr, how Diigo is a ***** because they haven't received their confirmation email etc. etc.  It's been lots of fun-THANKS!!!