License to Play week 1

HI! Well, here I am again, and it's sad to see that though I fully intended to keep using my blog, I didn't really, and it's taken a new round of learning to bring me back. Having said that I did use it a couple of times to store YouTube videos I was particularly interested in! Very useful!

Week 1 has been a cinch, because I already had a gmail account (just had to clear out a load of unsolicited emails from Bebo, and shut down the Bebo account :-) ), and already had a blog, which I'm more than happy to ressurect.

I do think that blogs were a great place to record what you're up to, what you're interested in, and also keep a record of books you've really enjoyed, but I've suffered from an over busy life and haven't got around to doing any of that. The hope is there, anyway, and perhaps this programme will kick start me into action.

I've taken a look at the ACL blogs before, and I think they are great, though I will have to get myself contributing to those more too. I like the informality of blogs-- the informal process of sharing information, and the chatty atmosphere-- but also the way they can be quite professional, with authors setting up writing blogs for example. I've also found them a great source of information on what people out there are reading.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the new programme.
Willow.