MSN's Top Ten Dog Breeds

I was informed that MSN came out with their top ten dog breeds. Here they are:
10. Shih Tzu
9. Poodle
8. Bulldog
7. Dachshund
6. Boxer
5. Beagle
4. Golden Retriever
3. German Shepherd
2. Yorshire Terrier
and the number one dog:

Labrador Retriever (like my baby Daisy Mae)

RSS and Feed Readers

I think I put this one off as long as I could, so I finally delved (I think that is the correct word) into the world of RSS and Feed Readers with the help of Maron. Thanks! (What would I do without you.)



This one was really difficult for me in that there really aren't any sites that I go to on a regular basis to necessitate the need for RSS feeds, so I had to find some that I wouldn't mind checking into. I added MSN top stories, my co-workers blogs, and the news from the Sno-Isle website. I added these feeds to my gmail account because I could not justify adding them on bloglines just because that would create another account for me to log into everyday which in my mind defeats the purpose to the feeds (I think that was a run on sentence, maybe). I figured I am already logging into my gmail account anyway so might as well put them there to save time.



I could see that RSS feeds would benefit someone who checks sites regularly to save time. It would automatically let that person see the latest and greatest things on the site without having to waste time logging onto that site especially if there are many different sites that person checks into on a regular basis. So, in "short" I can definitely see the advantage to RSS feeds.

IMing

Well, already I am into week 4 of web 2.o. This week was more encouraging than past weeks in that Maron is trying to encourage us to share our blog urls so that we can comment each other like we are supposed to be doing and also so that we can learn from each other.

I had a great time with IM this week. I have used IM on MSN before, however I have lots of contacts from my e-mail that automatically added IM users to my profile whereas, I didn't have any contacts from gmail to put into google talk so it was a little more challenging. I absolutely loved Meebo for that reason. I am so glad some smart person thought of that!

I think that IM can be a wonderful way to communicate but at the same time can be a curse for those of us that can't focus on other tasks and IM at the same time. I find it hard at home when I am trying to be productive to complete a task and communicate on IM with family or friends. I think it is great in that you can get a fast answer from a contact that is online without having to call them. In my opinion, it is all about balancing when it comes to IM.

Aggravated

I am a little aggravated with this web 2.0 process. The reason I am aggravated is that we are supposed to comment on our coworkers blogs but all coworkers that are currently involved in this process are not getting their blogs posted on the web 2.o site so that we can communicate. Coworkers who have blogs posted on the 2.o site have finished the 2.o process are most are no longer keeping up with their blogs. This makes what the rest of us are doing seem silly and a waste of time!