Module #8: Facebook

Using exercise 2, I explored facebook.  I liked the cross-stitch interest page and looked at a librarians interest group. I read some of the most recent postings. I did some searching on names - found a few people and a lot of stuff I really didn't want to see - just like most search engines.

Module #9: Virtual Bookshelves

I tried both LibraryThing and Goodreads. One major difference - in LibraryThing you can't add multiple books from an author list.  Highly inconvenient if adding a series. Both download to a spreadsheet, but Goodreads seems to have more fields.
Here's five books I found on Goodreads on my to-read list:

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

Module #7: Twitter

Twitter will take a lot more time than I am willing to devote at work to explore thoroughly.  I checked out a few interest groups - business, science, government, and books.  Books was disappointing - publishers and some authors.  The other areas led to a couple of interesting links, but it takes time to find the gems. I will probably explore this further, but I did learn how to unfollow - not as straight forward as it should be - or am I missing something?