Now 19 Things TW&W

So within the healthcare libraries in the Wessex and Thames valley region the online staff development course there is a module about blogs so I am reusing the one that I started for CPD23. It is still frustrating that it is difficult to access from work. Having now used Twitter I am not sure how useful blogs are for news but I think they do have a use as a diary, recording project developments, telling a story in somewhere.

I have reflected and feel quite down. Everyone else seems so up and so more tecchy savvy than me - I know I need to try new things as it is the only way to learn (particularly on the Storify task from last week) - nothing bad can happen, I can always delete things and its only for 'fun' and not a work thing but I feel reluctant. I will reflect further.

Twittered!

Have posted my first tweet - though I don't really know what to say. Can chat away on facebook very easily but want to keep blog and twitter for professional things and not yet sure of how to express myself. But I am very impressed that I have got my twitter feed on to the blog - nothing to do with skill on my part but the due to the magic of google.

Not found on Google

Because of a common name, not having published anything and not ever sat on a CILIP group comittee I think I am virtually impossible to find on Google. The fact that I have never published anything or sat on a group comittee is more of a concern than not being found on Google. My linkedin profile is also fairly down the list but as I am not in the job market at the moment this is also not a great concern of mine. And I still can't think of anything to twitter about so my brand at the moment is anonymous librarian.

A brand?

I think I will need to think quite a lot about my brand - probably the last time I described myself like that was when I was putting an advert in the personal columns (Cuddly caring xx year old seeks caring chauffeur - I couldn't drive then!) In a mystery shopping exercise I was once described as  having an excellent smile so perhaps I should be looking for pictures of smiles. I think most people would describe as being a 'people person' which I know is a cliche but it is the part of my library career that I enjoy the most talking to people and helping them and has been the consistent part of my working life. So how do I represent that?
I use facebook for socialising and love that I can keep up with people that I wouldn't normally get to see but keep it for friends rather than professional contacts. I have a linkedin account so perhaps need to make more of that. I also have a twitter account but have never thought of anything to tweet but am happy to follow people. I have not tried to google myself so will try that and will be back when I have thought