Reflections in the Pond

Dear Pond Creatures, I've just completed a long technological, virtual journey. Many thanks to all who made this interesting educational trip possible. In some ways, I feel like someone who purchased a cell phone that makes it possible to do what was formerly done by a dozen other machines, including cleaning your teeth and polishing mother's linoleum, but uses it only for receiving and sending messages. Technology makes it possible to put them all together on one little chip, but is it necessary? I was glad to learn something in every phase of my journey, and more about Pandora, Flickr and gaming which I had superficially explored before. I enjoyed being a blogger once I remembered my account name and password. Google Earth is great for someone who has always loved maps. It was easy to understand the communication value of several paths the web allows. Now I know a little of what many of our library patrons know, and in some areas, perhaps even more. In all, a good decision to send all of us down this path in this way. Thanks again. Slicey