Thing 19: catch-up/reflection on integrating things

I'm going to use this post to evaluate how much I've been able/willing to integrate the Things into my professional routines. Via a Star Trek analogy.


Fully assimilated (resistance is futile)

• Twitter - can't do without it
• Google Reader - still the best way of keeping up with everything
• Evernote - loving this now I have figured out how to use it for to-do lists. The only problem is that at the moment it's 'fighting' a bit with Delicious in terms of saving and tagging webpages. I'm mainly using Evernote to collate stuff on social media and libraries - examples of best practice, case studies etc, but some duplication with Delicious is starting creep in...
• Jing - still very new to this but it's so handy that I'm sure I'll be using it again
• Reflective practice - something I was sceptical about but maintaining this blog is definitely changing my mind

Could go either way (Seven of Nine)

• Blogging - although this blog has been useful for reflective practice I'm realistic enough to consider the possibility that I won't keep it up. Very time-consuming!
• Google calendar - useful at home but not at work. And again the problem of duplication with other calendars/systems.
• Google docs - can't realistically use at work (eg discovered last week that my boss doesn't have a Google account and doesn't want one; I had to open and then email her a Google Doc someone else had sent her...)
• Mendeley/Zotero - still faintly excited by these tools but have had no opportunity to test them in a real-life situation yet
• Wikis - I like wikis as a collaborative tool but first I need other people to agree to collaborate with me...
• Personal brand - I sort of understand the importance of this but still lean towards letting it grow organically and watching as the sheer force of my personality takes over the whole interweb.

Not going to happen (Jean-Luc Picard)

• Pushnote - nuff said
• LinkedIn - I'm still sort of using this (adding new connections, following a couple of group discussions) but to be honest I'm not getting any real benefit
• Mentoring - never say never, but it's definitely not for me for now
• CILIP - I just can't afford to join

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