I think I've done everything now, if getting started on Jing and Camtasia counts.

Just chatted with my daughter in Florida via Google Chat. I didn't know she used it but she showed up and was conveniently online. Handy.

I have really enjoyed Aur Things. Some of the Things are more likely to be useful than others, but they are a good introduction to social software, and some interact with each other. I was on Facebook before they started, but am finding it a good way to stay in touch with all sorts of people I haven't seen in a while. There are a lot of fun things out there.

I have downloaded the Camtasia Studio trial on my home computer, and have viewed some of the videos. I am working on a screencast, but it will take a little while for it to be ready for prime time. Camtasia looks very powerful but takes some learning, although they try very hard to help.

I like Free Rice, and the idea. Jackson Pollock is fun. Guess the Google is too stressful to be fun.

Skillport has an amazing assortment of classes, including some on Excel 2007, which interests me. Coverage is sometimes spotty for a particular subject, but there are assorted whole books as well as courses on a great many subjects.

I set up chat in Gmail, but didn't find anyone to chat with on an Sunday. I have, however, chatted on Ask Auraria.

This time I went into SpringerLink, although I have looked at Netbooks many times. I found an interesting looking book called Climate Change: Environment and History of the Near East. SpringerLink is quite impressive in their presentation and convenient breakdown of book parts and ability to search across books.

I added Amazon and Cnet to my Internet Explorer plugins

The search plugins are handy looking. I added the Search Skyline plugin and it worked fine.
The person in the example was using Zotero. The Health Sciences library at least used to have an explanation of how to use Zotero on their website.

I've been using Firefox off and on for a while, but haven't had time to explore lots of add-ons. I added the Delicious bookmarks add-on. I think I'll use mainly Firefox a while; I'm aware that many people prefer it to Internet Explorer and as I have time, I'd like to explore more add-ons..

iGoogle is a lot like the Google Desktop that came with my laptop; you can use the same gadgets. I like it as a quick summary of a lot of things you might want to know about currently, and it gives easy access to things you want occasionally, like movie schedules. Although it can be a timesaver as far as assembling much information in one place, it could detract from productivity if your iGoogle is full of games and distractions.

I don't necessarily like having iGoogle show up on all computers I use, because I may use them differently and what is appropriate for one is not for another.

It is an issue with many of AurThings that they may be interesting, informative and entertaining, and we should be familiar with them. And for some of us we may have lots of work related applications. But they can sometimes be too many easy ways to play instead of doing what is needed.

I have looked at Library Thing before, and I really like it. It seems like a good way to share what you like and to find more related things. My list is at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/mstdenver

Delicious could be very useful for me since I use a number of different computers, depending on where I am and what I am doing. Also I like the fact that you can have multiple tages for each bookmark.

It seems reasonable to proceed out of sequence, since I don't have an immediate topic for screencasting and don't teach.

I added labels to one of my blog's posts.

Through Podcast.com I found a genealogy podcast by someone I am familiar with. I added it to my Google Reader account. I know that there are LOTS of podcasts I may be interested in.

For a long time I have used Youtube to find music, particular songs or groups. There seems to be an infinite number of concerts there, for almost anything you could look for and more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSOBW4K1VgI

A pair of chickadees nest in our yard every year.

Downloaded Google Talk, although can chat in my Gmail account. I haven't added a lot of contacts but created some, and sent one invitation to chat. Since I work on this on my weekends, it may be difficult to find someone online to chat with.

I have been using Twitter for a long time; it is a good way to keep up with what my daughters are doing, and they with me. Anything asynchronous but frequently updated is useful for comunicating with busy people. I also follow some interesting people and friends and Science Friday on NPR.

I've been on Facebook for a while now and found some old friends from childhood as well as assorted other people. Today I jointed the Library 2.0 interest group.

Getting back to the Things after visiting family, bronchitis (getting better finally).
For RSS, using Outlook did not seem to work when I tried to set a feed up, but it may be that the fact that I am using Remote Desktop may have confused things. I set up accounts in both Bloglines and Google Reader and both work well. I don't find RSS that difficult, although it may take time to learn all the uses, such as following Flickr tags.

The Mediawiki formatting page is useful. I hadn't realized you could use some html tags.
After wondering what on earth to put in it, I decided that my wiki is a good place to keep track of favorite books, and to remind me to look for new books by some favorite authors. Also the Amazon reviews of books I know I like are helpful in finding other books that might be interesting.

--I found Your Inner Fish because a fellow browser at a Barnes and Noble store in Florida recommended it. An excellent book!

This is a New Zealand tree fern.

This presents interesting possibilities. Hmmmmm.