Thing 26 - Ning

I feel like I know Ning a little better this time around. I can see it's usefulness for bringing people together. I updated my profile and added a question to the discussion (which unfortunately nobody has replied to yet).

A patron asked me if I knew any Web 2.0 applications that would help organize a focus group. He wanted something that had calendars and schedules/tasks, so I sent him a few links to project management sites (Basecamp and Zoho). I really should send him to Ning as well. This is a great way to facilitate comments from a focus group.

On to Thing 27...

Thing 25 - polls

I deleted my poll from ask500people.com. It was freaking me out a bit. I got responses from all over the world! Who are these people that sit around and answer internet polls on good camping spots in the midwest? I was amazed that 6 people voted for Teddy Roosevelt National Park (and only 1 person was from North Dakota)! We may take a camping vacation there this year - if you have been there let me know how you liked it. Anyway, I think I'll stick with Vizu for polling. Your poll isn't out there for everyone to see on their website, unless you want it out there. I better move on to Thing 26 pretty soon...probably Friday...

Thing 25 #2

I'm trying out a few widgets and what-nots. Of course, my little poll does not show up in my sidebar for some unknown reason. I added it using the html/java widget, but I just can't get it to show up. I used Ask 500 people - a new site for me. Vote for your favorite camping spot in the previous post!

I added a few other widgets to the sidebar, including a subscribe to function and a birdwatching widget. The formatting of the bird pictures isn't great, but I don't think you can tweak that. Well, you probably can if you know html (I don't). I read through the links and looked through many of the other widgets/features for Thing 25. I'll come back to these links as I continue to work on my blog. Better add them to Delicious...