Pinterest

The next few things in the '23 things' challenge involve Pinterest.  This is something I was kind of excited about because I have been hearing all about how great it is for sharing ideas.  But I must admit, I have been avoiding it because I have also heard about how it can turn into a time suck!

Setting up an account was relatively simple - all you need is an email address.  You can find our library now, visit http://www.pinterest.com/almccainlibrary/ to see all of the cool programming & craft ideas that I pinned in the first 20 minutes.

I was a little confused about the instruction to add the 'Pin it' button to the web browser as most of us do not have admin rights on the library computers.  I tried it on one of our public access computers and it wouldn't let me.  I can see how this might be useful on a personal computer.  My co-worker told me there is an app, so I might try to get it on my iPhone and see how that goes.

Creating a board was fairly simple, but I was a little confused at first about how to add things to the board - I could have benefited from a little more instructions on the 23things website on how to go about that!  Luckily one of my co-workers is very Pinterest savvy, so I was able to get her to help me.  Finding library related board to follow was fun, and I can definitely see how useful it will be for things like Summer Reading Club and Hackmatack. 

So far I think this is probably my favourite thing I have learning during the '23 things' challenge :)