Letting It Marinade

I am not the smartest cookie in the cookie jar and I know for certain that I usually am the last one to jump on the bandwagon……..

It took me over 2 years of hearing and hearing and hearing about RSS and tagging until one day, the light went on and I will never NOT tag again.  I am not ready to jump into diigo and plurk.  I liked summize for NECC08 but have not used it since.

I envelope myself in Google Earth but still tend to just use the “from here to here” options and am not tapping in to the real power of the program.

I hear stories of people with over 300 feeds in their bloglines or 1,000 of emails and wonder “am I doing something wrong” with my only 20 blogs to read and I have an empty mail box each night?

And just last week I learned that I could do more with google forms that just have text boxes to collect results.

And I am realizing, I like to marinade.

The new tools don’t always make sense right away and I tend to be a bit hesitant rather than “rah rah rah” check this out.   And if I don’t get it, I tend to put it on the back burner for a while and then come back later with a fresh viewpoint.  In fact, with delicious, one of my most popular tags is “comebacktolater” because I can see possible potential in the site but am not able to put my finger on just what that potential is.

And it is important at times to marinade.  To take the time to figure it out and not put a stamp of approval on a tool that perhaps should not carry that stamp.  My teachers depend a lot on my help and trust that when I present to them, it is tried and true and not just a whim.  So, it it good sometimes, to not rush into the “newest and best” until I can say for sure that it is.

I might be the last to cross the finish line……….but by taking my time, truly evaluating, and giving myself time to marinade…….I think it will be well worth the time it takes to get there.

Just my thoughts
Jen