Thing 23 -- Evaluate 23 Things

I think my views on the Things were pretty clear as we went along, so I'm not sure what to include in this entry. I feel about the same way about these things as I did at the outset --lots of potential, but we need to be careful. I'm not sure how much it would help to reiterate my persistent skepticism here, so I suppose I won't.

I think the 23 Things experience could be helpful to a lot of people, but I think it's kind of redundant for some of us. It kind of reminds me of high school when they made us take typing classes, only to find that many students typed at 45wpm or faster (often 60 or faster). I (along with several others) ended up being allowed to play solitaire and do homework for other classes in this class because I got through all the typing tutorials at the beginning of the semester. It was nice of them to anticipate our potential need for typing skills in the real world, but we were already way ahead of them.

That being said, the Internet is not some new scary monster and I hope that these Things have helped to show people that.

If the Internet were indeed a monster, it might look something like this:


But really, it's more like this:

Quite possibly up to no good, but mostly fun and harmless as long as you don't do anything stupid.