Linked in: Another way to learn more about me.

What you can do with a GED

In 2004, I was interviewed by A. J. Panian--Tribune Review--to discuss my experience as an individual who recieved a GED instead of graduating from high school. Follow the link below to read about the phone interview.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_245843.html

Thing 17. PBWiki Sandbox

Well, I played in the sandbox, posted my blog, and it was mildly interesting. If I had more of a need to use things like PBWiki Sandbox, or many of the other things I've experience with TLC 2.0, I would probably have more to say and more interest. I find it fun to play with anything on the Internet, but time is limited. I am always deciding quickly what can I ignore so I can focus on what needs to be done now. I hope to have more time in the future.

Thing 11 Tag, your it

I have decided to share my experience as a Marine in Beirut, Lebanon during the 1983 PLO evacuation. It was only 9 months after boot camp when I found myself on night patrols in the streets of Beirut with an M16 rifle that was not loaded. I was under orders to not load my weapon due to fear of an accidential discharge. I may have been new to the Marine Corps, but as a 26 year old recruit, I surely had better sense. I never did understand why a Marine combat unit was doing a job that was not part of my Marine training. The mission of the United States Marine Corps is to close with and destroy the enemy with fire support and close combat.

As a Forward Observer, I conducted radar becon exercises with naval support ships from the roof of the headquarters building, which months after I was gone, was blown up and 230 Marines and Sailors were killed. I was fortunate to get back home unharmed, but I never forgot the experience, because it showed me that I need to always trust my judgement and never doubt my gut feelings.

Thing 6

I visited Technorati.com and tried to read the article titles, "Top Ten Careers - Are You Ready for a Change?," It took some doing, but I did finally find the article. I really wasn't impressed with the site layout, but I will probably adjust to it. The thing is, I won't need to adjust to their layout format because I will find another site that is better suited to my style of information organization. The beauty of the Internet is like the weather in Florida. If you don't like it, just wait 10 minutes and it will change. In the time it took me to write this posting, it is safe to say that another site like Technorati.com has already been created.

Rss feeds and Newsreaders

The reason this blog entry is later than the other TLC 2.0 23 things was due to the very problem RSS feeds and Newsreaders were designed to help with-not enough time. The idea of news finding you instead of you finding news is the best possible world to be living in. Once I was able to take the necessary time to see what RSS was all about, I was impressed. Below is a link to my Blogline account so you can see what I have selected for RSS feeds.



http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs/wfritz@broward.org

Thing 10. Del.icio.us and Tagging

Tagging is a means of finding items based on keyword descriptions to assist the individual in locating particular items when conducting searches. I must agree wit hDebby Bradford's statement about tagging when she said, "Tagging makes searching easier for the lay person. It can make finding things so much easier but on the other hand, can enable the return of many false results". There is much more you can read about tagging, but I am not going to dwell on the topic any longer.
Also as part of thing 10, Del.icio.us is a great idea. Take away the worry of your computer crashing and loosing all your bookmarks. Del.icio.us provides aplace to keep your bookmarks that are available from any computer at anytime. This is excellent.