Thing 6

I have had some experience with online networking - I have heard of LinkedIn and my husband uses it however I do not have an account of my own. I'm not sure I'd really use it, I guess if I was jobhunting then it could be useful as I could put my CV on there but for now I'm happy to just know what the site is and will use it if I need to in the future.

I already use Facebook, mostly as a social tool, it started for me when I got engaged several years ago and my penpal wanted to see photos and generally communicate more online with me as it is so easy to share photos and videos and post comments about how your day is going! I quite like Facebook but I think it can become addictive and make you check each day what other people are talking about. I think if you have friends on there (like I do) that comment a lot then it becomes harder to not look each day as next time you meet up they are talking about something that they assume I know about as they posted it on their wall on Facebook! So I like Facebook but also find it annoying occasionally on a social level. I do sometimes look at organisation's pages and they can be interesting but mostly I don't use it as a professional tool. We have it blocked for the students where I work so I feel I shouldn't use it at work either which also makes me less likely to use it for job related information.

I have used CILIP communities previously, it was a good reminder about them though as I haven't looked at them for a long time so will have to logon and see whether there is anything of interest being discussed.

I have looked at Pinterest before - I like looking at it and nearly got an account set up but then I got a bit worried about copyright of the pictures that are being pinned as they are mostly from other people's websites. I like the idea of the site though!