Task #23--Took Survey, but had to go back and really read some of the blogs to vote for my favorite. Hope it wins. Whew! Done. Crossed the finish line ahead of the deadline. Some of my favorite tasks? The music download and photo editing were probably the most fun, but the web design was also probably the most valuable task I took on with Webolution. There is so much that will be useful long after the Webolution project ends.

Task #22 - Polish your shoes with a banana! Now I really had to go check out that one. And then I found how to cook bacon with less mess in a waffle iron. Who'd a thunk! So, because I'm so focused on the NaNoWriMo novel writing effort, I have been checking their blog daily http://blog.nanowrimo.org/ and check in with crazy people trying to write a 50,000-word novel in a month as well as the NaNoWriMo staff. I'm so far behind--I haven't even got a day's worth of words (6,000+) and I should have 25,000!

Task #21 - Picnik is EASY. Not nearly as many steps as other photo editing software I have used. I just used one of the demo pictures since I am doing this task from my work computer and don't have pictures on this computer.

Task #20 - Mesa County gov't site is familiar because quite a few reference questions have sent me to this website. Besides the Assessor's page, I looked at the Planning Department/Code Enforcement/Citizen's Complaint form because this might be useful info in the future. Also looked at Elected Officials to see who are the current sitting members of the Board of Commissioners and to see when their terms expire. Also looked at the Public Hearing webcast section and the types of recorded documents available online. Lots and lots of information. State of Colorado site is even bigger by comparison, but one of the frequently asked questions has to do with vehicle registration. A close second are questions about drivers license renewal and reinstatement. I get those a lot on Ask Colorado. The Colorado state website is very complete in these areas, and I've always found them helpful. It won't be long before we'll be into another income tax season, and I've been able to get the state tax forms right off the website. Just by chance to also clicked on the sex offender map for my address in Palisade and found nothing. As for the other govt sites, I've used the Copyright an Patent Trademark Office and the IRS site many times. They are easy to use, and offer forms for patron information. I've never seen Ben's Guide to the Government, so decided to look around on that website. The graphics are terrific, and in fact the whole site would be used with adult reference questions if all they wanted were some basic answers and such information as a copy of the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights. It's always great for somethe as complex as "how laws are made." I'll have to remember this--in fact I'll bookmark it as a favorite.

Task #19--Ooops, missed one for 90%.

Task #18 -- When you need a long URL, you can't find one, but I figured the government would have them! Found http://yellowpages.washingtonpost.co/united+states+government+national+park+service.327671.84027935.home.html and used Tiny URL to make it much much smaller. Very interesting.

As for Zamar, yes, this is something that is fun to do and extremely simple. Only 4 steps but don't know if I'd use it on a regular basis. Seemed to take a while to get the pictures I used for this project to get to my e-mail.

Task #17 - Just checked out CLiC and Infopeople. I am familiar with CLiC because I think they do a fantastic job of online tutorials and regional workshops. I just wanted to see what is going on for the near future, and found out that they have a workshop scheduled for Grand Junction March 1-2, 2010, so I made a note to register closer to the date. I am also familiar with Webjunction, and even have a log-in set up, but decided to try one of the other sites listed that I don't know about, and found Infopeople to be truly great. I am going back to check out their archived webinar offerings. I found a great one on weeding and another one on collection development that might be helpful. Glad to know about some sites I hadn't heard of.