Warlick has a great couple pages on managing your Personal Learning Network, beginning on page 167. The idea of PLN is new to me, but makes such good sense. I hope I can get organized and really make this effective. Like Warlick suggested, I plan to follow a few blogs first. I'm thinking weblogg-ed for one because I think there are so many good arguments on there for why "libraries matter". I also want some very practical blogs with lots of examples of technology projects. Just need to decide which are my top ones. I don't want so many that I become overwhelmed. Sometimes I think bloggers need to think quality vs. quantity.
Warlick then goes on to talk about Twitter. Again, I'm afraid of being overwhelmed, but I think it would be very fun and interesting to get into this. I really like the idea of picking of valuable tidbits of information, like when a new 2.0 tool is released or an upgrade or something. Just don't want to sort through days and days of stuff just to get something useful every so often. Anyone else feel this way?
Probably the most useful part of Warlick's PLN suggestions is on "pruning" -- limiting the number of blogs (conduct a Google blog search), use folders effectively (email, bookmarks, etc.), and for me, personally, set aside a limited amount of time regularly to explore the PLN -- key words being "limited" and "regular".
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Yes, it is about a routine, limits based on the best info stream available and I have to keep reminding myself of what my plan is. Time can fly! Focus! :-)
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