I chose the iGoogle start page just because I’m on Google a lot and through this course I have added to my Google presence with things like Google Reader. I started out by choosing the theme “Rainbow Joy” because it reminded me of jazz music (my favorite type of music). I’m not really much of a home page person but more utilitarian in my use of the web (I use the web to look for things and now with RSS news feeds coming to me I have less need of a homepage) so I probably won’t use it that much (for a simple Google search the page becomes too busy and distracting.) The other reason I probably won’t use a homepage very much is I already use a program (Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac) that has a calendar, address book, a to do list, and a note taking function and I am reluctant to change (if it’s not broke don’t fix it). The only advantage I can see to the Google calendar is the accessibility I would have when traveling (if I were to ever travel without my laptop, which so far has not happened. I’ve taken a laptop to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Afghanistan, and Australia) or if my laptop went down, or I was somewhere without my laptop (that had an Internet connection). I went on to set up my homepage with some of the more utilitarian functions (linked in my Gmail account, Google Reader and Google Calendar) and went ahead and added a “to do list” (I already have one set up through Entourage that I use for school to keep track of assignment due dates, test dates, and school related events. Maybe I’ll use this one for personal things like vacation planning). I also found some educational related gadgets like one for the “National Geographic” and one called “Interesting Thing of the Day”. I look at several fun fact and trivia gadgets but most had bad reviews so opt not to add any. And last to keep my brain growing I added a “Spanish Word of the Day”. A little too early to give any a recommendation but I’ve hyperlinked the ones I’ve added to my homepage.
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