Web 2.0 Week 3

Hi Elizabeth...It was attached to my other gmail! One thing about this course is the plethora of user names and passwords needed!
This week, I created my twitter account but I hate my 'handle'. When I signed  in and had to select the username, I did not realize this was twe name for my twitter account. I thought it was merely for login purposes, so I am going to change that. After creating the account and tweeting, I couldn't figure out how to get back to the Home page but that hasn't been a problem since.  Am exploring other people's tweets...following my brother for instance and plan to play a bit with re-tweeting and discovering who is out there, although I do not really feel I have anything to add of interest to others.
I also set up RSS feeds through Google Reader. I have used feeds before but just as alerts into my email. For example, when my daughter was in Italy and Alitalia was on the verge of bankrutpcy, I had a feed alerting me to what was happening. This is different because you have to actively go into Reader to see your feeds but it is a great way to get all those updates collected in one spot without having to log onto each site when it strikes you!.

Other People's Flights of Fancy...

I have a friend who refuses to read fiction believing it to be a waste of time. He has no interest in engaging with "other people's flights of fancy".
I, on the other hand, love reading fiction, not only as a means of entertainment or escape (engaging in other people's flights of fancy!) but also as a window to so many areas of knowledge I would otherwise not encounter.
I could (and probably will) over the next few days or weeks lay out a number of good arguments in defense of fiction but first I wonder...
How do other people feel?