thing 33

ya know what? traveling is expensive!! i think that is the most important thing that travel 2.0 has taught me.
but seriously, the sites i like the best were the blogging sites - it's fun to hear travel stories and get ideas about what i might like to do and where i might like to do it. however, if i were serious about going somewhere i would probably check all of the different travel site categories before i made a final decision. reading a travel blog is informative in terms of inspiring you to actually go somewhere but other review sites are necessary to book rooms/flights and find out how much the trip might actually cost you. the last type of site, the mashups, are helpful too. i liked fastfoodmaps.com - i'm a bit of a wimp and i like being able to anticipate steady meals of food i can stomach.

also, i looked at hotels in winnipeg and did not find a room for under $86 per night - is that normal???

thing 31

i really didn't do a whole lot of experimenting with different ways of using or accessing twitter - i really don't see myself ever doing any of those things. i did, however, sign up for photo-sharing, but nave not added anything yet. i did add the twitter photo sharing thing to my blog, though, so when/if i do add something it will show up here. i also added myself to the twitter directory.
i don't use twitter as much as i thought i would when i first discovered it. i think it's a wonderful thing, but i don't really have a whole lot of time in one day to constantly update something like that. plus, i don't know a whole lot of people that are on twitter. i have tried introducing people, but i find that a lot of people i talk to about it are skeptical.
in any case, i find twitter to be a fine social network that is set apart from most others. it allows a different type of interaction with people online that doesn't really happen on things like facebook. i used to think social networking sites were a total waste of time, but twitter, and facebook before it, have proved me wrong. go twitter!