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Postings titled as "Things 1-26" below reflect my participation in the online "26.2 Things in Boston" course on the social networking in libraries, which I took this fall. Just when I thought I was an internet expert, the course made me take another closer look at the web. I discovered a whole new world of internet services designed to help us communicate more effectively. Most of us heard of blogging, podcasting, and Wikipedia, but not everyone knows how easy it has become to design your online classroom, open your own radio, microblog daily like our busy politicians do, create an online library of clippings, or plan projects and events without the email thread. The best part of these services: most of them are free, and, yes, the quality and security are also in place. If millions of people find something useful, I am always curious to understand why. So feel free to take a look too...