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I enjoyed the program more this time around. I was interested in creating and using a blog to assist with the progress (and motivation) of a personal project, that is to restore a vintage drum kit i.e. Slingerland (USA) Radio King Kit c1936. This model kit was endorsed and played by drumming greats such as Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and Louis Bellson.
My intention with the blog was (is) to create an electronic environment where I could:
* Plot the progress of the project by describing what I had in my possession and to identify parts that needed to be sourced (very few) to make the kit complete.
* Show others what I have so that contact may be made with other interested people.
* Educate myself and set up a store of information about the Radio King kits including the history of the kits, how I have dated my kit (very important), restoration techniques, contacts for suppliers of parts, etc
* Maybe educate others about the drums and the process of restoration
The structure of the blog was (is):
* Set up the context of my project
* Explain in detail what I have (each drum and fittings) (Show photos of each item/part)
* Date the drums (should be c 1936)
* Identify the parts needed to complete the kit
* Establish and document contacts of suppliers

The initial creation of the blog was to set up an electronic environment that would assist in motivating to progress of the project.
I have considered (and used) aspects of the Learning 2.0 Revisited program in terms of how they may apply directly to my project. When learning about the various aspects of the program, wiki's, RSS Feeds etc, the best fit has been You Tube (online tutorial on the specific subject of restoring and dating Radio King kits). Aspects such as Wiki's would allow collaboration of like minded people. I could use that. RSS Feeds may be a way of keeping up to date and have updated information come to me rather than me seek it out. Aspects such as Tagging and Flickr seem to be of less value for my project, however, I might find applications for them now that I know what service they can provide. I found a generic image of a drum in Flickr and pasted it into the blog. Looks quite nice, however, it is unlikely that images of specific interest to my project will appear in Flickr.