I really enjoyed looking at Bridget’s task combination of 1. What’s in Your bag and 7. Mode Bending. I thought this was one of the most fun tasks that we had to complete in this course and it was really interesting to see what others did with it and how they chose to bend their original mode. Bridget’s bag looked very similar to my own and we carried much of the same technology/goods and items. I appreciated her inclusion of extra socks! I often carry a small change of clothes with me in case of emergency and I have instilled this habit into my children as well. You never know when you’ll spill an entire cup of coffee on yourself!! We both have our keys, laptop/tablets, wet wipes, various pouches and a water or coffee bottle. I felt like this could very easily be my bag. One item that differed was our mode of reading. I used to have hundreds of books in my library and never left the house without one but these days I have so little time to read, I have stopped carrying a book with me. Instead, I discovered audiobooks a few years ago and that I could listen to novels, much like podcasts, during my daily commutes on my moped (this not only keeps me entertained but also ensures that my ears are warm!). Now, I rarely buy a paper copy of a book, mostly because I don't have the space to keep them but also as an attempt to save paper and be more eco-friendly. I do miss paper books though, especially the smell of them and feel nostalgic when I see Bridget’s. I really liked the way she turned her interactive Genially from text-based interactions to audio interactions. I did something similar with my own mod-bending activity in that I interviewed a friend of mine about what was in her bag and turned the whole thing into a podcast. Bridget mentions that she wanted to do a podcast here as well but struggled with the recording applications. I can totally appreciate this as I have been doing podcasting with my students this year and have run into no end of technical glitches and issues along the way. I used Spotify for Podcasters (formerly Anchor) and thought my university students must surely be more tech-savvy than myself and would have no problem making their own podcasts… I was wrong. Many of them needed a lot of extra support using the Spotify for Podcasters platform. I have also struggled with the editing process in many audio recordings applications and am completely terrified to edit anything because I have lost entire recordings in the process.  Like Bridget, I am also trying to move from the sole realm of text and images to a more dynamic and multimodal way of disseminating ideas and presenting projects but do find the technology challenging sometimes.  Finally, I applaud Bridget’s decision to quit at a certain point when things had just gotten to the point of being too frustrating and time-consuming. Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, not more difficult and unless you have all the time in the world (which I don’t think many of us have), it is not worth the stress to pursue something that is just not working for you. Another day perhaps but not now, good on you Bridget!