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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thing 10!
I am pretty familiar with the SPL website and have also downloaded books. I wasn't able to download one from home however, because I have Mac. Despite this obstacle, I enjoyed browsing the digital books and noting how many were checked out! I do plan to download a book from itunes, which I will have to pay for (unlike the library selections) just to have one to listen to on my ipod.
I think the website is becoming more and more popular with patrons. Many are quite excited to learn about its features when I have the opportunity to show it to them.
I think the website is becoming more and more popular with patrons. Many are quite excited to learn about its features when I have the opportunity to show it to them.
Thing 9!
I have an iGoogle home page on my home computer, and I have a lot of Google tools loaded there and I look at them frequently (way too frequently!). I have movies, maps, directions (not as good as MSN in my opinion), weather, news from several sources, and assorted other information (dictionaries, blogs, calendars, etc.) and pictures at a glance. I looked through some of the other tools and decided that Google finance is a good one to add to my home page. It has stock quotes, market summaries and business news all neatly packaged, in one place.
I tried Google Docs and thought it was a neat way to jointly work on a document or to save it somewhere always accessible, which could be very useful to me and my school projects that I am always e-mailing to myself from work or home, depending on where I will be next. I did however spend an inordinate amount of time trying to upload a picture from my home file into my document and failed miserably. I am going to call in my home tech support (otherwise known as Andy Ratoff) when he gets home.
I tried Google Docs and thought it was a neat way to jointly work on a document or to save it somewhere always accessible, which could be very useful to me and my school projects that I am always e-mailing to myself from work or home, depending on where I will be next. I did however spend an inordinate amount of time trying to upload a picture from my home file into my document and failed miserably. I am going to call in my home tech support (otherwise known as Andy Ratoff) when he gets home.
On to Wikis - Thing 8!
I enjoyed reading everyone's posts in the wiki. I posted to favorite movies - I only picked two that I like, not wishing to put you all to sleep. And I also posted to favorite restaurants. My favorites seem very similar to a few others.
Radical trust is an interesting concept. It differs from trust in individuals, which takes time to develop. Radical trust requires instant trust in an entire community. I suppose that it is not quite instant, in that people have been getting used to and relying on online communication for quite a while now. I have been slowly getting accustomed to the idea, although I have to admit when I enrolled in an online program for my MLIS, I went there first, in person, to check it out!
Still, it is encouraging that a site like Wikipedia, although not without its issues, is so terrific. I use it often for popular culture and current topics, and it seldom lets me down.
Radical trust is an interesting concept. It differs from trust in individuals, which takes time to develop. Radical trust requires instant trust in an entire community. I suppose that it is not quite instant, in that people have been getting used to and relying on online communication for quite a while now. I have been slowly getting accustomed to the idea, although I have to admit when I enrolled in an online program for my MLIS, I went there first, in person, to check it out!
Still, it is encouraging that a site like Wikipedia, although not without its issues, is so terrific. I use it often for popular culture and current topics, and it seldom lets me down.
Podcasting - up to number 7!
I spent this afternoon at home exploring adding more podcasts to my various accounts. I have already been downloading podcasts of Fresh Air to my ipod, but wanted to add some new ones. I subscribed to the Slate Magazine podcast through Podcast Alley and the Rough Guide Podcast through Learn out Loud and put them on my Google Reader. I listened to a Rough Guide podcast interview about separating fact from fiction in the DaVinci Code for a while and then decided to see what looked interesting at the Itunes store. I subscribed to a Meet the Author podcast from Apple, but will have to wait to sync my Ipod to listen to that one.
As far as what we could do at the library, I think patrons might enjoy a link to a Meet the Author type podcast or one we do ourselves on the website. It would be nice to feature authors that are visiting SPL or ones that tie in to a display we are having.
All in all, it was fun to add podcasts. Now I hope to find the time to listen to some of them!
As far as what we could do at the library, I think patrons might enjoy a link to a Meet the Author type podcast or one we do ourselves on the website. It would be nice to feature authors that are visiting SPL or ones that tie in to a display we are having.
All in all, it was fun to add podcasts. Now I hope to find the time to listen to some of them!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Flickr and Social Blogging
Yesterday I explored Flickr, but posting photos will have to wait because they are all stored on my home computer. Soon I will post a few here and at Flickr.
Today I checked out the del.icio.us site where I posted one of my favorite sites: http://www.pedaling.com/ This is a site that shows favorite bicycling routes in every state. I like to look at it, even when I don't have plans to travel there, just for fun. When you are trying to go biking somewhere unfamiliar, it has recommended routes with levels of difficulty and other useful information. But, I digress.
Using del.icio.us was very easy and fun. I checked out one cloud for shoes and found some of the sites I shop at bookmarked there. I could see how this site can be useful (and possibly expensive!).
Today I checked out the del.icio.us site where I posted one of my favorite sites: http://www.pedaling.com/ This is a site that shows favorite bicycling routes in every state. I like to look at it, even when I don't have plans to travel there, just for fun. When you are trying to go biking somewhere unfamiliar, it has recommended routes with levels of difficulty and other useful information. But, I digress.
Using del.icio.us was very easy and fun. I checked out one cloud for shoes and found some of the sites I shop at bookmarked there. I could see how this site can be useful (and possibly expensive!).
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Facebook - Signed up!
Hi everyone. I signed up for Facebook and even looked for friends. I am looking forward to playing scrabble with my daughter online. It will be a pleasant way to avoid things I probably should be doing instead.
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