Thursday, March 12, 2009
Podcasts...how my job helped my golf game
Thing #17- I found podcasts a neat idea in principle, but not in practice. After waiting for what seemed like forever for a podcast to load in Podcast and PodcastAlley, I went to Yahoo Podcast and...Yahoo! I was able to find a golf lesson that loaded for me quickly. This was simple to use and I was given a choice of moving it to my Digg, my delicious or a Facebook location. I chose to simply put it on this blog by copy/pasting the enbedded code onto my dashboard.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
You-Tube...at my age?
Thing #16- Never thought I'd be wandering through YouTube, but found some fun and funny videos. What is with the stopping and starting of the videos? Everyone I viewed did the same thing. To choose one to post I had to settle on one of the several laughing baby videos...who doesn't love a laughing baby?
I suggest everyone watch Conan the Librarian...it's a whole new way to look at customer service!
I suggest everyone watch Conan the Librarian...it's a whole new way to look at customer service!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Rollyo, rollyo..who needs a rollyo
Thing#15- Think I'm tired and crabby, but my 'favorites' list will do just fine. Don't think I need Rollyo---but I'll take another look when I'm fresher.
Okay- after a relaxing day off I tried again to appreciate Rollyo. Although it will never be a favorite, I did create a Rollyo, and a search roll and linked it to my blog. Hooray for me.
Okay- after a relaxing day off I tried again to appreciate Rollyo. Although it will never be a favorite, I did create a Rollyo, and a search roll and linked it to my blog. Hooray for me.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tools, tools and more tools
Thing #14- Online Productivity Tools- So here I looked at the various options for creating my home page and played around with lots of fun stuff in igoogle. I added a countdown widget to this blog, but chose to count down to my birthday to eliminate any angst about finishing the 23 things. I looked into the google calendar, but was not overly impressed. I'll stick with the version I use everyday for my job. As far as the tada list...give me paper and pencil any day.
It's now several days later and my email today included the reminder I set up in my Google calendar. Actually that was a nice feature.
It's now several days later and my email today included the reminder I set up in my Google calendar. Actually that was a nice feature.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
My LibraryThing
Thing #13-Yet another way to save and view material. My LibraryThing was simple to create and design. I'm not through discovering what it will do...I'll be back with more info before Thing 13 is done. Looked through LibraryThingLocal and punched in Dunnellon, Florida. I found no activities but did find the Books-A-Million bookstore. This could be a great site when traveling but like any such site, it needs everyone to add to it. 
Monday, February 23, 2009
Wiki mania
Thing#12-
Had my doubts about anything wiki. As we all know the good thing about wikipedia is that anyone can add, edit or delete information in it...and the bad thing is that anyone can add, edit or delete information in it. Therefore it is a site of last resort for valid information. BUT...I hadn't used pbwiki, wetpaint or wikispaces, or used them as shown in the video provided. It could be a great tool to use with people you know where input can be added or changed by members of the group. A library wiki could be used to gather information about materials patron and staff wished to add to the collection, and as items were added, that could be shown as well. I have made an entry on the neflins23thingspbwiki and am a full-fledged member of pbwiki...gotta love anything named peanut butter.
Had my doubts about anything wiki. As we all know the good thing about wikipedia is that anyone can add, edit or delete information in it...and the bad thing is that anyone can add, edit or delete information in it. Therefore it is a site of last resort for valid information. BUT...I hadn't used pbwiki, wetpaint or wikispaces, or used them as shown in the video provided. It could be a great tool to use with people you know where input can be added or changed by members of the group. A library wiki could be used to gather information about materials patron and staff wished to add to the collection, and as items were added, that could be shown as well. I have made an entry on the neflins23thingspbwiki and am a full-fledged member of pbwiki...gotta love anything named peanut butter.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
I can "Digg" it
Thing 11-
I chose to examine Digg (loved the icon of the little guy with the shovel) and used it to comment on the Washington Post article about President Obama's meeting next week on the sad state of the economy. I guess this type of site will show what patron's consider a priority, since it ranks information by popularity..what they are really interested in ...and what we as library staff should be familiarizing ourselves with.
I chose to examine Digg (loved the icon of the little guy with the shovel) and used it to comment on the Washington Post article about President Obama's meeting next week on the sad state of the economy. I guess this type of site will show what patron's consider a priority, since it ranks information by popularity..what they are really interested in ...and what we as library staff should be familiarizing ourselves with.
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