Thing #23

I'M FINISHED!!! To sum up this experience -WOW!!! What is available in cyberspace is beyond what I want to know. I will go back to Generator and will definitely look at Flickr more. The majority of the "things" did not interest me but it was a good experience. Thanks to the challenge I feel a little more confident in searching and finding what I want. However its amazing how much is out there but can't be trusted like Wikpedia. What a great idea to have all this information available but then if we have to wonder if its true what good is it? I can see where a lot of these web sights would be very helpful to librarians in disseminating information but for the average person its mind boggling. I'm up for another challenge though. Bring it on!

Thing #22

Well I tried this podcast thing again and it still freezes on me so am going to delete it. It's much easier to go directly to the web sight through my regular browser and listen that way. I did register at NetLibrary and am anxious to try this "thing" with eBooks. Although there's nothing better than curling up with a good book to read I'm willing to give this new method a try. Better yet, just setting on my porch and enjoying the scenery is much more relaxing. This was my side yard last fall.

Thing #21

I downloaded a podcast reader (ipodder) so as to listen to subscribed podcasts but its not very clear as to how or what I did. All I know is that I was able to listen to one of my favorite devotional sights. As it was downloading a couple more for me to listen to the sight froze and after working with it for an hour I gave up. The time spent on this "thing" is not worth it. Thanks but no thanks.

Thing #20

I dreaded going into YouTube but found a couple things that held my attention. The videos of kittens and puppies were especially delightful. I set up an account but don't really expect to upload anything. It's just not the kind of socializing I want to do. Some videos of singers caught my attention also but I don't understand how these are actually legal since YouTube warns of copyright infringements when a CD or video is uploaded. Maybe I didn't get into things that might affect library usage but couldn't see where this would tie in with our work at the library.

Thing #19

I found one place of interest to me. It is www.begreennow.com. You can calculate your CO2 footprint on the environment by averaging electrical usage, miles driven per year, and heating of household. The only problem with the household heating was that it only has natural gas as source of heat and I don't have that. I will go back to that site for the news and information it contains. The concept of another site looked interesting but in showing the most popular newest additions all it had were weird pictures of things or people and I don't need weird or strange people to entertain me. It was www.stumbleupon.com. It said you could submit your likes into their site and they would "trap" the web sites that pertained to those things for you. Sounds good if a person could filter out the weird and strange.

Thing #18

Working in the Zoho web sight is interesting. To create and send spreadsheets back and forth between clients without having the actual software is amazing. This might be the demise of some software companies. I would like to exchange genealogy charts with friends and family without their particular software. Could that be a posibility in the near future?

Thing #17

This pertains to thing #17. I found a fun link on the Bull Run Library wiki. Here it is:http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm
I posted this to the plcmclearning favorite blogs page under YPL blogs - "fun links".

Thing #16

After reading my other blogs I realized I had already commented on wikis but guess it doesn't hurt to look at things again so here is what I found the second time around. I looked at the wiki established by McMillan Memorial library in Wisconsin and found it very interesting. Was especially looking at their blurb on self check-out. But it's interesting to note they expect it to be an on going learning process for a "decade". Even though they say 75 per cent of the check outs are done by self check out it sounds as if staff helps with a major part of those. The informational page states, "One of the reasons for implementing self check out must be to improve service and increase meaningful interaction with patrons". I can see how it might increase service but it's beyond me as to how it would increase meaningful interaction with patrons.