Bloglines

I have my own Blogline account. I chose some RSS feeds including news, Beth Moore and Cooking recipes.

In Summary

I really enjoyed the 23 things. At first, I found it hard and struggled with every step. Then, about a third of the way through, everything started to get easier and I liked the way I could use the information I learned in a previous step later in a another step. One of my favorite activities was learning about the Google docs. This was really easy and I think I will find other applications for it. Other favorites included the RSS feeds and downloadable audio books which both expanded my library. I think these activities encouraged me to step outside of my comfort zone and reminded me that learning something new can be hard at first but then gets easier.

Almost

I visited the OverDrive audio books site in the HCPL catalog and saw a few titles I would like to listen to. I'm going to try downloading Measure of a Man onto my laptop. I like the idea that I can get a book anytime I want without leaving the house:)

So many podcasts, so little time.

Looked at Podcast.net and Yahoo podcasts. Found several podcast of interest to me. Added the Beth Moore podcast to my Bloglines account. She is one of my favorite authors. I have also subscribed to the New York Times Sunday Book Review. Now to find the time to listen to my podcasts. Maybe I should switch everything over to iTunes so that I can take it with me on the go.

"All together now"

Visited some Web 2.0 sites. I was intrigued by listdump.com because I love looking at other people's lists. Sometimes you find grocery list or to do list in books and I find them so interesting. While on listdump.com I looked at a cooking list and found a RSS feed to Real Simple recipes. I subscribed to it on my bloglines and have really impressed myself.

"Access, Anywhere, Anytime"

I placed my 23 things document on Google Docs. I have been working on the 23 things at home and work and was constantly having to email myself the updated 23 things list. Now that it is on Google Docs, I don't have to worry about this step. Wish this "thing" would have been earlier in the list:)

To Wiki or not to Wiki

If you Wiki you should consider using another source to verify your information. That said, there is a lot of information out there. Too much for me most of the time. The applications that I liked most were the ALA 2006 New Orleans Wiki and the Book Lovers Wiki developed by the Princeton Public Library. B0th of these were examples of applications that worked well with Wikis.

Library 2.0, our life boat.

My favorite quote from Rick Anderson's take on Library 2.0 was how the library needs to be about "integrating our services into their, (our customers) daily patterns of work, study and play." It makes me realize how important it is for all of us to keep up with today's world so that we know what our customer wants and needs are. This changes daily and is the frame of mind to be in for innovation. Michael Stephens article "Into a new world of librarianship" suggest that the library is "human" and this too I like because the web is interactive and shaped by humans. It's all of us.

Rockin with HCPL

Found the Staff Day Video from last year. Good times! http://youtube.com/watch?v=egTR39mwse0

Just tag it.

Technorati was a bit wild. Speaking of wild, I saw a mashup of "Where the Wild Things Are" and I actually knew what a mashup was. Yeah! I Learned about tags and looked at top tags this hour and top tags overall. Similiar words as you find on magazine covers.

Shared reading lists and tagging explored.

The Del.icio.us bookmarking tutorial was interesting. I was most interested in the "magic middle" and how you can use these sights to filter your information.

What's for dinner?

I rolled a cooking search engine to help me with 'what's for dinner?" http://rollyo.com/librarypage/whats_for_dinner/

Reading now; http://www.librarything.com/catalog/pagegirl

caffeinated thoughts

iPIX Movies is an amazing technology that uses a two headed fish eye camera lens to provide a 360 view. Creator, Steve Zimmeran developed the technology while working on a project to give robots human vision. Developed in 1986 it was expected to revolutionize movies and internet possibilities. So far it has largely been used for online tours like the ones you see on Real Estate sites. It was also used for President Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address. Due to financial problems the founding company was not able to develop the product to it's full potential. Sony recently purchased 28 patents for IPIX. It will be interesting to see what they do with the technology. I think this technology could be used to make Survivorman's job easier.