Challenger 08

2009-01-21T13:01:00.001-08:00

Thing 23 - the end.

2009-01-21T12:40:00.001-08:00

Just added 2 podcast sites to the Blogline. It took a while to find some that actually had RSS feeds but with help, I added them. Apparently just because something is labelled a podcast, it doesn't necessarily have an RSS feed. So much to not understand.

2009-01-16T12:40:00.000-08:00

Have been looking at Youtube & it's entertaining. Not sure what use it would be in libraries unless you find an informational or educational piece pertaining to some project. The cart drill teams are a hoot.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmyDWEnT-eI. If this "copy/paste" worked, you can see the Dewey Decimators performing.

2009-01-13T12:52:00.000-08:00

I looked at Last.fm & Pandora. They were fairly easy to use & had a lot of information. It didn't seem like they always listed a complete list of an artist's recordings but it's still useful. We have some patrons that frequently are looking for specific song titles. These sites would work well for their questions.

2009-01-13T09:03:00.000-08:00

Evidently linking my GoogleDoc form to this posting didn't work but I did fill out a template on GoogleDocs. They certainly have a variety of useful templates.

2009-01-08T14:38:00.000-08:00

2009-01-07T12:53:00.000-08:00

Just did the PBwiki #18. Fun to read the comments & learn about new restaurants. Wikis seem to work well for group effort activities.

2009-01-02T12:37:00.000-08:00

Thing #17-- wikis seem to have lots of potential. Whether you can trust the info on them is debatable but that's true of many sites. The direct route of communication between participants would be an advantage.

2008-12-21T12:40:00.000-08:00

About Library 2.0-- "information overload" comes to mind. I didn't understand parts of it,some parts made sense, & some parts were depressing but it's all food for thought. It's true that libraries no longer have a monopoly on information. If everybody is going to be adding info to sites, I do hope there is oversight. And letting patrons mix & mashup & so forth on library equipment could make for interesting maintenance needs. As the woman writer mentioned, "tour guides" will probably be needed to wade through all the available material. Not being able to keep up with changes or "train" patrons on using sites sounds inevitable if change will be constant. Techies will be in seventh heaven & in huge demand. Nearly anything sounds possible for the people with insight & skills to apply the technology.

2008-12-11T18:15:00.000-08:00

trying the permalink thing again

2008-12-11T17:54:00.000-08:00

http://www.slideshare.net/spiderweb99/national-geographic-best-photo-awards-nature ; this slideshow was great; I don't find the site very user-friendly as far as how to add contacts and I wasn't the only one here feeling that way.It's certainly quite a resource for people needing slides.

2008-12-10T12:17:00.001-08:00

The Delicious tags looks useful. When thinking about the NEaccess sites, it was hard to narrow it to one word for description. That probably accounts for the "run-on" words I saw on some lists.Maybe NEhistory could be a new word.The keyword & cross-referencing aspects are good. We work on "communal" computers so it would be convenient to access the same lists from each computer. That would work well for research & common interest groups,too, I would think. The Holdrege page looks impressive.

2008-12-05T09:38:00.000-08:00

A Twitter account has been opened. I've read the material & looked at a few individual postings(?). It does sound like some libraries have found good uses for the short,quick notices. Personally, I don't have a computer & wouldn't use Twitter. I thought reading some of them is like hearing one side of a phone conversation & trying to guess what else was being said. If I did Twitter my personal happenings, that could be used as a sleep aid. I agree with the person who doesn't understand the need to share info w/ strangers. It's hard enough to try & stay in contact w/ flesh & blood friends.

2008-11-19T12:31:00.000-08:00

Thing 12 - LibraryThing seemed easy to use as far as cataloguing,provided you know your editions.From what other comments have been, it does seem like there would be some uses for it in the library setting.

2008-11-14T12:02:00.000-08:00

2008-11-14T12:01:00.001-08:00

http://posters.bighugelabs.com/save.php?f=output%2Fala_7925648.jpg

2008-11-11T12:34:00.000-08:00

These "Things" are good to learn about --at least to be aware of -- but technology is not my thing,either, & I find it overwhelming. It also takes a lot of time to struggle through so this project is one of those "character building" aspects of life. Not fun but educational.

2008-11-06T18:20:00.001-08:00

wasn't able to save the mini poster - only shows the site before creating

2008-11-06T18:16:00.000-08:00

for Thing 10, tried a mini READ poster on ALA site--http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/hqops/publishing/graphics/READ_Mini_Posters.cfm#

2008-11-06T18:01:00.000-08:00

Thing 9 - Flikr Clr pkr is fun

2008-11-06T17:29:00.000-08:00

trying to post a picture- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodysphotography/3006323182/ -- for Thing 8

2008-10-30T18:24:00.001-07:00

added more feeds for Thing 7

2008-10-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

No.6 completed

2008-10-23T17:40:00.000-07:00

reporting in on Thing 5; have done the IM w/ NLC

2008-10-14T12:34:00.000-07:00

Thing 4 - puff,puff

2008-10-13T12:47:00.000-07:00

it says a blog has been created for Thing 3

2008-10-13T12:46:00.000-07:00

habit 6- using technology is a problem

Challenger 08

2008-10-13T12:45:00.000-07:00

here goes nothing!