Thing #23

Wow, I can't believe I made it! This has been an awesome experience and a challenging one at times, too. This program has afforded me to take the time to learn about some of the new technologies that you hear about in passing conversations with people. Now some of the terms such as wikis, podcast, utube, blogging, etc. are no longer mystery words.

I would definitely do this again!

Thing #22

Okay, I'm one step closer to getting my prize. I listened to the tutorial, created my NetLibrary account, and familiarized myself with the site. I can't wait to download my first eaudio to my MP3 player.

Thing #21

I subscribed to Yahoo Podcast and searched around for some interesting Library pods. I came across a SirsiDynix podcast which is the company that provides the software and support that our system uses for circulation, cataloging, serials and our HIP.

Thing #20

What a wonderful song


My son introduced me to this band (Slightly Stoopid). I think I like their version of the song almost as much at the original by John Denver, and no this is not my son.

Thing #19

I perused the award winners and was amazed at some the sites available. I found three that I explored and would most like use again. 1. Kayak: another Expedia or Cheap Flights. 2. Cocktail Builder: A good resource for bartending(imagine that). 3: Yelp: A fun and easy way to find what's great or not go great in your area.

Thing #18

Watch out Microsoft! I think this will be a great option for people who want to share documents. All of Zoho apps look very similar to Microsoft Office products.

Thing #17

Woohoo, now I'm having fun! I didn't want to leave the sandbox and had to pry myself away from playing with my pbwiki that I created. I added several entries to the favorites in the PBwiki Learning 2.0.

Thing #16

Now this is something that I find very useful. Although when I named my blog, I was doing so purely on a technology that began with "W". Who knew Wikiz would be my favorite and most useful thing I've learned so far. I explored all links and added Wikipedia as a zippy link on my blog.

Thing #15

After reading several of the postings I set my sites on "Away from Iceburgs" and Into the World of Libraianship". Currently, both these topic appeal/apply to what is going on at LCPL. We are ever looking to improve and provide better, faster services for our customers. Let's face it we are of a society of want and need it ASAP.

Thing #14

I explored thing 14 and claimed by blog on Technorati, now what? I really don't see that this will be a valuable tool for me at this time. Maybe after I finish all 23 things I will go back and explore the technologies that I do not have a clear understanding.

Thing #13

This is a very interesting concept. I can see this a being a timesave and/or lifesaver if your pc ever crashes.

Thing 12, February 23

I don't get it! I'm going to have to call in reinforcements on this one:...(

Thing 11, February 9th

Explored Library Thing and added a couple of titles. I tried to link my blog to Library Thing but was unsucessful. I'll work on it another day.....

Thing 10, Cont, Cont

I didn't have a whole lot of luck with Image Generator but created a magazine cover from FD Toys. That was great fun. On to Thing 11.

exhomeless guys sent me a link to an awesome site for Image Generator.

Thing 10 cont., Magazine Cover from Generator

Thing 10, February 2007

Library Software Thieves on the loose. Proceed with caution because you may get splashed with a Margarita

Thing #9 Feburary 9, 2007

Here is how my experience went with Thing #9. I still don't quite grasp the whole concept of RSS. I explored both Feedstar and Topix.net and found Topix.net to be more user friendly than Feedstar. I was able to go to Topix.net and subscribe to a feed with little effort. However, I could not figure out how to subscribe to a feed on Feedstar. I didn't want to spend a whole lot of time on this so Topix.net it was for me for this lesson.

Thing #8 January 18, 2007

I started working on Thing 8 yesterday and got totally confused as to what the heck RSS is all about. I signed up for bloglines and somehow subscribed to several feeds(beat me how id did it). My head started spinning and so I shut down for the day hoping tomorrow would be brighter. I came to work and begged for help from Jie and John to enlighten me on RSS. Well, the day got away from Jie, so I nabbed John and he helped to open the world of RSS up to me. I now understand how you get to and subscribe toRSS feeds. Thanks to John, Thing 8, is a thing of the past. YEAH!!!!

Thing #7 January, 16 2007

The thing I find recently most interesting is wireless technology. I know it is not a new technology, but it is new to our home. We were able to introduce high speed internet service to our home thru FM radio that is comparable to DSL speeds. We now have one wireless PC that I can move anywhere needed, a laptop that I can surf the web and sip a cool drink (not telling what kind) while lounging on my deck on a beautiful summer's day. Plus we bought our daughter a photo printer for Christmas which is wireless, too. Now we can print and surf to our little heart's desire anywhere or anytime.

Thing #6 January 16, 2007

I've completed Thing #6 without a hitch. I created a Trading Card of my son just for fun. We are supposed to be having fun, right? If I have time I will check into the other apps, but for now this is all I have time to explore.

Thing #5 January 15, 2007

Wow, this is really cool! I've heard the word Flickr thrown around for awhile but never knew what it was all about until I completed this lesson. This will be a great tool to organizing my photos and sharing photos with family and friends.

This is a picture that I downloaded from Flickr when I typed in the words "Funny Faces" in the search box. My search resulted in 31,610 hits and by the time I've finished typing this I'm sure the number will have increased.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

January 5, 2007

Today is Friday, it is rainy and dreary outside. It has been a very crazy hectic day with Horizon notices, Telecirc and branch reports to deal with. Whew, I'm glad it's almost over.
I haven't had a chance to work on Thing 5 but I'm hoping to allow some time next week for this project.