Lesson 20

TA DA!!! This was really a good learning experience. There were things that I have done, and other technology that was new to me. I can see how libraries would want to embrace some of this technology, but a part of me would always want the main focus of the library to be centered on the printed word. To me it's sort of like equating the computers and techy stuff to an electronic paino, and the books to the traditional piano. There is room for both in this complex world. That's the buzz.

Game on!

The games I tried are pretty fun, and I know I could waste a lot of time goofing around with them. I guess that's about all I have to say about that. So that's the buzz, and it's back to bizz.

google earth

Google earth is the greatest tool a stalker could ever dream of.
Can't see over your neighbors fence?....just google it. Although
it's not totally clear, but I hear if you actually buy the zoupped
up version, you can just about spy through the windows. Yikes!
Guess I won't be doing the naked tap dancing thing anymore.

the pink goth

Rock on Pink Goth!

online applications

How timely! Yesterday I was channel surfing, and I came across some talk show and this guest was chatting up his book about why online spreadsheets and documents are not a very good idea. Unfortunately, I didn't get the man's name or book title, but I did listen to him for a while, and he was very interesting. His deal was that while this is a convienient way to share info, it isn't very safe. He went on to talk about how there are people out there in the cyberworld who would like to bring places of business down, or stealing money, identity, etc etc by hacking into "safe" (you know, password protected, invite only)places and implanting little virus BOTS, which can lay around doing nothing til they get the command....they can do all sorts of things from deleting numbers out of spreadsheet budgets, to crashing hard drives. So, for online applications, it's easy, and it's convienient, but do I really want my spreadsheets and documents in a public domain? My answer is no. No way, nada, uhuh, Nope. That's my buzz, back to bizz

Search Engines

Today I made the time to do some searching on the web using different search engines. While searching around with some different engines may or may not produce some different info, I still think I prefer the big G, google that is. And Yahoo! I do like yahoo also. That's the buzz, back to the bizz.

Podcasting

Well, here's the bizz on this week's buzz. I know there is a use for podcasting in the library because we already do it with the kidsbooks. (Which are great fun to listen too, only I wish they had that bouncing ball, (ding!) and the pages to look at)

My personal preference is I want to listen only if it's pretty short and to the point, none of this half hour or more stuff for me, only because you have to be connected to a computer, (or yes I know an MP3 player, and you already know how I feel about that!) and I don't like to sit that long. Besides, who wants to sit around and listen to a computer when there is SOoooo much more visual stuff you can actually look at when your on the computer. And that's just my little personal opinion, for whatever that is worth. Not much, I'd say. But all in all, I really do see that podcasting is another great resource worth having, and that's the buzz, now back to bizz.

Online photo Generator

I always assumed there was a man in the moon up there. Now I know.

overdrive

This was really user unfriendly!

I downloaded, I browsed, I put a book on hold.

Not sure if I'll ever use this service. Here's the deal,

I've had an MP3 player for 2 years, and have never

even took it out of the box, so why would I ever do this?

del-icio-us

Well, let's see, after a much needed break from all this, I'm back at it. Actually I've been too busy to fit it into my schedule, but today I'm making the time to do this. I like this del-icio-us networking thing. I can see this as actually replacing some of "my favorites" lists. Let's just use children's storytelling for an example. While I might have 4 or 5 great sites bookmarked under my favorites, del-icio-us enables me to have maybe 50 or 60 great sites, stuff that maybe I didn't even know was out there, and instantly connects me with other folks that are looking for the same type of info. This can be a great quick reference tool, and one that I can see libraries using on a regular basis. That's this blogger's buzz, back to bizz.

I think I'm in Hawaii

Wiki wiki hulu greetings from the big island....

Wiki's are a great reference tool, quick and easy. As with anything, there is SO much info out there the question is which one to choose?

Do you wiki wiki?

Number 9, Number 9, Number 9

Well, this week I was going to embed a U-tube video into my blog, but after 5 minutes of waiting to download a 33 second vid, I decided forget it. So to answer the questions: there is any and everything out there on u-tube, you can spend lots and lots of time (especially when they don't load) looking around. Hulu and Fancast, well, for me I suppose if you were addicted to some TV show, and you missed an episode, you could watch it. Or in the library, if you were young and just starting out in the world and you didn't own a tv, you could reserve a huge chunk of time on the computer, and go to the library and watch tv and/or movies. You could hang for hours and hours, bring snacks....

myspace

Well, I guess I'm just old skool. Initially, I had a hard time navigating around in my space, but as I fiddled around, it got a little easier. I know it's a great way to network, as I know a lot of folks use it. And actually, it could be a lot of fun! That's the buzz for now, back to bizz.

flicker

Here is a photo that I took last fall at the National Bookmobile Conference in St. Louis, MO. Wow! Was it ever hot! It was October and they were having a heat wave! 89 glorious degrees! Late one afternoon when we had a little free time, a real nice outreach person from Indiana, named Marie and I took the subway down to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, to go see the Gateway Arch. It was beautiful! Getting there from the subway was a little weird, but that's another story...anyway, once we were there we decided to go up in the arch! Yep! You can go up in the arch, 630 feet above the Mississippi. So, Marie and I get our little tickets and herd our way down to these very industrial looking stairs. 5 people per stair, and on the opposite wall, is a little metal door about 2 and 1/2 feet by 4 feet, one door per stair. All of a sudden these doors open up and no kidding, it looks like you are going to crawl into a sci-fi egg pod, or a closed-in carnival cage. It's all painted white, and 5 white John Deer tractor looking seats in a semi-circle. I'm thinking, OK...., but in we go with 3 large men. It is so tight in there that you have to round your shoulders and head, and then the door shuts, and rattle, bang, clunk, chuga chuga, up we go on the inside of the arch. Marie gets claustrophobia and starts hyperventilating, big guy to my right claims he's going to pass gas, his friend is high fiving him screaming "don't do it, don't do it" And the curly headed man across from me is wildly snapping photos of himself... It takes about 5 minutes to get to the top of the arch, and the higher up we go, well, that glorious 89 degrees? turns into about 114. I never realized you ascended into hell, until that moment. I don't want to go there.

Streaming Music

I love Pandora! The variety and the customization it allows you to have is just great! One feature I really like is that you can guide the Pandora team as to what you like, or don't like. This way, not only do I get to listen to the music I like, I can also add or delete song and artists seeds. Another great thing about Pandora, is that I have been introduced to a lot of musicians that I didn't know about! It's Great! That's this week's buzz, back to bizz.

Lesson 5 RSS feed lines

RSS feeds are too much info for me. I don't need that much information coming at me any time all the time. I've had an account with bloglines for a couple of years, and when I originally signed up for it, I just put in my likes and dislikes, and it downloaded WAY TO MUCH STUFF!!! So, I quit lookin' at it.
Then this week I went in and changed my email account so it would be in line with this 20 for 2.0 and cleared out about 2 million downloads. This could be a useful tool for quick reference. For me tho, I might look at it once in a while, but it's not on my top 5 priority list. That's this week's buzz, back to the bizz.

Well, to finish up my assignment this week,

Have I used an IM before? No

Was I surprized by anything? It was pretty easy to use.

How do I feel about it as a communication mode? I think it's ok

All bizz

Well, it's all bizz, here in my bizz buzz world.
I'm just getting through my little training sessions.
I've looked at some of the blogs, some are elaborate, some are simple.
I just hope this gets easier, because I feel like a flounder!
That's the buzz, back to bizz...

bizz buzz

This has taken an incredibly long time to do, but it is done.
I think this could be fun at somepoint, but I don't see myself
as much of a blogger. That's the buzz, now back to bizz...