One of my all time favorites on YouTube is March of the Librarians (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ). It is an extraordinary look at this very interesting species. I especially value it for its footage of male librarian facial plumage. It is one of the more fascinating documentaries I have seen in some time.
YouTube has a tremendous amount of crap on it, but many gems. I have seen lots of humorous videos at this site. I would never have known about Weird Al's White and Nerdy, if it weren't for YouTube.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Thing #19 - Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it ...
Ever since Staff Day, I have been wanting to try Pandora, but have been too busy messing around with all these other "Things", and haven't gotten around to it. Fortunately, Pandora was a Web 2.0 nominee, so I am able to check it out here, at Station #19.
Pandora lets you type in an artist or song, and it will create a "radio station" based on that type of music. It's part of the Music Genome Project, which is awesome just for the name if for no other reason. It's very useful because quite often I'm too lazy to search for more music of the type that I like. For instance, I was starting to become tired of the CD I've been listening to endlessly lately, but wanted more music like it. Pandora is perfect for this. Also, it's nice to have an easy source of music for listening to at work (with earphones, of course) without having to drag around CDs, or even an MP3 player. Pretty cool.
I think this will help me return to my much more eclectic tastes in music. They have become more homogenized due to laziness. The downside is all those Toyota adds.
Pandora lets you type in an artist or song, and it will create a "radio station" based on that type of music. It's part of the Music Genome Project, which is awesome just for the name if for no other reason. It's very useful because quite often I'm too lazy to search for more music of the type that I like. For instance, I was starting to become tired of the CD I've been listening to endlessly lately, but wanted more music like it. Pandora is perfect for this. Also, it's nice to have an easy source of music for listening to at work (with earphones, of course) without having to drag around CDs, or even an MP3 player. Pretty cool.
I think this will help me return to my much more eclectic tastes in music. They have become more homogenized due to laziness. The downside is all those Toyota adds.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Thing #18 - Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools
Wow, Zoho is really complete. They really do give Microsoft Office a run for their money. I like the "tags as folders" idea. That's pretty handy, and trés 2.0. The document sharing is a nice feature too. I think it's a little foreign to the way we are used to doing things, but once people mess around with it, I think it will be popular. The Spanish Practice Group used Writely (now Google Docs) to work on the translation of the library brochure.
I really don't like emoticons. But I thought I'd try it, just for the practice.
I like how easy the special characters are to use! Much easier than Microsoft. I will do all my Spanish documents with Zoho!
←↑→↓↔◊♥♦∩©¥ Groovy!
I did not mean to write this. Wow, everything is so easy with this toolbar. The strikethrough is right there. I know all this stuff is there somewhere in Word, but it's always a little bit of a hunt. With Zoho, it's very intuitive. Nifty.
Don't you just love tables?
Well, I published this from Zoho. The formatting came out a little weird, and the emoticon didn't show, but other than that it's not bad. I'm impressed with Zoho. I think I'll use it in the future. You can even print out in PDF format so it doesn't look like a printed webpage. And it's easy to register for and use, so it will be useful for patrons who want word processing.
I really don't like emoticons. But I thought I'd try it, just for the practice.I like how easy the special characters are to use! Much easier than Microsoft. I will do all my Spanish documents with Zoho!
←↑→↓↔◊♥♦∩©¥ Groovy!
I did not mean to write this. Wow, everything is so easy with this toolbar. The strikethrough is right there. I know all this stuff is there somewhere in Word, but it's always a little bit of a hunt. With Zoho, it's very intuitive. Nifty.
| Catfish | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Poodle | ocho | six | ||
| Squirrel | huit | ninety-seven |
Don't you just love tables?
Well, I published this from Zoho. The formatting came out a little weird, and the emoticon didn't show, but other than that it's not bad. I'm impressed with Zoho. I think I'll use it in the future. You can even print out in PDF format so it doesn't look like a printed webpage. And it's easy to register for and use, so it will be useful for patrons who want word processing.
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