I had already learned a bit about NetLibrary and downloading audiobooks from Donna and Heidi's training session. It was good, though, to return and go through it on my own. It was fairly easy, having been through the training session, and having watched PMCLC's video about it. I don't know how intuitive it would have been otherwise.
I did find an audiobook to download, H.H. The Dalai Lama's The Art of Happiness at Work. However, I don't have an MP3 player (since I did not finish my 23 things in a timely fashion), so I don't know if I will actually listen to it. Still, it was an instructive exercise. Maybe I will be inspired by this to purchase an MP3 player.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Thing #21 - Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts
It took me a very long time to find a podcast that I would actually want to subscribe to. Blogs are one thing, but actually listening to folks chatter along was not appealing. I finally found Poetry Moment. (http://poetrymoment.podomatic.com/) Some gal reading the classics. She's not a great reader, but that's probably all for the better. Why not take a moment to listen to poetry? This is an instance where I find a podcast to be better than a blog, because poetry should be read aloud. This is a good use of podcasting, in my opinion.
I found podcastalley.com to be the way to go for searching for podcasts. It was very easy to use, and brought a good assortment of results. I was not able to load podcast.net at all, and I did not care for Yahoo Podcasts. It seemed really clunky after podcastalley.com. Besides, podcastalley is a much cooler name.
I found podcastalley.com to be the way to go for searching for podcasts. It was very easy to use, and brought a good assortment of results. I was not able to load podcast.net at all, and I did not care for Yahoo Podcasts. It seemed really clunky after podcastalley.com. Besides, podcastalley is a much cooler name.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Thing #20 - Discover YouTube
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.
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 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.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thing #17 - Add an entry to the 2.0 SandBox Wiki
The 2.0 SandBox Wiki was fun. I guess it was just an opportunity to get people to see how easy it is to add content to a wiki, as well as to see that you can use a wiki to share neat ideas with others and get neat ideas from them. So simple!
Thing #16 - Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them
These wikis seem pretty useful in a library setting. I like what our library is doing as far as staff wikis go. The 23 things wiki, the DVD locked cases wiki, the Staff Development wiki, etc, are all pretty useful, and easy to use.
As for what other libraries have done with wikis that the public can use, I like the Book Lovers Wiki from Princeton Public Library. Reviews are a nice way for the community to connect, and makes people feel involved with the library.
As for what other libraries have done with wikis that the public can use, I like the Book Lovers Wiki from Princeton Public Library. Reviews are a nice way for the community to connect, and makes people feel involved with the library.
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