What's not to like about podcasts except it would be better with video but I'm not complaining. I am glad that the VHS has jumped on the audio file train. This option gives our patrons yet another way to be involved in the VHS experience. I hope soon we start expanding it to gallery walks, tours, etc. or maybe we have...
I don't listen to many podcasts and I don't know why but the ones I have enjoyed are mainly on NPR. And I guess it is a big misconception that you need a ipod to listen to podcasts...oh well...once I win the ipod I can listen anywhere I want.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Documents - Google Style
Google Docs rock!
One of the many things these weekly exercises had shown me is "wow, how behind the times am I." Collaborating on a document in real time can definitely come in handy for work and creating a spreadsheet even looks easy...well, I haven't tried that yet. I'll be digging around more into Google Docs for its many uses.
One of the many things these weekly exercises had shown me is "wow, how behind the times am I." Collaborating on a document in real time can definitely come in handy for work and creating a spreadsheet even looks easy...well, I haven't tried that yet. I'll be digging around more into Google Docs for its many uses.
Friday, November 21, 2008
wiki wha...wiki right on...
The only wiki I've had any experience with has been Wikipedia. I embraced the idea of Wikipedia with open arms thinking what a great site...information provided by anyone and anyone can edit...yet another example of "open access." Now back to reality...anything on Wikipedia needs to be double or tripled-checked. I've done my own edit work on Wikipedia and yes, it had something to do with a Mary Custis Lee...not R.E. Lee's daughter but his wife...hence the mistake that needed correcting - http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Keckly
And so again I embrace the idea of the VHS wiki. Bring it on! Maybe the wiki will assist the VHS intranet that I hardly use. The items currently on the VHS wiki are great ones. Plus, having a clue of what is going on in other departments is a bonus. As Lee Shepard said today, "Knowledge is power!"
And so again I embrace the idea of the VHS wiki. Bring it on! Maybe the wiki will assist the VHS intranet that I hardly use. The items currently on the VHS wiki are great ones. Plus, having a clue of what is going on in other departments is a bonus. As Lee Shepard said today, "Knowledge is power!"
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
social networkin' it
To be or not to be social is the question...I've chosen to get slightly addicted to social networking. MySpace doesn't really do it for me. The overall layout of MySpace puts me off so I never really jumped on that bandwagon except to be able to look at the VHS MySpace page. Now Facebook is my social network drug of choice. FB appeals to me more than MySpace - the cleaner space (similar to Google) is easier on the eyes, and maybe the fact I can understand which links go where and what links are used for which purpose. I do have to admit I did not really upload photos till about two months ago. FB is a time sucker for sure but it is a great way to be connected to many friends at once.
I just joined LinkedIn. Have used this site before but never joined. I checked out the other VHS peeps on there too. Hope it will be a useful work related networking site.
Now Meebo reminds me of Twitter. I like each of these sites but rarely use them. Not sure why I don't but it's nice to be aware of what is out in the "interweb" world!
I just joined LinkedIn. Have used this site before but never joined. I checked out the other VHS peeps on there too. Hope it will be a useful work related networking site.
Now Meebo reminds me of Twitter. I like each of these sites but rarely use them. Not sure why I don't but it's nice to be aware of what is out in the "interweb" world!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Social bookwhat?
Save my bookmarks to access them anywhere...crazy talk! Well, not anymore. What a great idea! I've been thinking www.Delicious.com only generated search words on various sites, and from people's usage specific words would get huge or small or not change depending on interest. Now I know that this site is more than those weird looking words. I can actually apply this to my Saturday library reference work. Yeah bookmarks!
www.Technorati.com is a whole other beast. Honestly, I don't really care what people are blogging about but the fact you can do searches in those blogs AND find out which blog the info is from AND the site visually appealing...now were talking.
www.Technorati.com is a whole other beast. Honestly, I don't really care what people are blogging about but the fact you can do searches in those blogs AND find out which blog the info is from AND the site visually appealing...now were talking.
Play Week
OK...I'm a over-achiever...I checked out all the sites. My top four "For Fun" sites were Generator Blog, Library Thing, livemocha.com, and the Web 2.0 winners. Generator Blog was by far the most fun because I found my beloved church sign generator http://www.churchsigngenerator.com/
Library Thing is such a great idea. I've used it to search for various subjects to get ideas about books though have never had the desire to let other people know what's on my bookshelf. Now http://www.livemocha.com/ is a great find. (Thanks Katherine!) This is a site I want to use. Margaret is currently using it so I'm sorta living through her experiences now...si! As I perused the Web 2.0 winners I felt pretty good about myself because I've either used or heard of most of them, and is a great site to reference in the future.
The other sites were good but nothing cracks me up as much as the church sign generator...must be a Catholic thing. And I nag myself enough with a writing utensil and a scrap piece of paper maybe someday I'll kick it 2.0 style. Now rolling my own search engine didn't hold much interest but can understand why the site could be useful.
Library Thing is such a great idea. I've used it to search for various subjects to get ideas about books though have never had the desire to let other people know what's on my bookshelf. Now http://www.livemocha.com/ is a great find. (Thanks Katherine!) This is a site I want to use. Margaret is currently using it so I'm sorta living through her experiences now...si! As I perused the Web 2.0 winners I felt pretty good about myself because I've either used or heard of most of them, and is a great site to reference in the future.
The other sites were good but nothing cracks me up as much as the church sign generator...must be a Catholic thing. And I nag myself enough with a writing utensil and a scrap piece of paper maybe someday I'll kick it 2.0 style. Now rolling my own search engine didn't hold much interest but can understand why the site could be useful.
Friday, October 31, 2008
mashups, smashups
In my over excitement of trying to complete 23 Things (and a reminder from other people) I forgot mashups! Spell with Flickr gets my top vote. The Flickr "Pickr" color is interesting and fun to play around with. The programmable web...eh...lost my interest for some reason but can see the value. Guess I rather look at pictures and colors.
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