Fancy Santos
Monday, September 17, 2007
Week 9-Things 20, 21 & 22
Thing 20-YouTube
I LOVE IT!!!!! I have gone to YouTube before and am familiar with it. I found some great Boston Terrier videos.
Thing 21-Podcasts
I really like to search for podcasts via Yahoo. A podcast is like a radio show and each show consists of a series of individual episodes that you can listen to when and how you want---on your pc, mp3 player or web browser. In my search I also discovered a site for books and wonder of wonders also discovered an RSS feed for Nancy Pearl. This I will definitely use.
Thing 22 I looked at Project Gutenberg and see that it has really expanded its offerings. You can download e-books to your personal computer and some but not all titles can be downloaded to your mp3 player. I also looked at Overdrive through our library catalog. I am familiar with it but really haven't accessed it in a long time. I was suprised to discover that you can now download videos. The areas of interest include classic, IMAX, foreign and some Shakespeare.
Week 8-Things 18 & 19
Thing 18
I looked at Google Docs and really like it. The advantage to this is that you can compose something on one computer and then open it up on another computer half way around town. Nice.....I particularly liked Google Calendar. You can create your own personal calendar and then add to it either from private information from yourself or you can add to your personal calendar from public calendars that are available from the Google Calendar site. Some of these public calendars include the release dates for Netflix movies...very nice.
Thing 19
I looked at the Web 2.0 awarded sites and particularly liked kayak.com. This is a travel site. One of the neat things about this site is the flight information. You can put in information about a flight you want to take and you can get all the results from Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz in one list. Neat. I will definitely use this with library customers and for myself.
I looked at Google Docs and really like it. The advantage to this is that you can compose something on one computer and then open it up on another computer half way around town. Nice.....I particularly liked Google Calendar. You can create your own personal calendar and then add to it either from private information from yourself or you can add to your personal calendar from public calendars that are available from the Google Calendar site. Some of these public calendars include the release dates for Netflix movies...very nice.
Thing 19
I looked at the Web 2.0 awarded sites and particularly liked kayak.com. This is a travel site. One of the neat things about this site is the flight information. You can put in information about a flight you want to take and you can get all the results from Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz in one list. Neat. I will definitely use this with library customers and for myself.
Week 7 Wikis-Things 16 & 17
Thing 16
Wikis are fun and can be very useful and informative. Many of us have already made use of Wikipedia. I looked at a few wikis and particularly liked the Princeton Public Library's Book Lover's Wiki. This is something BCPL could do.
Thing 17
Learning 2.0 Sandbox wiki. Take a look at "Favorite Dogs" and you might just see Nellie.
Wikis are fun and can be very useful and informative. Many of us have already made use of Wikipedia. I looked at a few wikis and particularly liked the Princeton Public Library's Book Lover's Wiki. This is something BCPL could do.
Thing 17
Learning 2.0 Sandbox wiki. Take a look at "Favorite Dogs" and you might just see Nellie.
Week 6-Things 13,14 & 15
Thing 13-Tagging & Del.icio.us
I looked at Del.icio.us and registered. It is ok. I don't think that I will really use it. It doesn't have dependable information and includes ads. If you are looking for fad things it might be fun.
I also learned about tags and how you can make your own tag. Sort of like creating your own library subject headings.
Thing 14-Technorati
Technorati is a resource where one can search blogs. There is some very rich information in the "blogosphere" if you know how to find it. I have mixed feelings about Technorati. In doing a simple keywork search for diabetes 2 I found information but I also found blogs for needless and invaluable information which includes drug advertisements and porn. I doubt that I will use this source beyond this exercise.
Thing 15-Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries
I was really moved by the YouTube video "The Machine is Us/ing Us". It is a musical mosaic of all the current technology and how it is affecting us in our lives. For the library profession to survive in the future we must adopt these new and rapidly evolving technologies and make them part of our daily lives.
I looked at Del.icio.us and registered. It is ok. I don't think that I will really use it. It doesn't have dependable information and includes ads. If you are looking for fad things it might be fun.
I also learned about tags and how you can make your own tag. Sort of like creating your own library subject headings.
Thing 14-Technorati
Technorati is a resource where one can search blogs. There is some very rich information in the "blogosphere" if you know how to find it. I have mixed feelings about Technorati. In doing a simple keywork search for diabetes 2 I found information but I also found blogs for needless and invaluable information which includes drug advertisements and porn. I doubt that I will use this source beyond this exercise.
Thing 15-Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries
I was really moved by the YouTube video "The Machine is Us/ing Us". It is a musical mosaic of all the current technology and how it is affecting us in our lives. For the library profession to survive in the future we must adopt these new and rapidly evolving technologies and make them part of our daily lives.
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