Over a year...

It's been over a year since I've blogged!!! So many things have happened, good & not so good, but as always it's all a learning experience.

It's hard to believe I can retire in about 7 months. That makes turning 50 years old in January much easier! I like my job, but I am so tired of working. Did I just say turning 50 was going to be easy...what was I thinking??? Better yet...when did I get this old??? Seems to me I was 25 just a couple weeks ago.

I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you had told me several weeks ago I would finish this I would have laughed. Actually, I did enjoy it & learned a lot. Is that a sign of age when you admit you actually enjoyed something you were dreading? Anyway, the Wiki exercise was my absolute least favorite, but I did love exploring Podcasts. I enjoyed learning how to link to the various things I want others to see or read about. I didn't know it was so easy. To summarize this I learned a lot of new things and, for the most part - minus Wikis, enjoyed myself in the process.

This was time consuming, but I think I would probably be interested in another discovery program if one is offered.

Social Networking

I've visited MySpace before but I didn't know Facebook existed. I think I like Facebook better than MySpace. Facebook seems easier to use...did I just say easier to use...that should be "user friendly" now shouldn't it? Kim Brooks has already adopted me as her friend on Facebook.

#21 - PODCASTS

I tried out all 3 directories. They were ok, but I must admit the book reviews were a little boring. I preferred the sports and technology podcasts. All though this was a little interesting it was not my favorite assignment. It's not something I can see me using a lot.

YouTube

I've used YouTube before. I think it probably has several educational uses. I've chosen an Ohio University Marching 110 clip from YouTube. My parents love to see the band, but are unable to climb around in the stands, etc. I came across the Marching 110 quite by accident about a year ago and they really enjoyed seeing all the clips.

Discovering Web 2.0 tools

Ok, this my favorite so far. I loved going to Music then Pandora. Awesome! I sing in the church choir & do some solo work so music is something I love. Pandora was so easy to navigate. I think finding it could have been a mistake!!! I also found Travel interesting too. In fact, I'm finding all of this far to interesting. I think I really should get back to work!

Web-based Applications

I stumbled upon Google documents, etc., quite by accident a year or so ago. I was fairly familiar with what was there. I didn't know Zoho Writer existed so I liked exploring it. The Zoho calendars, reminders, etc. are something I plan to experiment with since I need all the help I can get remembering things both here and at home. I liked the format of the Zoho Writer documents. I guess it all sort of reminded me of CT and Excel but with a different look.

#17 - Playing Around With Wikis

I'll just say...I'm glad #17 is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WIKI WORLD

Several months ago I accidentially came across Wikipedia. I have been back several times because I think it's an interesting site. I like it because it is an ever changing, work in progress type of web site. I could see it's usefulness in several library areas and I think Chad Boeninger's "Biz Wiki" is a good example.

Fun on a Saturday afternoon

These are the cousins I LOVE making more rotten than they already are! The fun you can have with kids when they aren't yours!!!!!!

# 15 - On Library and Web 2.0

I think of all the articles I enjoyed "Away From the Icebergs" the most. For some reason when I read how everything library has "dramatically in the last decade" I was amused. I was just thinking yesterday how far this library has come since I started here in 1979. To think I use to spend my mornings with an electric eraser (I still have the callus to prove it) changing the holdings in our periodical card catalog. And those awful half cards...I hated those things.

To say that technology in libraries is constantly changing is a huge understatement!

#14 - Technorati

Ok, I liked this exercise better than #13 - Del.icio.us. There is so much information here that it's a little overwhelming, but regardless I do plan to spend some more time with Technorati when I have some down time.

I confess...I really wasn't all that thrilled when "Learning 2.0" surfaced, but it's been extremely educational and fun. Did I just say fun???

#13

Oh my! I didn't care for Del.icio.us at all. Looking at it was like information overload to me. Like most Internet tools I'm sure it's useful...to somebody, but not me. I'm ready to move on to #14. Here's hoping I like it better!

Rollyo

This was interesting. I selected travel & hotels. After making my selections I was amazed with the number of entries that appeared. I don't know for sure that I'll use this again, but it's nice to know it's there.

I guess the one thing I've learned from this blogging experience is all the useful sites that are out out there that I knew absolutely nothing about.

Library Thing

I didn't bother to scroll down and see all the other exercises we are suppose to do until about 20 minutes ago. I did Image Generator and stopped there. Oh well, I realized the error of my ways, created a library thing account & the link is:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/brownt1 (catalog)

I don't know how much or even if I'll use this, but it was something I didn't know was out there.

Week 5

This was sort of fun & funny at the same time. I had a difficult time deciding what I wanted to use, however I ended putting my little cousin on a $1.00 bill. Personally I think he looks quite handsome there.

RSS Feeds

I have to confess...this really intrigued me. It's not something I would have tried on my own, but it was really very easy and the having the information so readily available is amazing.

Part of our week 3 assignment is to create a blog post about the mashups or 3rd party tools that intrigue us. Since I found several intriguing I can't narrow it down to just one. It was interesting and something I wouldn't have found on my own.

Beach Sunset on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Beach Sunset on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Habits tutorial and flickr

I guess I was suppose to comment on something from the 7 1/2 Habits tutorial. I guess the one thing I saw that describes what I need in the learning/doing process is a goal.

Now I think I'm suppose to learn something about flickr. Now that should be entertaining.

Teresa