Zohoho and a bottle of rum

 

Zoho Writer could be a useful tool to tell some of our patrons about. The fact that you don't need a flash drive or disk is nice. I always hated floppy disks and still have a bunch of them lying around collecting dust. I think anyone who has used Word could pick up Zoho in no time.

 

I don't know how much I'll personally be using it considering I only use Word about once every six months. After reading the comment some Zoho affiliate posted on page2peon's blog, I'm kinda worried about saying anything else. Eternal Vigilance! Isn't that from Harry Potter?

 

I also tried 30 boxes, an online calender web app which could be helpful for me. I do have a planner but am so disorganized I never update it. So 30 boxes is probably yet another thing I can procrastinate about. I'll have to look into what other web based applications are out there. Anytime you don't have to download something is alright with me. I'm pretty protective of my hard drive space and rarely download things.

Wicki Woo!

More Library 2.0 from Aurora
Originally uploaded by Travelin' Librarian

The resource I found most interesting was Using Wikis to Create Online Communities. The idea to make the library's intranet a wiki has merit. The intranet would become a place that staff could contribute their input and ideas. Also I think a community wiki would be a helpful and informative resource, particularly for people new to the area. The SPL website might benefit from a wiki where patrons could suggest and rate books that they enjoyed.

I've used Wikipedia before but never realized that anyone could post or delete entries. This makes information suspect; but since I'm usually looking up frivolous information anyway it doesn't make much difference to me. I can see where students would want to be wary of using it as a research tool. Mainly I find Wikipedia useful when I don't want to wade through all the websites a search engine brings up.

Coming soon to a knowledge spa near you

42/365: Of course, a librarian action figure must be able to shush. Duh!
Originally uploaded by piercecountylibrary

After reading all the articles I can see how important it is to stay informed about new technology. But at the same time it's difficult when technology becomes obsolete ten minutes after it comes out. However hard you try to stay on top of things I think there will always be a gap depending on what generation you belong to. These exercises have been helpful in pushing me to learn new things that I probably wouldn't have on my own.

Dr. Wendy Schultz's article went a bit over my head, biobot... umm sure. Did anyone else flash to Mary Katherine Gallagher when she brought up librarian superstars? The idea of librarian celebrity/popularity contests is a little much for me. I guess 'thought leader' would look more prestigious on the ol' resume than library clerk though.

Technorati Parti On

Technorati Anagram Logo
Originally uploaded by eston

Okay Technorati is not a website I'll be visiting often. I don't particularly see the attraction in reading total stranger's blogs. Am I alone in this? I guess if I had a friend with a blog I might look them up but on the other hand I could just ask them for the url. Just an old fashioned girl I guess.

I couldn't even find myself on Technorati until a co-worker looked me up. The complete randomness of my ranking 8,911,336 made me wonder how they came up with that exact number. Especially since my coworkers and I share the same ranking, is it cause we all have no authority and zero fans? After that beat down I refused to claim my blog and support their elitist regime.

But lest you get the wrong idea Technorati is a simple, functional website for those of you with the time to explore and the desire to read blogs. More power to you if you are such a person. I'm so slow I can't even keep up with these exercises let alone read my fellow worker's blogs.

Del.icio.us or fav.or.rites

water-moon
Originally uploaded by joaobambu

Well with the help of my bbff I am slowly but surely catching up on my assignments. The time extension was appreciated as well. Is anyone else getting midterm flashbacks?

Del.icio.us was actually one of the few 2.0 technologies I'd already come across and conquered on my own in my vast web travels. And by conquered I mean I know what it is and how to use it but hadn't bothered to set up my own account yet. For me seeing what other people have bookmarked is more interesting than using it myself. I've already been trained to use favorites and can't see switching over at this point.

However I do see the potential for those of us who want a record of all the websites that aren't visited frequently enough to make it into our favorite bookmarks. OK I guess it could also be a helpful research tool as well. Also the word on the street is del.icio.us will shortly become plain old delicious, according to Wikipedia. Whoohoo then I don't have to know where all those dang periods go.

I have the bestest Roll-Yo

What can I say about Roll-Yo? It was easy to make one and has a catchy name. What more can you ask for? After the pointlessness of LibraryThing, it was a relief to learn about something that I would actually use in real life. Here's my roll-yo, http://rollyo.com/jpanther/the_best_roll-yo_eva/ .

Generators rock my world!

I loved this assignment and had way too much fun playing around with it. Here are two links for generators I enjoyed: http://www.peacefire.org/staff/bennett/autodave/ and http://www.becomeanmm.com/. I put my m&m creation Miss Crazy Legs with my other pictures because she refused to load in this post. But here is my Dave Barry column.

Recently in Preston, ID (motto: "I like your sleeves"), residents reported an outbreak of tater tots. Perhaps you think there are no tater tots in Preston. Perhaps you are an idiot. As the French say, au contraire (literally: "Go back to funky town!"). I have here in my hands a copy of an Associated Press article sent in by alert reader Pedro, whose name can be rearranged to spell "POERD", although that is not my main point.

LibraryThing rhymes with bor-ing

I read a lot of books but for some reason I had a hard time coming up with titles to add to my library. I also thought there should be summaries of the books so you knew which one to choose, which would be especially helpful with series.

I don't really see the purpose of LibraryThing and doubt I'll be using it much or at all. Apparently I'm just one of the masses because my picks ranked right up there with everyone else's. I never realized I had such mainstream tastes. So then I had to go back and pick more obscure titles. Anyway here's my link to LibraryThing, http://www.librarything.com/catalog/jpanther .