Summary Thoughts

I found 23 Things to be exciting, frustrating, confusing, powerful, amazing...... during the past few weeks. I have learned many new "things" some I probably will never use but I'm aware of what they are now. There are several tools that I plan to begin using in the future. I found this exercise to be very time consuming (probably because I'm not very tech savy! I'm glad I participated and diciplined myself to keep up with the weekly assignments.

Where do I go from here? As I mentioned I plan to go back and begin using some of the 23 Things that will assist me in my work here at the library and some I will enjoy using at home. Maybe one day there will be a new challenge of "23 More Things"!

Flickr & Mashups

This is a late blog entry. When I initially investigated Flickr and Mashups my comments were included in an earlier post. I was able to post a photo in my earlier post and you can check it out here: http://pj-dippitydo.blogspot.com/2007/06/im-working-on-this-technology-but-its.html

I wasn't impressed with mashups primarily because I didn't know how I would ever use them. Maybe someone out there could enlighten me.

Web 2.0 Award List

I chose the City Guides and Review site of www.yelp.com

I recall either learning about this site in the newpaper or on the radio. If you want to visit a city it could be helpful finding shopping, food, entertainment, etc. If not helpful, it would definitely help with places to avoid.

In the Book Awards I found "Library Thing" and I already explored that site!

Online Productivity Tools

I created a Zoho Writer and a Google Docs account for myself. I created a document with Zoho and inserted a picture. Using Google Docs I uploaded and modified a document. These could be very helpful tools for committee projects or creating documents, presentations, etc. when you don't have Microsoft Office.

Overdirve/Netlibrary/Gutenberg

This section was easy to navigate. I have assisted patrons setting up Netlibrary accounts although I understand Overdrive is more popular with patrons due to the selections available. I myself won't be using these wonderful resources since I only have dial-up access to the Internet from my home. Oh well, I'm lucky I work at the library and have audiobooks available!

I was aware of Project Gutenberg, but have not used it either with patron requests or myself. It would be a great resource for students trying to find a classic title and there aren't any on the shelf.

Podcasts

I searched for podcasts on the subjects of quilting and investing. The quilting podcast results were limited due to copyrights but investing podcasts were numerous. I added LibVibe to my bloglines account. WaHOO!

YouTube

YouTube was very interesting. First I searched for my hobby of quilting and found videos of the famous Gee's Bend Quilters of Alabama, various how to demonstrations and junk. Then I searched your library and had similiar results on this subject.

Some libraries are using YouTube for PR and getting the word out about how great libraries are. FCPL could use video clips (ads) on our website to inform patrons what's happening at FCPL, details concerning the SRC and library services. The Hollywood Librarian Trailer was quite good!