The Journey

It isn't about the journey but what you learned about yourself along the way, or something like that. What I found out is how little I knew about what is happening out there on the Internet. And I am sure this was just a tip of the iceberg of what is available to make our lives easier, more informed, and efficient. I have to go back through my 23 things because I didn't linger long at any stop and there is much more to explore. What I learned about myself is that I am not as techno-save as I thought and the scary thing is I seem to be following behind weekly. At least I am good for a few months thanks to Library 2.0.
Would I do this again? Absolutely. Would I like more time to explore and experiment? Sure but without deadlines you can miss the train and you can always revisit your favorite stops.
Thanks for putting together this little trip, I know it was a lot of work. But I look forward to your next trip and a little sad that this one is over.

Netlibrary Downloading

I've been downloading Netlibrary titles since I added it to our offerings. However I think it was easier to download to my MP3 player in the beginning than it is now. It is a wonderful thing and when it works I am delighted but it is problematic as your MP3 player gets older. At least that is what I think I have figured out. Overdrive might be easier but it also seems to like the newer MP3 players. That is one of the problems with technology, love it or not you have to stay up with the newest and current upgrades or you soon fall behind.

Podcast of your favorite books

Author on Tour is a podcast offered by the Tattered Cover Book store and it is the best option for those who love authors. Especially authors that are hot at the moment, not just popular authors that you can hear anywhere. I've been using this for months and don't get to visit and listen as often as I would like. These are the full book talks so they can be over an hour long.
I also signed up for Movies You Should See as I want to make sure I am getting the best DVD's for the collection. Interesting stuff and isn't it great that it is being pushed to us.

You tube what fun

If I had the time, say I was retired, you tube would be the best waste of time that I could think of spending. It had me laughing, oohing and auhing in short order. If you have ever watched Ellen Deggenerus(SP) show she is always showing funny clips and a bet this is her source. The guys who invented this deserve every multi-million they got for it...or was it billion?

More Flickr Fun

Well I will try this again. For some Reason this post never saved and I lost it somehow. So I was just saying that as a quasi artist I could spend days looking at all of the fun. At the very least I now have a wealth of pictures at my fingertips for just about anything I would want to paint. The map of pictures was cool the montage was interesting the color scheme wheel is something I need to revisit to see how it works for me in my artist capacity. Now if I could just remember to bring my camera.

Flickr

Flickr too much to see and too little time to do it. I saved this one for home so that I could play to my hears content. But even then it wasn't enough time. I will need to revisit again. I have some of my pictures uploaded but I want to play around with them and do some of the things that they suggest.
But for now I will just leave you with a picture of Toto's Mom the name of my Blog.

Web 2.0

Well I saw things of interest and was a little disappointed that some of the categories didn't have a winner listed but it is good to see they are looking for them. A site to visit for updates. I looked at the two top real estate winners. We are in the process of both selling and buying a house. Although not yet detailed enough for our one house which is in the middle of no where, it was suprising what information was available. I noticed that the ones that I thought would most apply to our job we are already studying as part of our Library 2.0 exercises. Helene did her homework.

Zoho Good

This couldn't be easier and is one of the technology wonders that I blogged about earlier. I have used this to work on documents from home rather than worry about saving them to a stick. And look I even added my image that I added in flicker to my blog. This is easier than Word.

PB Wiki

What could be easier than making a PeanutButter sandwich.....PBwiki. So easy that I'm am considering making one for our Dept. to use to share fun ideas and experiences or even gossip, oh my what a foreign idea. Nothing serious...I mean fun stuff.
Well I added my favorite vacation destination that is close. Travel is in my future so I am going to reserve the right to change my mind.

Wiki's

I have just started using our new wiki for our SSP's and it is very easy to use and my SSP team is having a meeting today to discuss how we might want to use it as a Team. Some of the Wiki's out there were very interesting. I'm sure I can find some on Collection Management when I have more time. They could give some insights into how we might want to use it in our Dept.