Sarahs23stickthings

Thing 35

2009-05-18T10:35:00.000-07:00

Apparently the Sims 3 people learn even when you aren't doing anything with them. Isn't that creepy?

Read the article on online reading. I like to read at FF.net too. And I think reading is reading. FF.net is still reading, sometimes better than stuff that's published. Kids like to think about their favorite characters and write about them. As they get older they are more likely to see plotholes and ether fix them or exploit them. The sloppier the original work, the more fanfic you can write for it. And I thought it odd that the girl cited in the article was keen for World War Two history books but her mom got her a fantasy. The future of reading is pretty much the same as the past, there's just more of it.

From Organizing my personal library I chose iTrackmine. (I have a LibraryThing) Being able to add dvds and such will be useful. So I got all signed up and realized I don't have any of my stuff here to add. I will try to think... Hurrah you can look things up by title! Then I pretended to lend an item. Apparently I have people tracking me already which could make one paranoid. Not sure if their prices are all right, but it's still neat. Very handy for series stuff

Books on my phone. Not too keen on this, although I have put books on my palm pilot for years. Bigger screen though. My phone can't do this anyway. I looked at all the sites, but couldn't really do anything with them.'

Reader's Advisory: I tried "What's Next?" Probably shouldn't have used Star Trek as a search. It did find series within that set of books, but not all Star Trek Books.

Online book communities: Went to booktalk.org. Very busy looking website. White space is Our Friend! Did not find a search area. I will keep looking. Really not wild for this website.

Book Group Resources: Chose to go to LitLovers. A very friendly looking website. Easy to use. Saw a spelling error but I won't fuss. I like the links and the tidy sections. You can't search a title or author, however, which is annoying.

Audio books: Tried LibriVox. I did not download anything because the computer doesn't always like that. The site is easy to use and nice to look at.

Thing 34

2009-05-13T14:59:00.000-07:00

The gaming grant fell through again!!! ARG

Ok. I read some of the interviews with various librarians. I don't entirely agree with Laura Solomon that browsing is going away and that we just need an on-demand Netflicks type set up. We seem to need both. We have the pending list, where people have put requests in for items we (are supposed to have) on shelf which we retrieve and they (are supposed to) pick up. We have people who want help finding "something good to read" and people just wandering around looking for stuff. Browsing is not dead.

Looking up answers online is appealing because you are anonymous. And you can do it in the middle of the night.

I tried Snappyfingers first. They don't list questions, as such, you put in a topic and they give you all the places that involve that word in their FAQ. It is a bit weird because there is little context involved. Then I tried wikianswers. You can look up the most recently asked questions there. Those are all over the board.

Lots of the questions could be answered at the library. Some might take a lot of research like "How many black soldiers fought in the Confederate army?" Some are just fine for a quick interent answer such as "2 liters is how many gallons?"

I suppose people would like these sites because they can get a quick answer. I would think it would be frustrating though with more complex questions.

Slam the boards sounds sort of interesting but I don't think I would have time for such a project.

Thing 33

2009-05-12T12:25:00.000-07:00

I like staying home. That said, I will now learn about traveling.

I decided to read "What is Travel 2.0?" Apparently it is a lot of things. There were websites for finding travel companions, videos, picture, 89-million hotel reviews. It is NOT Travelocity or any of those sites. Those are just for booking and such.

For the travel reviews I went to gusto. I liked the name. I looked up my home town because then I would know how accurate the site is. It's not too bad. Not sure if Duluth is feisty, as such, but maybe. Restaurant information was not completely accurate. I know one of the restaurants has moved. I can't tell if the restaurants have to pay to be on the site. Some I would have included were not there.

For Travel Journals I looked at Vcarious because I liked the name. Duluth didn't have much so I tried Minneapolis. Again, not a lot, but a bit. The MoA is not in Minneapolis, no matter what the website says, but I suppose that is a quibble. Disappointing. Not very informative.

From TravelMashups I went to FastFoodMashups so I can find all the Starbucks. The fastfood part was ok, if not totally up to date. It does give adresses adn driving info, so that's nice. The Starbucks were on another map, but that only had spots where each store was locate, no directions or anything.

I guess some of the webstie would be sueful for the library. Asuming they keep up to date. Not in Youth Services, really, but Reference might like them.

Thing 32

2009-05-08T14:24:00.001-07:00

Just for the record, you can't use Google maps to spy on people like on TV. VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!

Apparently potholes are not considered dangerous enough because my town was not included on the Most Dangerous Roads best tools and mashups.

All righty. Time to make my own map. This is not as easy as the video. I needed to be able to move the map but you can't do that and draw.

View a nice walk in a larger map

Wow that embedding is really stupid. Why won't it show the map at the scale I drew it? How thoroughly useless.

I can see a use for the mashups at the library. Although there must be some way to produce the map at the desired scale.

Thing 31

2009-04-27T14:46:00.000-07:00

Twitter is all the rage just now. Although apparently teens are now turned off by all the boring old adults on twitter.

Somebody twittered during the President's Not-State of the Nation speech. That was a tiny scandal.

I use Twitter from time to time. Mostly to read about more interesting people than me, where I occasionally comment. Or I grump about the weather (rightly so).

I tried TweetEffect. I have 17 followers. "In the last 67 updates you had no changes in your follower numbers. Loyal readers, you have."

Side note: Here is an article all about how Twitter is evil and spreading swine flu. Or something like that.

Second side note: Here's a comic strip about twitter.

Getting overwhelmed.

Added myself to the Tweeter directory. I am still boring. But now more people can find me. And apparently they are.

I have Twitterfox at home. Don't want to put it on the staff computers at work. It's nice. Not too distracting. Would have been useful during the book awards and such.

I think the stage of Twitter I am at is Presence. Sort of. I think I am more of a Lurker, but that wasn't an option.

I think Twitter is a bit more like a water cooler than anything else. Not a library.

Thing 30

2009-04-22T13:01:00.000-07:00

I adore my google reader. I follow it pretty well. I don't always read all the news stories, but I do like to keep up with various local and library related things. Also the fun stuff. LOLcats, etc. My feeds are organized into sets: 23things, which mostly book reviews and similar library related feeds ; News, which is national and world news (I don't always read all of that) ; Local, my city paper and a tv website ; and Fun, LOLcats, Unshelved, etc.

Delicious I haven't really been using because practically every time Firefox updates, the delicious widget is fail. Also it is weird on the shared work computers. Your delicious links sort of end up wherever you were.

I decided to give the 43marks thing a try. Liking it thus far. Not wild about all the stuff they start one out with but deleting isn't hard. Adding links and categories is also very easy. I like it.

Thing 29

2009-04-14T08:31:00.000-07:00

All righty! I knew about some of these google things because of having the iGoogle account for reader and blogger and such. I tried Google Earth once to see my house but I couldn't. It also does not really work to spy on people.

Looking over the Search Tools section. Alerts would mostly be emails to ignore, WebHistory is creepy, so either Google News or Search Wiki. I chose Google News.

Not sure about the bit where it chooses news based on web searches since lot of people use this computer, but we'll see.

I am befuddled. more study needed.

I didn't mean to publish this right away. Oh well.

OK. Editing my personalized page. How exciting. And simple. I rearranged my layout, although top stories always stays on top. Deleted sports since I mostly don't care. Added a custom section on news stories with the word library or libraries.

Easy Peasy. Though I like my reader better.

Gmail! I like gmail. I like gmail chat. I chose this because I am lazy. my sproudfit gmail is the only one I have not associated with a Gaian. Not that that is a good reason to make another Gaian.

Glanced over the google calender. Might need to look into that some more since Palm has abandoned my palm pilot. Not sure why I would want to make my dentist appointments public.

Thing 28

2009-04-08T13:00:00.000-07:00

I chose iGoogle. Mostly because I already have an iGoogle and I am kind of lazy.

I have two tabs on my iGoogle. One is the main Home page which has news, weather and things like that. Important stuff.

The other tab is my fun page with pictures of kittens and a penguin to poke in case I need to do that. Useful from time to time. I added a flickr widget to the fun page. I was surprised that anyone had commented on the pictures.

iGoogle was easy to set up, easy to use, easy to find widgets for. I like it.

I highly recommend the Poke the Penguin widget. Just in case you need to poke something until it goes berserk.

Thing 27 (3 of new)

2009-04-01T14:26:00.000-07:00

I actually started using twitter back when the ALA announcements were going to be on it. Then I added Neil Gaiman because he is cool. (I read his blog too and get announcements from his publisher so I do seem a bit like a stalker.)

The first video was useful and interesting.

The second video is not quite for me because it assumes I want people following me. Or that I am interesting. Whatever. I think there are people following me who I don't know. I have no idea why they follow me. Shoes are not that interesting. This guy could sell cars.

Looked at the Hibbing Library twitter. Interesting, though many repeats. Keeps one up to date though, I suppose.

Added a badge to my twitter, in case anyone is interested in my shoes.

I like microblogging, I suppose. I have said more there in the last month than I have on LJ. I like following other people.

Not sure how else libraries could use twitter, aside from announcements and the like. Maybe include interesting library related news stories?

Thing 26 (3 of new 23)

2009-03-12T10:22:00.000-07:00

I sort of remembered ning from the last set of Things. I have a ning badge so I clicked on that and went to my ning page. I think it looks nice.

I added some avatar pictures because my photo slide show was boring.

I commented on John Hunziker's ning. I commented in a ning discussion.

Thing 25 (2 of new 23)

2009-03-08T18:47:00.000-07:00

Personally suspect my blog is a bit widget full.

I was going to add a clustrmap to this blog but I have one of those on my manga blog so I didn't. I do have a neocounter which tells me what countries people are from who have visited my blog.

I added a tag cloud. I tag better on my manga blog.

I already have a clock which also displays the weather, so I didn't add that.

I spent a about twenty minutes looking at stuff. The video took a while.

There seems to be a lot of widgets to add though they probably aren't that friendly to older computers.

I find it ironic that I actually removed widgets in my last post.

Thing 24 (or 1 of new 23, whatever)

2009-01-21T07:56:00.000-08:00

I haven't blogged here since the end of 23 things. I don't blog much in my own blog, so that's not surprising.

I have been using stuff like the google reader I set up for the previous shish-ka-bob of things.

I like reading other people's blogs. Neil Gaiman has a cool blog. I like LOLcats but I am not sure if that counts as a blog. I have signed up for some news feeds and a couple of book review blogs.

I mostly lurk on the blogs.

For the refreshing of this blog I changed my avatar, added a photo, and changed the template.

Thing 23

2008-07-25T13:44:00.000-07:00

* Go back to your thoughts/ideas about Library 2.0. Has anything changed as a result of this experience?
I have learned quite a bit about the internet and the tools available.

* What were your favorite Things and discoveries?
My favorite Thing was Facebook. My favorite discovery was the Google Reader.

* How did you connect with others doing the 23 Things On a Stick?
I had fun working with other people here to learn different things. And sometimes I helped other people.

* Were there any take-a-ways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
I was surprised how many resources were out there. Overwhelmed sometimes, too.

* What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or content?
Nothing I could think of. The format made learning pretty easy, except when I was on a computer without sound and the Thing required watching a film or something.

* If we offered a 23 More Things On a Stick program like this in the future would you participate?
I would try to. This was my second attempt.

* How would you describe your learning experience in one word or in one sentence, so we could use your words to promote 23 Things On a Stick learning activities to others?
There's a lot out there and this will help you find it.

Thing 22

2008-07-25T13:33:00.000-07:00

ok. Keeping it up.

I will use by google reader and facebook. I can think of ways to use chat, but not a frequent thing.

I will keep up with interesting articles and such.

I guess the Reader is my favorite and most useful tool, especially the sharing part. That would probably be the best way to keep up.

Will I continue to write in this blog? Probably not. I made this blog for this task. But you never know.

Thing 21

2008-07-17T08:15:00.000-07:00

Other social networking

Gather seems to combine a Livejournal community and a Listserve. Lots of articles and comments. There were also pictures.

Webjunction is a discussion board. Lots of interesting topics.

I think I am starting to get overwhelmed.

Ok. It's been several days and now I shall attack Ning. Joining the Ning was not too hard. So far so good.

I left comments on two blogs. I added a ning badge to this blog.

I am never going to remember all the passwords.

I am a livejournal member, a Gaian, a blogger, a InsaneJournal, facebook, ning. I discovered I actually have another blogger page that I don't even remember getting.

Thing 20

2008-07-10T19:12:00.001-07:00

Facebook and myspace. Both have had bad stuff associated with them. Or maybe just the people hwo use them and trust them.

I went to facebook. Registered. My registry didn't seem to match the tutorial.

I don't think I am doing this right. I am going to ask for help.

Okay I was doing this right.

So I joined "Don't mess with me I worked in a Public Library" because of the name. I joined "Librarians and Facebook" since it might be useful. I joined "Gaia online" cause I like Gaia online.

Myspace tends to crash our computers but I tried going there anyway. I looked at Hennipen county library's myspace and my goodness those were interesting ads.

I was just informed that wasn't an ad. That was a posting. With chocolate. And handcuffs.

That doesn't seem to be the best sort of image to project.

Facebook seems much safer.

Though Facebook or myspace take it all with a block of salt unless you know the poster beyond the shadow of a doubt.

Edited to add: Flair is addictive

Thing 19

2008-07-09T18:51:00.000-07:00

Podcasts!

I saw a tv story about podcasts. Apparently they are insanely popular with truck drivers. They especially like the college lectures.

I listened to an MPR podcast about the electoral college. I liked the MPR site.

The directories all seemed a bit difficult, but might be easier if I was looking for something particularly.

I may look into some of the podcasts of fiction.

I wouldn't do my own cause I don't think anyone would like to hear dead air or me talking too fast or saying ummmmm.

Thing 18

2008-06-26T17:18:00.001-07:00

Youtube. And some other video places that are basically youtube.

I've messed about on YouTube a lot. I like it. Google video isn't bad, but I prefer YouTube. You can't comment on Google. Not that I do, usually, but it would be nice to have that option.

We have put YouTube videos on the website. My collegue taped the stack movers this spring during the remodel. I suppose we could put clips of the summer program preformers up on the site if they provided the videos. I don't know the legality there.

One of my colleagues said that her bell group Strikepoint (very cool) has a video on YouTube (and by extension Google). So I searched for Strikepoint. The first video listed seemed to be some sort of political or news show, but the next one was the one I wanted. Here it is:

On Google the Related Video section was all the news program. On YouTube, the related videos were other bell choirs. More sensible to me.

Now for something completely different and really funny!

I had seen this really odd video on YouTube. World of Warcraft meets Muppets. Kind of 2.0 ish because of the L33t speak.

ok I just really like ManaMana.

I could actually go absolutely nuts in this entry, but I had better stop.

Thing 17

2008-06-26T09:04:00.000-07:00

ELM

I do use the ELM databases at work. Mostly to help kids find articles for their papers.

I don't know if there is a huge call for me to have an RSS feed about anything. And not just because it is less than cooperative in setting up.

If I could get a feed to work, I suppose one could set it to look for articles based on a particular subject that students need regularly. But I would rather just teach the students to use the ELM databases themselves.

Thing 16

2008-06-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

Assignment calculators!

Both calculators are good for giving prompts about what point in one's project one should be at. Asking questions, etc.

The U of M seemed to list specific classes or departments for the U. That might be useful for U of M.

The Research Calculator was very friendly looking. It also had a variety of handouts for the teachers. You could also choose from a variety of kinds of assignments.

The Research calculator might be more useful for work. We don't really write papers as such, though we do presentations of various sorts.

Thing 15

2008-06-18T11:42:00.001-07:00

I changed my avatar. Just FYI

Games in the library! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY

Okay.

I was going to try Puzzle Pirates, but it seems you have to download some kind of program into the computer and I am not sure MIS would be keen on my doing that at work.

That's a bit of a blow against PP cause I am not sure our public computers can take downloads at all.

Well poo! Second Life also requires a download. So I am stopped again.

I like NeoPets and Gaia Online better. Both are free (unless you really WANT to give cash, but there are no restrictions if you don't), both have games. Both have forums, although Gaia is more forum based and NeoPets is more game based.

Thing 14

2008-06-16T12:31:00.000-07:00

LibraryThing

I had tried LibraryThing before, but I had gotten frustrated and then I forgot my name and password. I have a friend who adores LibraryThing so I am trying again.

It is rather fun and somewhat less frustrating, although I wish you could completely edit a book entry (For example, add tags and then choose a cover) without having to go back to your list and choose edit between changes.

I would also like to have a greater ability to arrange the books to my liking, but oh well.

Thing 13

2008-06-13T12:44:00.001-07:00

Online productivity tools.

Well, I already have an iGoogle because of Blogger, so I decided to use that. There are a lot of widgets to add, so I messed about with that. Added some weather sites and news sites; removed a couple of the defaults, like a youtube best video widget. Lots of fun there, though I stayed away from the games and things. We're meant to be productive after all. (Except for the penguin poking game.) Obviously I share this computer so I won't make it the homepage or anything like that, but I still have it.

I read the article and decided to go with the Google calender because it was the best and because I already have the google stuff. One does tend to stick with a brand, doesn't one? Calenders are always useful though I wish it could sync with my palm pilot calender.

I signed up for the "Remember the Milk" to do list because it looked friendly. Sign up was quick and I could add it to my iGoogle page. You can sync it with your blackberry but only if you pay for an account and I am too cheap!

Backpack might be useful at work, though I think our email system does some of this stuff too. The shared thing might be nice.

Zamzar is COOL! Wonder if I can make it convert things for my palm pilot? I usually use poor mojo.

Thing 12

2008-06-09T13:46:00.000-07:00

Social media sites.

Kind of different from del.icio.us. Delicious is just your list of website that you are keeping track of.

Also different from the Google reader which tracks changes in websites.

I joined Digg, because a colleague did. It seemed simple enough, but I am not finding many news outlet with a "Digg It" link. I tried adding an URL from my local paper but it was refused. It would also be nice that if an article is no longer available it would be dropped.

Newsvine is apparently associated with my local paper. I liked the "local news" tab.

reddit did not impress me. Not very good news stories, to me.

New York Times lets you Digg things. So do the other sites. That's neat.

I guess these would be useful for gathering news stories on libraries or local events or something.

I read a few articles but a couple wouldn't load. Oh well.

Thing 11 - Tagging and del.icio.us

2008-06-06T14:48:00.000-07:00

OK! Tagging or labeling is super-easy. I have been using it more on my manga blog for the library. I have a tag cloud widget in that blog and I put the manga titles as my tags. I think people can search the tags or click on the cloud in my blog. I like that.

The video was interesting. I learned a few things and I guess it could be useful.

I poked around the Minn23 account. Quite a variety of links. The tag list on the side was nice and I liked how you got a second list of related tags.

I made my own account, which was pretty easy and could be very useful. I will have to put all my favorite links there. I have put most of them on the various computers I use at work, but it is annoying to have to figure them out again when the computer dies.

It will be even more fun with my personal stuff at home.

Edited to add: And now del.icio.us won't load. phooey

Thing 10 wikis

2008-05-22T12:04:00.000-07:00

Based on the presentation, I am not sure that in a small group situation that a wiki is any better than a shared document. Except for the linking to a new page thing.

Wikis seem to be mostly a widely shared document. That's cool.

I can understand why a lot of teachers ban wikipedia as a resource. With so many people editing, how can you be sure they are being truthful? I know that wikipedia has tried to tighten things up a bit, but still.

I added a bit to the 23 things on a stick entry. It was a very random looking entry.

Thing 9

2008-04-13T23:15:00.000-07:00

Ok, just learned a new thing about Thing 8. My laptop did not appreciate heavy active graphics.

I have used Google Docs a lot before now. I tried to get in and work on the sample document, but I didn't have permission. I'm not sure how to get it. I have shared docs with google before though. I was always invited to do so, though. I have asked for permission and maybe will get it.

I like the way Google docs automatically saves the document. I like the way you can start a new document or spreadsheet or whatever. I may be biased however, since I used Google docs first.

I like the large, friendly save button on the Google docs. Zoho has a tiny save button. It is not friendly.

Both programs share easily. That's nice.

Here is the zoho link

Here is the googledoc link

Both sites are handy for libraries since they would allow users to do word processing without the library having to have that program on that computer.

BTW, I added a cat to my blog. He is entertaining.

Edited to add:
I got some permissions to share docs so I did.

I still like googledocs better. But the exercise was entertaining...

Thing 8

2008-04-07T18:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, I actually used my photobucket account for that presentation because that's where I already had the photos loaded.

I signed up for Zoho and quickly realized I needed to allow more scripts to get the thing to work.

I can see where these might be cool. I think that one of these sort of tools is in use on our website for the remodel photos. My current montages aren't particularly goos because they aren't focussed.

The shared databases can be fun. I have some I share with my friend so we can track which movies and things we own. I can see how it could be useful for work, listing books and things.

Thing 7

2008-02-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

Email: Brilliant!

Obviously staff can email each other, email groups, etc. While not as personal as a conversation, at least you have the email to refer to when you are trying to remember the discussion. Group discussions are made easier since you don't have to try and get the people physically together at the same time.

We can get emails asking questions or requesting items for purchase. We set up an email address for teachers to alert us when they have particular assignments coming up, but I don't think that gets used as much as we would like.

IM and Text Messaging: Could be useful.

We don't have any IM set up for the library. I suppose we could have something set up with the reference people. It doesn't seem like something people would use a lot.

Technology elsewhere: Brilliant!

I email and IM at home all the time. IM'ing is a lovely cheap way to talk to someone across the country without a huge phone bill.

I use Trillian which is a program that collects your different IM id's from AIM or whatever and you can sign in to however many id's as you wish. Very handy.

Text messaging bewilders me somewhat. Plus I would have to have my phone handy all the time. I can barely manage to keep my phone charged!

I have attended some Webinars. One was about how to use our Bookletter website/program. That was fun.

Thing 6

2008-02-07T08:54:00.001-08:00

Ok, I can see a lot more uses for an image generator than I do for the mashups.

A friend drew the picture for me a while ago. And you do need to use a fairly big photo...

This one is the Bead Art function. I used an icon I made based on a picture from "The Misadventures of Hello Cthulhu."

This is from Image Chef:

Slight side comment

2008-02-04T10:43:00.000-08:00

I do have one peeve with Blogger and Wordpress. Their templates, by and large, don't have a "Comment here" link, the way LJ/IJ/GJ, etc. Instead most of the templates just have a "0 comments" link, which you are supposed to click to make a comment. Not very intuitive.

EDITED TO ADD: My collegue pointed out that most people won't know what I was referring to above:
LJ = Livejournal
IJ = InsaneJournal
GJ = GreatestJournal

These are other blog/journals I have used. They all seem to use the same codes and templates.

Thing 5

2008-02-02T08:32:00.001-08:00

I am not sure I would consider mashups the height of creativity,but they are entertaining.

Here is a link to my splashr. I tried posting it as part of the blog but it was too big.

My Presentation

Found this on the Big Huge labs site.

It might be fun to use these kinds of tools to make pictures for displays and such. Photosharing can be fun. It might be fun (if there was time or something) to have a group share an account and then put all the pictures together.

Timothy Hunter vs Harry Potter

2008-02-01T12:54:00.001-08:00

Timothy Hunter vs Harry Potter
Originally uploaded by molotovmartinis

Ok. Trying a different approach. I somehow attached my 23 things blog to my flickr account so if I like a picture I can click on the "Blog this" button.

I like Harry Potter and The Books of Magic. That the two main characters are similar is just a coincidence, I think.

Let's see how this works.

Thing 4

2008-01-25T14:27:00.000-08:00

I can't watch the video right now, but I thought I would put a little bit in this entry to start.

I have used flickr and photobucket. Photobucket is my personal account and flickr is what I use for pictures for my Manga and Graphic Novel blog I do for the library. I have never used tags, but I didn't really expect there to be much interest in the pictures I put in the accounts.

The flickr pictures are mostly avatars I like to add to my entries. I also used to put pictures of book covers in the flickr account and then add them to the entries, but I have another way of doing that now. I am not sure if that is copyright friendly, although my use is fair use, I think. So I don't suppose I would want to tag those pictures.

Anyway. I decided to search tags in Flickr using "Harry Potter Fan Art." Several pictures and pictures of 3-d artwork (statues, clothes, etc.) came up. This one is actually a dojinshi cover, so I am not sure who the original artist is. It was on mutantfrog's photostream.

Ok. Posting the picture didn't work. I guess I will try again...

ok. still doesn't seem to be showing up. If I switch to "Edit HTML" I can see the code.

Maybe it takes a while for the picture to show up? Maybe I should get a picture from my own account?

Here's a link to the picture I wanted to use: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mutantfrog/861572468/

Here's a link to the picture in my account. I made the avatar on tektek.org.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dplmanga/2214119245/
Yes, there is a typo in the title.

My flickr experience was apparently kind of annoying. It is easy to use my own photos because I can get the code for them and just put the code right into the blog. I still don't know why the other picture didn't work.

I wonder if photobucket would be easier? Let's see... I searched on "Library Cat." on_the_way_2005 has a toy cat she calls library cat, apparently. The toy cat is featured in several photos. This one featured the toy cat and his real counterpart.

I think the blogger uploader hates me. Photobucket has given me the code for the picture so I will put that in.

maybe I hate the blogger uploader.

Ok. A colleague showed me how to get the stupid blogger uploader to work.

Thing 3

2008-01-24T10:17:00.000-08:00

I suppose I could learn to like RSS, but more likely it will be something I just never get around to checking. I am not keen on the bundles, but since I can remove links I don't like I guess that's okay.

If I were inclined to add links to feeds, I would probably prefer to just add sites I happen to like on the spot, rather than searching out sites.

I thought there would be a way to attach the rss feed to my blog as a link or something, but I guess not.

Thing 2

2008-01-23T17:49:00.000-08:00

Wow. Library 2.0. I can hear some of my old grad school professors exploding. Mind you, I think we're probably somewhere in the Library 5.0 or higher. Maybe Library X or Library Jaguar.

We know time is always an issue--Stephen Abram shares some ideas on where to find the time for 23 Things. Where will you find the time?
Some I can do at work and some I am doing at home. I mostly wanted to watch the movie clip at home because the computers at work aren't always keen on such things. Otherwise, I can do a bit here or there.

Why are you participating in 23 Things On a Stick? What do you hope to learn? I am participating because I was curious. Looks kind of interesting. Learning a few new things. I guess I would like to learn more about various resources, uses for the internet, stuff like that.

How has the Internet and the vast resource it can be affected your use of time at work and/or at home? At home? I spend time on the net. I chat with friends, play games, read stuff, etc. At work? I can't imagine ordering books without the net. I look up reviews, check pub dates, and make up the whole lists of books to order. I can look up all those weird animals kids get assigned to report on. I can find articles and such. I don't quite trust wikipedia for straight facts, but they are pretty good for popular culture information.

Where are you in your knowledge and use of Web 2.0 tools? How about your library? No clue. I guess I am pretty comfortable with Library 2.0 stuff.

What are you looking forward to in 23 Things On a Stick? hopefully I will learn some new and exciting stuff. Maybe ways to use the internet more efficiently.

first post

2008-01-23T10:09:00.000-08:00

This is my first entry in my 23 things on a stick blog.

Today is cold.

I have blogged on LJ, IJ, GJ, Wordpress, and now Blogger. There first three are pretty simular. I like Wordpress, which seems to have a few more features than those. Blogger is pretty nice too.

I like being able to choose a pretty template. I like the setting and adding features I can do with Blogger.