Thing 23--REFLECTIONS

23 Things enlightened me to a world of technology. Now I have an know what is meant by Twitter, Facebook, Podcast and Blogging all of which I had heard of, but now I know what they are speaking about. I has been a great experience work with 23 things for I have learned some much and can do a lot more that just log onto the internet. My favorite things were Flickr, Facebook, Flickr Mashup, Delicious, Google Doc and Instant Messaging. All of them once I learned what was going on with them I was able to work with them and enjoy them. Google Doc is one that I really want to get the hang of because it easier to share a doc than to attach and I liked working with it. My least favorites were "Twitter" and "Diggs". Twitter takes too much time for me at this point and Diggs I never could get into, password was accepted but it would not let me into Diggs?? but at a later date they may prove to be quite helpful. I think some of the things would prove to be helpful in the library system such as Ning, Google Doc and Podcasting.
I made it through the 23 Things, it may not have learned or achieved as much in some areas, but now I am more knowledgeable about a lot of the new 2.0 than I was before I took on the 23 Things challenge, it was a challenge for me.

Thing 22

With my experience doing the 23 things, I think the Flickr, Facebook, Ning and Podcast are all good things that could be adapted into the library system, they would all be helpful to the staff. All are easy to access and a good way to communicate with everyone on a daily basis, we would be able to keep up with current events better, find out what is going on in other agencies, advertise the programs that each agency will be having and even have discussion to get problems solved in a timely manner, all more exciting to log into than the regular email or message boards.

Podcast

Podcasting to me is a different avenue for audio communication. Looking at "Dekalb County Library" and "Denver Public Library" both were interesting and informative I understood it so I think it was laid out well. Podcast is an easy and convenient way to get all of the information you want, when you want it without feeling left out. I think for the library at lot of people that are home bound would benefit greatly from this, they can now enjoy reading, keeping up with the news and listening to their favorite music, if they have a computer, mp3 player or other audio devices. They also would not have to keep up with materials checkout as well. It would be all at their finger tip.

YouTube

The youtube sites I visited were "Libraries 2010", "No cookies in the library--classic Sesame Street" and "Texas Reading Club..deep in the heart of Texas"the first was telling about the future things that the library will have...definitely more technology...the second was getting children interested in going to the library to read books with cookie monster as an eye catcher...the third was introducing reading doing the summer by participating in the Texas reading club...where not only are there books to read, but puppet shows, films to see, music to listen to just fun entertainment for the summer and there after. Youtube could also show inside and outside of their local libraries so that people can actually see what the library looks like and how they are set up.....some libraries are inviting.

Google doc

I actually understood google doc and enjoyed working with it. It is definitely easier to share it with someone than to send it as an attachment. I found that the power point presentation was a lot easier than the past one's that I have done. I plan to work with it more, so that it will become a regular part of my daily routine when it comes to sending out attachments or sharing information.

Wiki 23 things

I am familar with wikipedia coming up when i search an item, now I know more about it and find it to be very helpful. Not quite sure I get the concept behind wetpaint, it was easy once I got the hang of adding pages, that is another one that will require me to work with a little more.http://dfw23things.wetpaint.com/page/Hope

LibWorm

This "thing" can"t quite make it out, but I did enjoy putting in phrases and finding articles on that subject, I think with a little more time spent on it, I will understand it better.

Library Thing

A little different than the other "things" I liked it and will visit that site again for sure. It is nice to be able to list books you have read and share with others, as well as find out what others are reading, that way you may find other books and writers that are similar to the ones that you enjoy. Sometime writer fade away, this way we can find out what someone else likes, look into those writers, and always have reading material. Also find various topics to look into. Here is the link to my library thing. http://www.librarything.com/home/hyevette

Digg

I am still waiting to become a digg user. I have tried several times to login to digg and it want let me login...although I am registered. From what I have seen it is full of various website's that offer difference types of news ( information).

DELICIOUS

http://delicious.com/hyevette Created delicious account, found it to be another way to have all of your sites under one website. Follow the link to my account.

Tagging??

Did the tagging, once you get the concept of tagging it is useful. It is helpful, you can go right into the subject you want because it is visible for you to choose from, less searching required.

Twitter

Opened a twitter account, found it to be interesting. It does help to know what people are actually talking about when they mention twitter.

Breaking news

Yahoo Messenger

I have completed my instant messenger and Yahoo Messenger is my IM client, courtesy of North Texas 23 Things.

Betty Crocker ummmm!

Laurie, I notice you found Betty Crocker Receipe. You are quite welcomed. Now that's what I'm talking about, just delightful.

NING

Joined my library ning network....that was easy...yeah! Here is the link to my ning site http://fwplworkers.ning.com/. It is interesting having a connection with different staff members that you do not work directly with.

More Facebook

Well.....more facebook, i found a group the FWCCU and became a fan as well as adding a link,,,I am going through the motion of things, but I don't think it has clicked as to what I am doing...I did find it interesting that when I signed on facebook, so many people I knew were there....

Now on Facebook

Hey!

I just finished my facebook account. That was pretty simple and interesting. Facebook is a neat way to keep in touch with everyone, as well as find out about yourself and others in a fun, unique way. Facebook is one of those things that I will visit often. It seems that people are more likely to communicate on Facebook than email, and you connect with people that you may have forgotten about or just have not heard from in a while. This site can be informative, as well as a staying touch with others near and far.

RSS??

I have completed the rss item and added the library of congress blog and the official google reader blog to my subscription....understand it a little better since I have done my blog reader, still trying to grasp it all.

Blog reader

Another foreign experience for me, but I made it through and it is interesting once you get into subscribing and seeing how it works.

Image Generator

This is the image that I created with the image generator, that was a fun experience and I enjoyed working with it. It is a fun way to make a picture fun, interesing and different, you can actually tell a story about a picture using it as a sign or magazine cover or whatever. I will probably work with that again.

Flickr Mashups

Hey I have completed my mashup for flickr. This is the image I created using the "Caption" site, that was fun seeing how creative you can be when posting pictures to your work, you can express yourself in your picture has much as you want and really get a vibe from the picture. See link below....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tajo75/

Yeah!! today I finished my flickr account. It was fun learn how to upload picture to where they could be posted for others to view. It was pretty simple, after you get the hang of things. I enjoy search for picture to load into my account so that they would be there when i needed them, for other project. Of course, I am still learning and enjoy learn about so many things that I have seen, but had know idea how it was done. You my view the pictures at the link below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tajo75/

Moving on UP!!!

Pass the city tech test...on electronic communication and records.

Today I learned how to set up links in my blog and I had fun playing with the Kindle. Marion and I talked about the future of 2.o.???

Blogging?? Don't Know

Just checking in today. Wondering what I am doing blogging.

2.0

Have read about 2.0 and looked at the video about 2.0. The world is and has evolved around technology, it seems that the way to communicate or just get things done these days will require everyone to know or at least be familar with some type of technology ipods, mp3players and computers. It seems as if the technology you learn today may be different by tomorrow. I am still trying to understand it all. Right now it is a slow process.

Hello, Blogging

This is my first blog and I am trying to get the hang of it all. It was a different experience, but I enjoyed doing the blog, it is an easy way to write what is on your mine in a fun way. It allows other people to know what is going on with you and comment on your blog that can be informative as well as helpful. Did try to follow on my blog, but I could not because my account is not with google, so had just made a link to those I wanted to follow to my blog account.