Week 8 # 19

Now I understand how some blogs are so elaborate. These are the tools they have been using. I guess there is a place for everything these days but once again too much information out there. If there were no other way to share information I could see how this could be useful or for sharing large files. Securely stored? I wonder.

Week 8 # 18

I checked out all of the social networking websites. The attraction has alway eluded me. I think this would be a great way to stay in touch with families that are spread out. I am concerned about the safety issues with sites such as MySpace.

Week 7 # 17

This is the age of technology. Just in my lifetime we have made enourmous leaps and bounds. Things change daily. I am learning more about computers everyday. This has been an interesting experience for me.

Week 7 #16

During this exercise I found most of the information on Wikipedia to be helpful. Wiki's would provide an additional source in the library to find the right book or additional information.

Week 6 # 15

Libraries won't be the same in the future. It's a time of inovation. The sharing of ideas through social computing is taking off and the amount of information out there is overwhelming.

Week 6 # 14

I did an advanced search in Technorati. The results varied when I typed in Blog Posts, tags and Blog Directory. I am amazed at how much information and Blog sites are out there.

Week 6 # 13

I checked out the IHCPL account in Del.icio.us. It would be an effective tool for research. It would be an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed anywhere (i.e. recipes or personal data). I personally don't have much use for it as a social bookmarking manager.

Week 5 #12

Elf. This would be a help if you aren't receiving the e-mails from HCPL. I am,therefore, I didn't sign up for this service. I did not want to give out my library card number.

Week 5 #11

I created a Library Thing account and posted five books. I think this would be a good source for discovering similar books of interest.

Week 5 #10

Thiis was lots of fun. I was attracted to the animation generators. I chose meez and put a link to it on my avatar.

Me at work

Week 4 #9

I created a Blogline account. I found it easiest to click on feeds, then add then subscribe. I'm not much into copy paste. I decided to change my method of news retrieval by adding CNN.com to my Blogline account. I also added a feed to art news and some cartoon humor, Dilbert. I mostly went to feeds you could get to from Blogline.

Week 4 #8

I consider my self "Old School." I like reading the newspaper. I researched RSS and news feeds. I created an account on Bloglines and signed up for for assorted news feeds and Boingboing Blogline. I feel alot of this is for people who have an incredible amount of time on their hands. I checked out IHCPL Participant #73 otherwise known as Library Zen's link to andywarholizing your digital photos on bighugelabs.com/flickr/warholzer.php. It looked like a fun thing to do with your photos. I was able to get to this from my Flickr account. I viewed alot of the IHCPL photos on the website