Thing 14

Thing Fourteen: All about Library Thing. I set up my account and easily added five books to my list. An added bonus was that I found several new books by some of my favorite authors that I was not aware were coming out. Now I will be on the lookout for them. I could see the library using this tool to compile lists of patrons favorite books. Now we print out "suggested reading" lists for children of various ages. This would be a way to gather some patron input.http://www.librarything.com/catalog/rkleva

Thing 13

Thing 13: I chose to use the yahoo page, mostly (to be honest) because I could manage it without signing up for another service. I still feel rather uncomfortable having my name ane e-mail adress all over the web. I suppose it will be my permanent home page in as much as I HAVE a home page. I find the new lay out I chose to be easier to use than previously. As for on-line calendars, I find them cumbersome and rather unhandy; probably because I have limited computer acess. I'm an "old dog" when it comes to using paper and pencil to make to-do lists and can not forsee myself changing at this late date.

Thing 12

Very interesting, this twelfth Thing. I'm not sure how I woould be using these tools at work. I can see using them to browse the news or check some for comic relief, but I think in my case these websites would definitely detract from my productivity at work. I think they are still a valuable tool for assessing public opinion and determining the public mind-set.

Thing 11

Thing 11. Exploring Del.icio.us was very interesting. I went back and tagged my posts. There was much interesting informantion in the video, and I can understand where tags can help in researching and referencing.

Thing 10

Thing Ten..... This "thing" was a bit more familiar to me as we have a staff Wiki that I am used to navigating. I can see where this is very helpful and useful. I played around in the Wiki sandbox to get a feel for editing and adding items. As for banning Wikipedia, I can understand the necessity if items are being changed and altered in context.

Thing 9

Thing nine put the fun back in 23 things. I found Google Docs easier to use. I also really enjoyed the editing done to the founding fathers document. All they needed was a bunch of librarians to help them. Bet they are rolling around in their respective graves about now.

Thing 8

PictureTrail - Online Photo Sharing, Personal Homepages, Slideshows, Image Hosting I hope this is a link to my "slide show." At this point I am not sure what is where . This post has been an exercise in frustration for me. I can understand where it should have been fun, but I got stuck in the "mosaic maker" and could not get past setting the border and background colors. After six tries I gave up and signed up for yet another account and got this far with a slideshow. I'm sure it should have come out better than this, but at this point I'm willing to settle for this. If I had to do this sort of thing for a living I would have to have LOTS of training or find another job. I will certainly never qualify for a member of the Geek Squad!