week 9 #23

Thanks iStar for teaching me the GREAT advances with technology.
I might volunteer and read books for LibriVox.
I will encourage others to access feeds and podcasts. And the best thing is .... I can impress my friends and family. :)

week 9 #22

Librivox

What a great idea! Volunteers reading books in the public domain. The sample audio of Twas the night before Christmas was read by man and a little girl. It was so enjoyable.

Overdrive
Overdrive has photos of book covers and a better screen design. They have everything anyone could want, eAudio, ebooks, music and video..... I like the link to new items.

WOWIO
Free, Free, Free ebooks, Wow! graphic novels, WOW! gardening. Book covers WoW! Quick registration.

week 9 #21

Podcasts

I looked at the two directories for podcasts, podcast.net and podcast Alley. I liked the categories in podcast Alley.

I subscribed to NPR: Books in my bloglines account. NPR: books has reviews and author interviews. I am looking forward to subscribing to Writer's Almanac .

NPR has a better podcast directory. It is visually easy to use and can be searched by topic, podcast title and podcast provider.

week 9 # 20

YouTube

I enjoyed Norma playing the piano otherwise I don't like YouTube. The categories are too simple. I would like subcategories. I did a search in the car group, and and it was hard to understand what the video was going to be before clicking on the entry and looking at description.

Each video has different volume settings, and you have to adjust the sound with each clip.

The Thanksgiving video i viewed was in bad taste and I had no idea what i was about to see.

When I receive a YouTube clip from a friend , they are usually funny.

I would not recommend any clip. Sorry.

week 8 # 19

Zohowriter

I can't believe it! Zohowriter made me a wiki with one click. that is cool. It took my user name and made a wiki with the same title.

I viewed the templates, outline, resume, multiple choice test.

I published my document so anyone could view it. I guess anyone with a Zohowriter account.
The document is called library-story.

I emailed the document to my hcpl account.

I have a laptop at home, but i didn't purchase any microsoft programs... I can now use my home computer for more than just internet and paying bills.

week 8 # 18

I enjoyed looking at the cat photos on catster, but this site design is too busy with different fonts, colors. and illustrations.

Yahoo! 360 is easy to use and I like the ability to search by interest. I looked up House M.D. and it gave an organized result with photos, avatars, comments about the TV program and the results were posted in descending date order.

Linkedin required one to register before finding people who worked at a similar company or attended the same school.

week 7 #17

Once Upon A Blog

There once was a library elf who dreamed about his beautiful talented avatar. The avatar could read at the speed of light and listen to a “blogful” of books.

The library elf believed he could make his avatar come alive, if every librarian would tag their favorite websites on del.icio.us, read five feeds a day and visit the iHCPL sandbox wiki.

It will take time for the library elf’s dream to come to fruition. Now it is only a “flickr” on his blog.

week 7 number 16

Using a wiki to communicate with conference attendees is so fabulous. Presenters can post handouts and recommended websites. "There are always enough handouts." It benefits the presenter , because they add the latest information , even an hour before the session.

The host to the conference can post changes in room assignments, let attendees know about last minute "social events" or meetings that didn't get into the conference brochure or wasn't added to the website.

week 6 #15 Library 2.0

Library 2.0

I like the changes, the adaptations to the world of Web 2.0. I enjoyed reading the articles.

Here at a local public library, we help people who are novices and are easily flustered by home pages. How do we keep up with Web 2.0 and help those who are at the "kindergarten" level?

Could we "toggle" between the stylish, highly interactive mosaic of web pages and a simple "kindergarten" style of providing information. We have the option to see the web in different languages, but has anyone created an alternative style of home page and "search results" for those who don't use the web regularly. "SearchingforDummies.com" or call it "start.com" I wish I could think of something very humorous and catchy, but not today.

week 6 # 13

I liked HCPLbiblio account in del.icio.us. I looked at two sites that had over thousand people tag it. Both were great web sites one for students of philosophy and the other on mythology.

Do you think I should use del.icio.us, before using google.com or ask.com...I think so!!!

I searched for iHCPL in del.icio.us and found that slacker manager had over 300 people who liked his explanations. I liked them too.

The generator blog looks likes iStar's twin.



http://www.oddee.com/item_90683.aspx


I found the above site through del.icio.us. I was looking for funny stories and none of the results seemed interesting, so I selected the tag for science.


This site called oddee found a research study done at North Carolina University that came to the conclusion that if you increase the amount of air time for country music, the suicide rate for whites increased. Then it had a funny photo that cut and pasted , Pres. Bush playing the guitar in front of the New Orleans Superdome when people were trying to survive Katrina catastrophe.

week 5 #12

Library Elf

This is a useful service, especially for people in Houston. For example, a college student could keep track of all their library accounts. The accounts for U of H, Houston Public, Harris County and Fort Bend County could all be viewed with one log on, rather than going to each library web site.

week 5 # 11

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dancewalksit

This site is amazing! Very simple to use too! Thank you iHCPL for telling me about it.

week 5 #10

I made an avatar by starting at FDToys. I selected Lolcat generator and made an avatar from one of my flikr photos. This application lets you add text to a photo. I put the altered cat photo with text in my blog profile. Lolcat generator was very, very easy to use.

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/lolcat.php

week 4 #8

iHCPL you sure know how to jog those brain cells with this exercise. There ain't nothing going to slip past you, if you don't want it to. you want access to an update you can get it.

RSS really simple?... ha! Okay,,,, time and practice will make it easier.

week 4 #9

RSS

as far as searching goes Bloglines and Technorati seem to be the most user friendly at first glance, but that turns out to because they are visually more appealing. Topix is the place to search newsfeeds. Feedster can isolate news feeds from others, better than bloglines.

week 3 exercise 7

week 3 #6

MASHUPS

I looked on ask.com for a better definition. I found progamableweb.com but i still don't understand what a mashup is.... I thought I was better than your average person when it came to technology.... not any more.... thanks for making me feel older than i am


I read about a mashup that will reduce photos to the size of dots and collect them together to create a new photo. I went back to flickr to find the name of the mashup, but i could not find it in the listing of photo mashups on flickr.

week 3 number 5

security online

as far as internet safety and security goes, if you wouldn't broadcast a fact or picture on radio or TV, then don't put it in a blog, chat room, utube or myspace

a new day

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