28 iHcpl

Today we all worked together on the iHCPL lesson number 28.
GTD was an interesting Wikipedia article, a litte long.
I like the idea of DO it , Deligate it or Defer it.

Sometimes it takes longer to process or organize than to do things.
My BLA BLA list was easy to use and I like the being able to email it to my account.

The Zen Habits site was interesting but i was side tracked and looked at other items besides technology. the font size was too small ...

Organization is sometimes emphasized more than creativity... in a library i enjoy the opportunity to try new things and respond to daily challenges.... youknow we have them here in Katy.
My email recently deleted extraineous emails and trashed those i don't need anymore.

diana

#25 Music Pirate

Discovery Exercises
Creative Commons
They created a comic strip to explain copyright. It is a cute idea and colorful. it looks more like a slide show with cartoon figures.

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/thumb/3/30/Sharing_creative_works_IMG-14.png/500px-Sharing_creative_works_IMG-14.png

The above link is the slide that explains the options of use (licenses) available through Creative Commons.

DRM (digital rights management) is a name for free software that must be downloaded to the computer you use to download music or books to an MP3 player.

Yes I use CDs to play music in my car. I do not own a MP3 player. I might buy 4 CDs a year. I used to buy children's music when my son was a toddler. It would help to be patient in traffic.


Musicians copyright rights will always be abused but it is good they have others to help them get credit, recognition.

Diana

iHcpl # 24 sound of music

I have visited Yahoo music, Rhapsody, iTunes and Napster. Yahoo is inexpensive because, it is free to listen, but if you want to download it is $6.00 month. Rhapsody's search field is the first thing you see and you don't have to hunt for the search field like other sites where the ads or their own products promotions are the predominant feature.

I looked at Pandora and i could only hear a sample of a Lyle Lovett song, to download you pay through iTUnes or Amazon. On iMeem.com you can hear the whole song rather than a sample. Free account but costs to download song through iTunes or Amazon.

Downloaded music to the library's MP3 player at home last night. It took a few steps, loading software on to computer and then trying to copy it to the player. I tried hearing the song from the MP3 but it would only show a diagram of the player and cable connection to the USB port.

Finally i disconneted the USB and it played the song.

I listened to NPR radio from my computer for a minute or two.

Diana

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.