Reflections...

Well, I knew this day was coming but it came really fast. So, I guess my blog collects dust now? Sad. **sniff**

This was one of the most awesome things that KCLS has ever done in the way of training. It was fun and to me, it was low key. You got as much out of it as you put into it. I mean it's not like there was someone standing over you saying "come on, you have to finish this". A lot of the things we learned about I already knew and many things that we learned I didn't know. And how cool is this...we got to read about new technology and play online and get paid for it!

My favorite exercises were 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42...Oh wait those are the numbers from Lost! Oops. hehehe. No seriously, my favorite lessons were-

#3, setting up a blog for learning 2.0

#6, mash-ups

#7, RSS feeds you have saved me so much time!

#13, tags how did I ever live without them?

#14, Librarything...the more I run into people who are reading the more ideas I come up with for this site!

#19, reading about web 2.0 and finding the article I did on the web 3.0 was super interesting and put it in a sort of relevence and order in my head.

#20, FREE word processing online? FREE Spreadsheets? Did I say FREE! Who knew!?

#21, OK this one was just way to fun

#24, podcasts, I didn't realize how easy these were to make.

And a very cool thing happened. I got a comment to my post about Zoho from one of the guys over at Zoho! Nice surprise!

I guess the thing that surprised me about the whole process was how much my co-workers and I learned about each other and how we pooled our different spheres of knowledge to help each other out. Gotta love a team!

If I could go back in time...I wouldn't have missed it!


"Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Here's looking at you kid." Rick in Casablanca

Ebooks...

Nice. I looked through the Overdrive catalog of available ebooks for download. There are many titles and I found quite a bit of diversity...lots for everyones taste. My husband found this service a few months, ago on a boring lunch hour, and loves to download them and read them while on lunch breaks.

I found a few titles I would like to listen to and so am anxious to load the software and get started.

Thanks for the 3 1/2 minute demo. It was nice to step through it and know I was doing it right. and thanks for posting the 2.0 demonstrations.

I have to say I am bummed that this is going to end. I have enjoyed blogging about my experiences and realize that when this is over my blog will start to accumulate dust. I guess that means I have to go back to my old blog and start using it again! Although blogger has spoiled me with no ads and so I am half tempted to link my blog and leave and come over to the Blogger side of things.

"It's allright to be afraid, David, because this part won't be like a comic book. Real life doesn't fit into little boxes that were drawn for it. " Elijah Price from Unbreakable

Invasion of the Body Snatchers...

The Pods...they're here!! I just watched this movie the other day so it's on my mind when I think of Podcasts! (yes I'm weird)

I went to podcast.net and found The Library Channel. I chose a podcast called Copyright in Academic Environment. Albert Capony was being interviewed and apparently is the lawyer for the ASU. He wasn't a copyright attorney but still was very interesting. They talked about the differences between copyrights and trademarks and some of the language in copyright laws. I found this very interesting. I also found the site extremely easy to use.

I then ventured off into Podcast Alley. At first I couldn't get this to work. I finally got this to work by choosing "show details" then was able to run the podcast from the site using winamp. I searched Library 2.0 and found a really cool site called "Pirate TV Theater" ...wait a minute... this has nothing what-so-ever to do with libraries. So, I tried again..I found What's New At The Lunar and Planetary Institute Library. This was cool in theory. They had info on their podcast about changes to the library. They talked about how there would no longer be ref desks manned and that if you needed something you should ring the bell for assistance. They talked about the summer interns and how they should apply early for library cards. Then they spoke about recent additions to the library collection. Such titles were mentioned like High Energy Density Labratory Astro-Physics, and Non-Linear Diffusion Equations. YIKES!! It really was a wonderful way to keep users updated. I thought it was a good idea and would work great for KCLS.

Then I moved on to Yahoo Podcasts. It looked pretty but I couldn't get it to work. I tried and tried and an error always came up so I gave up...besides Pirate TV Theater was waiting for me...so I headed back over to Podcast Alley and to the Pirate TV Classic Radio Drama. I downloaded "The Weird Circle-Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde" Just wonderful and this is the podcast I choose to add to my feeds on bloglines.

Gotta go pop some popcorn.....

"Well, I don't know what they are, I never saw them before. They looked like great big seed pods" Ambulance driver in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Youtube...

I LOVE youtube. Sometimes. This can be misused like anything else but when you want to watch that really old video one more time you can usually find it. Want to peek at some really cute kitty pics? Youtube. Want to watch some homemade WoW vids? Youtube! I have even found some excellent science vids on here that are very hard to come by. In any case, I have seen some really creative youtube videos especially by YA groups. Take offs on Harry Potter books and library grand openings. Really neat stuff! I was thinking how fun it would be to make a youtube about the services of the library and how everything works. Sort of a how to for new users. "Please step to the red computer on your left. If you have any questions after watching the Youtube video please either visit the information desk or the circulation desk. After watching the instructional video you will be able to tell which is which!"

This one is for fun...




"Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it because you're not really looking. You don't really want to know the secret... You want to be fooled." Cutter in The Prestige

A Thankyou, An Apology, and A Cat...

Thanks to the Learning 2.0 staff for all your hard work on this really cool but important project. You are changing the face of KCLS!

I apologize that my posts have been rather long. I know you guys probably have to read them all. I hope mine haven't given you a headache!

It's almost over....

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/

Choosing my own Adventure...

The list was huge. I was surprised at the amount of websites on the list and I am sure it was the tip of the ice berg.

I tried UpTo11 (upto11.net) it's a music website and it looked fun and interesting until I tried to use it and I couldn't make it work. I wasn't even sure what it's supposed to do. I thought it would link me up with other users playlists or recomendations. I put in Third Day though and it came up with Pink Floyd??? Eah??

Next HipCal. (hipcal.com) This is a personal organization website. I liked the calendar. They also have todo lists, Alerts, and address books. This would be useful for KCLS if we didn't already have so many other programs keeping track of this information.

Onto digital storage and remote sites...Yousendit.com very nice! I thought this could seriously be helpful for KCLS patrons, staff and for businesses. "Never worry about size limits on attachments again. With YouSendIt, you can mail up to 1GB in files (which are hosted on YouSendIt's servers) to as many recipients as you please. " Ever had trouble sending a huage attachment that doesn't want to go? This might be a solution!

Over to Webware...
I liked the reviews and rants, they are super funny! First, they pointed to the AOL webpage that was a "blatant rip off of Yahoo" and then I got to learn about Wipbox which apparently is a craigslist/ebay for dummies!! ...flightware in 3D, this is cool! You can track a flight in the air in 3D. I'm going to be on here forevah!....oh wait I am supposed to be looking at the right hand categories....

30 boxes is the one I liked the most. I found it under posts in productivity and business. "30 Boxes is more than an events calendar with a rudimentary understanding of scheduling grammar. It's also an aggregation service for time-based updates from your social sites and for those of your friends. For example, 30 Boxes will put your blog updates, Twitter messages, Upcoming.org calendar items, and Flickr photos on your calendar, as well as those from your friends." "Everyone who uses 30 Boxes, and everyone who is added into a 30 Boxes stream, gets their own profile page. All you need to know is a person's email address to add them in to your calendar. The system will find their updates on Twitter and other services, and add them to your calendar." Sounds cool huh!!

A side note...

Teresa, I miss you...in the mayhem of the carpet and the paint on the hill...you are missed...hope you're enjoying yourself but come back soon!

**sniff**

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"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long. " Marie Antoinette from Marie Antoinette.

Google Labs...

Oh what fun!

First I went to Mars...well Google Mars. They are created detailed maps of Mars made by NASA scientists! It was fun to play with.

I headed over to Google Trends. It was interesting but I don't know how I would use this in a library setting. Hopefully more people will post on this and give me some ideas!

I enjoyed Google Suggest. You start typing in the search box and a drop down menu appears that gives suggestions. The cool part is along with the suggestions it also gives you how many hits you're going to get if you choose the suggestion. I thought that was neat. The hits aren't any more relevant than a regular search on Google but I found it hinted with words I hadn't thought of to get to what I was exactly searching for. I could see this being used in a library setting. In fact I would rather search this way then in regular Google.

Soon, Web 3.0 and the semantic web!! :} Ok sort of...

"I'm blind, and I see more than any of you, because I don't look. " Stick in Elektra

and now for a Spring break...

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"Whatever happened to playing a hunch, Scully? The element of surprise, random acts of unpredictability? If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced. " Mulder in the X-files: Fight the Future

Sodo, Mojo, Zoho...

Wow! This looks pretty fancy! I have moved over to Zoho writer. Another free writer on the Internet. I can't decide which one I like better. I guess they both do the trick. This one seems to have more bells and whistles. Emoticons are always fun! This one also Auto-saves. Nice. Ωα special characters.

OK I am having to much fun with all the editing features!! Although I just attempted to use the spell check and it changed my special characters. Now I am mad!!

I am going to cut and paste this over to blogger...here goes...

OK, I am at Blogger now and it did not copy over my emoticons. That's no fun! Now I am sad! :(

"Oh yeah, the Great Bambino. Of course! I thought you said the Great Bambi." Smalls in Sandlot

Google rules the world...

So, here I am in the Google (who owns the world) Docs and spreadsheets. I thought I would write my bog post here and then move it over to Blogger. I liked in the 'quick tour' the quotes by people who use this service and like it. There was an author who said he can quickley write ideas, there was the business person who had people work on a letter, there was a sports person who kept scheduling updatd for something (now I can't remember what it was) and there was the student who writes their blog posts here and then posts them. I liked that you control who sees the pages. One person, many people or no one.

I like this idea. I like that if my computer crashes, which has happened to me before, my document is safely stored.

I see that this just automatically saved this document. Nice, in case I forget.

Since this is on the Internet and free I thought this would be clunky. It's not...so far. I wonder how we get patrons, who can't even open Word, to use this? I am starting to think maybe we need to teach a patron class called Learning 2.0! It would be a series. It would be for the patron who already has an idea how to use the computer and the Internet.

And just because you or I might not be able to think of any reason we would use this, you never know who is out there right now saying "Wow, I sure wish I had Word on my computer so I could write letters. Oh well, I guess I am just out of luck!"

"But I like the cookie" Hammy in Over the Hedge

Web 2.0

I found all the articles very interesting.

My favorite article was "to more powerful ways to cooperate" I think the collective (not the Borg) is always going to be better and more exciting than one person calling the shots. I liked the idea of "Harnassing Collective Intelligence".

"This means expanding our definition of “collective intelligence” beyond the library professional to faculty, researchers, library patrons and others by building into our systems services that encourage these users contribute their expertise to the cooperative."

Very cool stuff!! This is an exciting time for librarians!!

Side Note-there is an interesting article about Web 3.0 in PC Magazine April 10, 2007 issue. It talks about the semantic web/the 3D web/the media-centric web/and the pervasive web.

"Do you know what I am doing, Miss Kenton? I am placing my mind elsewhere while you chatter away." Mr. Stevens in Remains of the Day

Roll-Y-O and Google search...

I really LOVE the idea of this especially for libraries. Every community Library making their own search engines sounds wonderful. I can imagine a sub that doesn't live here being able to look up on Google Search or Rollyo for instance what's going on at the Parks Department. Other examples come to mind also. We all have had to wade through tons and tons of irrelevant sites to find what we are looking for. So this sounds good to me.

I thought I would really like Rollyo (it just sounded so darn cute) but when I searched using it I was horrified to discover, yes...you guessed it...junk! There were ad sites along with the chosen sites. Blech! So although Google seems to be getting everything from everyone lately I headed over there and it was not only much nicer to look at but it looked familiar and so I chose to make a google search engine. I have linked to it below this post.

side note-I was pondering where they got the word Rollyo. It dawned on me being a child that not only grew up in the 60/70's but born in Eureka, California that it might mean
RollY(our)O(wn). hehehe

From Daddy Day Care -
The Flash: We need more chasing bad guys!
Marvin: Hey, that's an excellent idea!
The Flash: Like the Joker!
Marvin: No, you see, buddy, that's Batman's bad guy. You're the Flash, you need to be fighting...
The Flash: Lex Luthor?
Marvin: No, that's Superman. You need to be fighting Captain Boomerang, Gorilla Grod, the Reverse Flash...
The Flash: How about the Riddler?
Marvin: [to Charlie and Phil] What are you doing to these kids?

Entertainment Search

To all my display buddies...

http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/

Gone to the dogs...

I was getting really burnt out on cute kitten pics. (sorry T) Anyway, I figured a good puppy picture was in order. I actually had trouble finding one. But I liked this one, it reminds me of when my cat has his tongue sort of hanging out...back to cats I guess.

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"He has a client now who shot his wife in the head six times. Six times! Can you imagine it? I mean, even twice would be overdoing it, don't you think?" Cathy in The Birds

Patrick when he was young...

I couldn't help it. I have been looking at to many kitten pics lately.

"You're not the devil. You're practice" Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins

One More...

Get Your Cyborg Name

How could I resist...

The "Chick-fil-Air" Lurker

Cyberpunk 2020, Netrunner, Trading card generator...

In the 90's I had a lot of fun playing a game called Netrunner. It's a card game sort of like Magic from Wizards of the Coast. "Netrunner depicts cyberspace combat between a global mega-corporation (the Corp) and a hacker (the Runner). The Corp's goal is to complete their secret agendas before the Runner can hack in and spoil their secret plans for world domination. It isn't easy, though, as the Corp has strong defensive data forts protected by malevolent computer programs known as ICE (short for Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics). The Runner must use special programs of their own (called Icebreakers) to break through and steal the hidden plans - to keep the Corp from taking over completely. All this is paid for in the game by a system of resources called bits (representing currency), which are earned and spent during the course of play." It is loosely based on Cyberpunk 2020 and it's one heck of a lot of fun.

So, with the trading card generator I decided to make a few cards. I have copied the text of the cards but inserted my own pictures.

"Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you" Puppetmaster in Ghost in the Shell.