#12 Thing-Rollyo

Oh, my! I guess I forgot to blog about Rollyo!! Thanks to Jo, I'm "catching up". I registered on Rollyo and created a "My Travelsites" place so that when I want to check on flights or hotels, I can just check Rollyo. Not that I do that much traveling, but it's fun to dream! Okay, I think I'm caught up now. On to this weeks' "things". I'm a day behind already, since I took a vacation day yesterday.

#17 Thing

After having read this lesson, I was still not clear as to how to add my blog to the list of "Favorite Blogs", so I went to the workshop and Lorraine was very helpful. Now I think I've got it. If I get brave and figure out what I want to add to the other "Favorites", I might do that also. For now, just completing the assignment has used enough "brain power" for one day. I still have work to do!

#16 Thing - Wiki's

Okay!! Now I know what a wiki is. Just don't ask me to explain it to anyone. I hate to sound like a broken record, but once again, this was very interesting, but I don't know that I'll ever use it. It's great that anyone can add to these websites. And, I hadn't realized that Wikipedia isn't a "real, researched" dictionary/encyclopedia. That's probably why I have been able to understand the definitions that I have looked up on Wikipedia. I don't always do well with Webster's!! It's also interesting to see the different "forms" these websites take, and the varied information you can find on each of them. There certainly are a lot of creative people out there!! So, on to #17 thing!

Solo Orange Lily

Solo Orange Lily
Originally uploaded by cmefish

I found this beautiful picture on Flickr and just had to post it to my blog

#15 Thing

I read all five of the "Perspectives on the impact of Web 2.0 on libraries" from the OCLC newsletter. I think I should have stuck to just two, which was suggested in the assignment, since my head was spinning again by the time I read them all. I guess I understood and liked the first one, "Away from the Icebergs", more than the others. When one starts talking about the "future" of this "web/computer stuff", I really get bogged down (or should I say "blogged down"?). I believe our library is fairly progressive when it comes to trying new things and not being "left behind" as far as the Web 2.0 goes. Just the fact that we have the opportunity to participate in this Library 2.0 program proves this point.

#14 Thing

Oh my goodness!!! I had seen the Technorati website before (one of the previous assignments), so I thought this would be a simple assignment. Boy, was I wrong!! I think I'm trying to pack too much technology into my little pea brain and it's not fitting well at all. I think it's going to take some time and effort to digest it all. It's all very interesting, but I still doubt that I'll use a lot of it. I get frustrated spending so much time "looking", but not finding all that much that I'm really interested in. Of course, I'm the first person to admit that I'm not an intellectual type, so that probably contributes to the problem. I'm a "people person", so I'd rather be talking to someone face to face than reading their website. Maybe I should try "talking" with someone on the computer. What's that called??

#13 Thing

Wow! Did I ever get bogged down reading all of this information. I clicked on every highlighted word or phrase and read through the information. I got a little overwhelmed more than once. When I went to the del.icio.us website I think I did okay. I'm registered and have three bookmarks so far, two of which have to do with food/recipes. Go figure!! Okay, I'm ready to tackle the next "thing".

#9 Thing

I checked out all of the sites listed to find feeds, but ended up using ones that I am already familiar with. There are only so many I can keep up with, after all!!

#11 Thing

I have now opened an account on LibraryThing and have added 5 titles which I have read recently (one I'm just getting ready to read). I'm not sure that I'll use this much, since I don't read books nearly as much as magazines, but it was kind of fun learning about it and opening the account and adding my list of 5 titles. Here is the link to my "library".


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

#10 Thing-Here I Go!!

Well, I don't know about this. Hope it works! I don't know that this is my favorite, since I'm just beginning to investigate, but it sure is interesting what you can "create" in just a flash, thanks to someone else's "creativity".

Yeah!! It worked, just like magic again! Here's the URL to the site on Generator where I found this scrumptious looking cake.

http://www.redkid.net/generator/cake/

Ever notice that I think about food a lot?

#8 Thing

Well, I have my account set up on Bloglines, thanks to Whitney. It wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be, probably because I checked out all of the "how to" sites and watched/listened to one of them three times before going to the workshop. Doing your homework really does help, I guess!! It should be interesting to see what, if anything pops up for me to check out. I just can't figure out how I'm going to have time to keep up with everything. I might have to get high speed internet at home instead of my Dial-Net. Ugh!! I will have to admit that it's all kind of fun.