#23 "In Summary" 09/02/2007

My journey thru Library 2.0 has been an interesting and at times frustrating one. While going thru some of the 23 things, I kept thinking "I'll never use this again." Or "this doesn't even interest me." HOWEVER, in sending greeting cards this a.m. in 123greetings.com, I discovered a link to add it to my del.ic.ious account and also to my RSS feeds! While adding it to my RSS feeds, I discovered a podcast in the TV SERIES FINALE/CANCELLED SHOWS feed on Gilligan's Island! Really enjoyed it. It was a long 26 minute podcast, but while listening to it, I started to compose this for #23! I am seeing links to add to RSS, del.ic.ious or other sites on things now that I would never have noticed before!!!! So, maybe I will use some of the 23 items again after all!

I also really enjoyed #10 the image generators. I spent hours playing in that one. I also really enjoyed #19 the Web awards list. My two favorites so far in this one are Picasa and Google Maps.

Zoho will also be revisited. You can go to word or spreadsheet via the internet/zoho and start your project, and then go to ANY other computer with Internet access and continue working on it! This way, you wouldn't have to worry about not having the same version of word or excel when going from computer to computer. Would benefit some of our patrons that run into problems because of different versions of programs.

Some sites would be great if you are doing a lots of research on a subject because you could link all the sites in the same place. Also might come in handy for librarians that want to keep a list of reference points for popular topics. SJCPL subject guides in Wikiland or del.ic.ious would both be good for that.

All in all, it was a very interesting adventure going thru the 23 things.

#27 Photobucket 9-16-2007

I went into photobucket and played for a long time. What fun!
I made two albums. One with some of my pictures and one with
some pictures I found under "find stuff". I made a slideshow
of the second album. I have included it on my blog.


It is by my chalk board. Enjoy!

If you decide to use photobucket, here is a website that will explain how to do ANYTHING you want to do in photobucket! http://tutorials.photobucket.com It has LOTS of information that could come in useful!

Make your own "Hollywood" sign for your blog or website.

Make your own "Hollywood" sign for your blog or website.

#32 Omnidrive and shipshot

Well, I am not sure how, but I did manage to download a document to Zoho writer and then download it to omnidrive. I am not sure I can repeat it quickly. Accidently stumbled on the right combination of steps. Will try again later.

I can open my document in omnidrive, but it is a multistep process. Interesting.
I don't see where I will need to use it again at this point. BUT I have proven myself wrong on that a couple of times during this 2.0 process, so you never know!

The recipe I used for this experiment is on my blog.

SNIPSHOT was fun. It is easy to download a picture from your computer and then crop, resize it etc. You can also use an html code to put a picture in this program. FUN!

#18 zoho revisited

I went back into zoho writer while trying to do #32 Omnidrive. When in zoho before, I couldn't get it to post to my blog. TODAY it worked. This is the same thing I wrote before, but this time I posted it directly from zoho to my blog!!!!

I can understand where using online office programs could come in handy.

If you use one version of a program at home, and then go somewhere else and try to

work on your project on a different version of the same program it just doesn't work.

BUT if you use the online version and save your document, you can go anywhere else that has internet and open up your document and continue working on it.  No problem!

 

So, online word and the spreadsheet programs would come in handy for this reason.

We have had patrons many times that couldn't use or computers to work on their document for this very reason.  They leave frustrated and sometimes angry.

 

The tool bars look like they have the same things on them.  Even some new ones that I don't recognize. 

 

 

#31 Plaxo

Well, I went into Plaxo and created a calendar. Not much too put on it though.
Added a couple tv shows, bd's, anniv. Added a link to my calendar on my blog. When I clicked on it however, it only took me to Plaxo where I have to sign in to retrieve my calender. SO I deleted the link.

I can see where this might be a good thing if you have lots of appointments or dates to remember in your daily life. However for me, I don't think I will find a need for it.

Tried the icalshare.com site and found that I couldn't subscribe to anything. Firefox said not linked to any program, and windows said "page can't be found".

#29 Scrapblogs

I went into scrapblogs and created a christmas decorations scrapblog.
I can see where this could be a blast if you are into scrapbooking or just want to create a special page of pictures for someone as a gift or for yourself.

I hit the button to post to my blog, but when I push the "done" button, nothing happens! So, I am going to type the link here and hope it works.

http://www.scrapblog.com/OA7AC639-DE6B/2A46175F-7DOD

I don't really know what book I would make a scrapblog for. So I hope this will do the job.

Happy Scrapblogging!

I just tried to cut and paste the above into my browser, but all it did was take me to their homepage! So who knows!!!! Any suggestions out there?