Week 7, Thing 16

I've taken a training class on wikis and now I've read about them for this week and I have to admit that I'm still confused. Wikis are something that I feel you really need to know what you are doing to be able to utilize. I've honestly never played around with wikis before and have been kind of leary of them because anyone can change a wiki and how do you know if the information in the wiki is correct? Anyway, I really liked the "Book Lovers Wiki" which was developed by the Princeton Public Library for their 2006 Summer Reading Club. I think that this was a really neat way to keep track of what they were reading for the Summer Reading Club. I thought the reviews were nice to have at hand, and I wish that they had continued to add reviews to this wiki.

Week 6, Thing 15

In this blog, I guess I'm supposed to talk about some of my thoughts on Library 2.0 and what it means to me. I think Library 2.0 is a wonderful tool for us to learn about and utilize. To me, Library 2.0 means keeping in touch with family and friends. Myspace and Facebook are part of Library 2.0 and are the main way I keep in touch with alot of my friends and family who don't live in Omaha. Most of my family lives out of state and I only get to see them once a year if that so Myspace and Facebook are two great ways to stay in touch and communicate with them. As for my friends, it seems like life can be so busy so it's nice to be able to keep in touch with them on Myspace and Facebook. I like stopping by their page and leaving a comment or even subscribing to their blog so I can get updates if they write anything.

Week 6, Thing 14

I have to start out by admitting that I'm not really that impressed with Technorati. I honestly won't use Technorati after I'm done with O! What a Geek, but it is nice to at least know about it so that I can know what people are talking about if they mention Technorati. When I played around with Technorati, I liked that searching was pretty easy, but the results weren't always what I wanted. As I explored more, I seemed to always pick blogs that had advertising on them which was really annoying to me. I'd click on a blog that sounded normal and end up with x-rated ad attached to it!

Week 6, Thing 13

Wikipedia defines del.icio.us as a social bookmarking service for sharing web links. I created a del.icio.us account a long time ago and promptly forgot my account login and my password because I have so many accounts at different sites online. I can't seem to remember them all, and I don't seem to have enough time to check them all. Anyway, I think Delicious is a neat idea because it can help you keep track of neat links that you find while browsing the web. I am constantly finding interesting sites online, writing them down on a sheet of paper, and then I always seem to lose the paper so Delicious could help me with this particular issue. Delicious is also pretty easy to use. If you have a Delicious account and have downloaded the Delicious bookmarklets, all you have to do is click on post to delicious link. Then it will be posted on your Delicious account.

Week 5, Thing 12

I wasn't all that impressed with Rollyo. It was very easy to sign up and start a search roll, but personally I would not find much use for Rollyo. It feels like I'm signed up for so many things online that I can't remember them all. On the other hand, I can see how some people may find Rollyo helpful. The following link is for the Rollyo account I created. Just cut and paste it.

http://www.rollyo.com/index.html

Week 5, Thing 11

I've known about Library Thing for awhile. I've even attended a lecture on Library Thing while at the Youth Services Retreat in Ashland. In fact, I think I actually had an account a long time ago, but I couldn't remember which email I used and what my password was so I had to create a new one. I found the sign-up process very easy and not confusing at all. I think that Library Thing is a really neat tool to utilize at home or for a library that serves the public, but you definitely have to have time to mess around with it. On one hand, I guess you could not spend alot of time and make it very simple, but you could also get very involved and very detailed. For me, I could get very detailed with my personal collection at home if I had the time because I have hundreds of books, dvds, and VHS tapes on my bookshelves. I just picked a couple of books out for this exercise though just to play around with Library Thing and experiment a little. The following link is to my library. For some reason, it won't link by clicking on it, but you can cut and paste it and then go to my library.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=khoefer0284&shelf=list

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