Del.icio.us

Personally not being a very technologically savvy person I really only see myself using this site to access my bookmarks anyplace. I like the sites that I use and I know how to use them and can quickly access the info I need on them. I do see the potential for others who are more Internet and computer savvy then myself to get a lot out of this site. The best benefit for me is that I can save my favorite sites here and access them at which ever library I might be assigned to. I wish I had know about this when I was working Saturdays at other locations.

Picture fun

OK this one was fun. I don't know why I originally skipped this one but I was having a ball with this now. I made posters, puzzles and tons of other stuff with family pictures. I think I might make a poster for a gift for my nephews Confirmation...It might be nice to have everyone sign the poster at his party. Anyway this is a poster I made from one of my favorite pictures. It is my godchild riding on a carousel after my sister and I took her to Build-a-bear for her birthday last year. I remember thinking how expensive but for this picture it was worth the price. It is much better in the original form it is deteriorating as I copy it. The camera captured her crystal clear and blurred the background. I know I could never have gotten that if I tried...and after I took this one I tried to get several more which all came out bad.

This is a fun thing to play around with...it certainly doesn't feel like I am at work when learning this.

OK maybe I am an alcoholic

For some reason I am finding lots of alcohol related stuff in this learning project.

This Time I was looking at eMedia.

I found this simple enough to use. Although 900 titles sounds like a lot but it really isn't much. All the titles I looked for were not available, I was actually thinking that I was doing something wrong. Finally I tried searching for the Bible and was surprised that we don't have that...but I guess there would not be a big demand for the Bible in electronic format. But while searching the title Bible I came up with the Bartender's Bible by Gary Regan I believe this is actually an e-book not an eaudio). Really alcohol finds me I am not looking for it but...if it happens to find me I don't turn it away. I would defiantly download this title.

I also did a subject search for historical fiction and there was an interesting book called Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund that I would love to download(also an e-book). I would love to have the last few of Patterson's Women's Murder Club books and catch up on that series.

I tried to take the tutorial but I am missing Flash player on my computer(BC only has 2 staff computers), and I am not authorized to download the program but I was still able to figure it out with out the guided tour.

Unfortunately, I don't currently have a home computer and this is not compatible with the Ipod (my family will be happy I am not begging to use there computers for this). I guess I will just have to win the computer in the end so I can listen to the book.

With two weeks left to go

I just realized I have 2 weeks left to finish this and I just crossed the half way mark. It probably would have been easier to have kept up and did each one as they were released but unfortunately time didn't allow for that, But I still have a chance of crossing the finish line in time and if not it was still fun trying (and a bit frustrating at times).

My congrats to everyone who already finished...see you at the end.

17 1/2 ???

Facebook should have been a full number...

I explored facebook it is OK but I had a lot of trouble using Myspace and it seems so much easier to use...Sorry to all my friends who have facebook and who are excited that I am now a member because I will not be using it much.

As for some to the top ten facebook applications

IRead...I read do you???
I think Queens customers will LOVE this...readers like to see what others are reading and more importantly what they think about what they are reading.

Librarian
This one looks like it might be useful for ready reference type questions...Did I just date myself by using the term Ready Reference...I haven't heard that in a LONG time.

MyFlicker
This one is another one that our customers would like...this would be a good one for a library facebook page. We could link to community picture and library pictures.

Slideshare
This looks like it would be another one that would be good for a library page...we could post PowerPoint presentations for staff as well as customers (like the Exit Project Video)

LOL Cats
This is probably a very very popular application. Everyone puts the cute kitties on their sites, e-mails etc. Kids, tweens, teens and adults will love this one.

Libguides
I don't think this one will be LOVE my our customers...some people will defiantly find it useful but I don't see customers using it often.

Del.icio.us
This one I will have to get back to you one since I skipped this as part of the original 23 1/2 things and still need to go back to it.

Giving up on posting on a wiki...for now at least.

On my next attempt I got the following message...Anyone have a suggestion. I can't set up an account because Queens Library's IP address is blacklisted. Shame since I finally found something I wanted to post...maybe another day.

Error 403
We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&action=submitlogin&type=signup&returnto=Wikis on this server.
Your Internet Protocol address is listed on a blacklist of addresses involved in malicious or illegal activity. See the listing below for more details on specific blacklists and removal procedures.
Your technical support key is: 0cc7-60fd-1366-73cd
You can use this key to fix this problem yourself.
If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, please contact meredith at libsuccess.org and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.

HOW RUDE!!!

I tried to make post on Wikipedia but I got the following error message. I guess all our kids have been busy! I'll just have to try another wiki...very disappointing.

Can't create account
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Account creation from this IP address (207.159.196.253) has been temporarily restricted. This is probably due to persistent vandalism from the IP address you are editing from, which may be shared by many people if you are connected to the Internet via a proxy server (used by most schools and corporations and some Internet Service Providers) or dial-up access. To enquire about the block or request that an account be created for you, please attempt to edit a page and follow the instructions under the Emailing us section on the page to which you will then be directed.
More information about the block: account creation from this IP address was blocked by Wknight94, who gave the reason Abusing multiple accounts: Ron liebman.