Week 9, # 23

Wow, slowly but steadily made it to the end. I feel great.
The hardest thing about the program was the time it took to work on the 23 Things. Because I was learning many new things, it took time for me to read all the material, listen to the webcasts, try out the tools and then write my entry. You can see looking at my blog, that I did things out of order several times! Usually that means that I got stuck on something, or I wanted to work on a thing at home rather than at work. For me, being part time, finding time and a computer at work was very dificult. Thankfully, I was able to work on it at home with few problems. I know I spent a number of hours on the Things like Flickr, Rss feeds, technorati and Del.ici.os

Week 9 # 22

I already have a NetLibrary account, set up earlier. I entered my library card details to logon. Net Library is not me, I like to read the books in print format. Though it is useful to teenagers who surf the net the whole day, either finding information for their assingnment or doing some research. It is good for people who don't find time to visit the library in person.

Week 9 # 21

I did a few searches in Yahoo Podcasts to see how easy it would be to locate podcasts that I was interested in. I tried a very specific search for a medical condition and had pretty good results. The results included ten or so podcasts, but they were all relevant to the search and looked useful. Most of the podcasts gave instructions and suggestions on how to handle the medical situation

I have added the podcast on my blog known as Best of today.

Week 9 # 20

There's so much stuff on Youtube that I think you can find something on almost any topic. Many people learn more easily when they are shown how to do something instead of having to read instructions. It might make sense to think about using videos to show patrons how to use library websites

Week 8 # 19

I looked at a number of sites on the Web 2.0 awards short list of winners. The site that I selected to explore is Instant Bull, a business site that pulls together links to many sites with business news. At the top of the page is a search box for stock quotes. It is a fun site if you like to follow financial message boards and blogs. It is worth considering for inclusion in a list of business websites.

Week 8 # 18

I’m writing this using Zoho writer, and this is pretty easy! I’m used to Google Docs. It’s very convenient. Especially when we’re on two different systems. Using Zoho and Google Docs to share documents between windows and a mac make things MUCH easier! We can collaborate, edit, and share ideas amongst each other.

I like the ease of editing, changing formats, collaborating, and portability of using these tools. I can save it, and use it wherever I have access next. Zoho has a lot of options in terms of formating, linking, and including html, and other features. I can just click a button to add a table, change the style, even add a smileyface!

Week 7 # 17

I felt that the instructions for playing and adding information to the Sandbox were vague, the password did not work, then the edit page did not work, but I felt ok trying on the Sandbox since that wiki is a play-place...I figured I couldn't do too much wrong. And I actually succeeded in adding a link to the wiki! But I feel less confident about creating and using a wiki than I do about some of the other things we have been learning about during this adventure.