I like it! I could spend hours cataloging and rating and tagging every book I can remember reading. And I also found intriguing looking at someone w/ a similar library. This guy had quite a lot of other stuff I'd read -- I could see using it to get recommendations on new stuff, to engage in conversations w/ people who have read similar things.
Cool!
Here's my catalog: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/skwrlman .
Monday, July 28, 2008
Lesson #10 -- Success
I downloaded a name badge from http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ and it actually worked! (I don't have any photos of myself so I used the stock blue mountain photo). See if you can see it:
Monday, July 21, 2008
Lesson #10 -- grrr
Websense blocked me from uploading any photos to make a fake magazine cover (after the comic strip making site was down altogether).
me getting frustrated. not have fun yet. try later.
me getting frustrated. not have fun yet. try later.
Lesson #9 -- Blog Searching
I found Technorati very helpful in locating some blogs focused on staff development. I went to the advanced search page and decided to try searching by the url of the American Society for Training & Development -- From there it was easy to find helpful blogs, including a blog for CLENE, ALA's continuing education roundtable. I could have spent a LONG time exploring the different blogs. discipline, now, discipline.
I added a few to my feed reader, which I'd link to, but I forgot how.
I added a few to my feed reader, which I'd link to, but I forgot how.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Lesson #8 -- RSS Feeds
Bloglines was going so slow it was driving me crazy so I used Google Reader instead. It was easy as pie. I added the a couple of JPL staff blogs, plus NEFLIN's and Unshelved and a few others. I finally learned how to share items. So here ya go: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16755897890591773848?hl=en .
I'm not sure how much I'll use RSS feeds. I don't really take time to read large quantities of text online (I can't fathom how anybody's able to), so I haven't quite figured out how it will be a great advantage to me to use one of the feed readers. There's probably a tipping point where I need to play w/ it enough to have an "Aha" moment and then I won't be able to imagine how I ever did w/out it. Maybe.
I'm not sure how much I'll use RSS feeds. I don't really take time to read large quantities of text online (I can't fathom how anybody's able to), so I haven't quite figured out how it will be a great advantage to me to use one of the feed readers. There's probably a tipping point where I need to play w/ it enough to have an "Aha" moment and then I won't be able to imagine how I ever did w/out it. Maybe.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
technology hurts
maybe it's because it's at the end of the day (when i don't even have the strength to press the caps key), but scanning these hip technology sites just makes my brain hurt. Stephen Abram had this big precis of a study on "young people and social networking services" -- I bet every teen librarian will want to sink their teeth into that one, but I just didn't have the time tonight.
i wanted something "byte-size" so i checked out helene blowers site. she decided to create a passion quilt for one of her department meetings. who is she? supertastic librarian lady? i think a passion quilt is (that's another thing about these blogs -- i always feel like i walked in late on a movie and nobody wants to explain what i missed) it's a digital photo quilt where ... oh never mind.
then the other was about "thinkering spaces" or something like that. a new concept for making libraries the third place (i can't get rid of the connotation of third place as, well ... it means you didn't win; you weren't even the runner up -- you LOST!!) ok -- here's the deal -- they bring in a set of portable walls where kids can explore their physical and virtual world and thus overcome the curse of the dreaded "no child left behind". thank you, jesus, we're saved.
this is amazing how my literary inhibitions have vanished because of the pretense of anonymity (or maybe just fatigue).
anyway, technology. what do i think about it? for me it's always preiminently utilitarian. if it helps me do something better, faster than before then schWEEEEEET! i'm in love. i was CRAZY about the first typewriter i had that had erasing ribbon installed so you never had to drag out the whiteout -- you just hit this special backspace key, and WA-LAH! the mistakes disappeared.
and then when i got my first mac plus. and could cut and paste and delete and insert. and makes words bigger and bold and (later much later) choose my own fonts. i don't know how anybody ever wrote a paper in college before my generation.
so yeah, technology -- i'm all for it -- except when it wastes ten times more time than it ever could have saved -- i LOVE paying my bills online -- many automatically and automatically entering them in my digital check book, but do i spend more time entering receipts than i ever could have saved. do you ever get ahead?
i wanted something "byte-size" so i checked out helene blowers site. she decided to create a passion quilt for one of her department meetings. who is she? supertastic librarian lady? i think a passion quilt is (that's another thing about these blogs -- i always feel like i walked in late on a movie and nobody wants to explain what i missed) it's a digital photo quilt where ... oh never mind.
then the other was about "thinkering spaces" or something like that. a new concept for making libraries the third place (i can't get rid of the connotation of third place as, well ... it means you didn't win; you weren't even the runner up -- you LOST!!) ok -- here's the deal -- they bring in a set of portable walls where kids can explore their physical and virtual world and thus overcome the curse of the dreaded "no child left behind". thank you, jesus, we're saved.
this is amazing how my literary inhibitions have vanished because of the pretense of anonymity (or maybe just fatigue).
anyway, technology. what do i think about it? for me it's always preiminently utilitarian. if it helps me do something better, faster than before then schWEEEEEET! i'm in love. i was CRAZY about the first typewriter i had that had erasing ribbon installed so you never had to drag out the whiteout -- you just hit this special backspace key, and WA-LAH! the mistakes disappeared.
and then when i got my first mac plus. and could cut and paste and delete and insert. and makes words bigger and bold and (later much later) choose my own fonts. i don't know how anybody ever wrote a paper in college before my generation.
so yeah, technology -- i'm all for it -- except when it wastes ten times more time than it ever could have saved -- i LOVE paying my bills online -- many automatically and automatically entering them in my digital check book, but do i spend more time entering receipts than i ever could have saved. do you ever get ahead?
Mashups Smashups
That mosaic thing took way too long to load.
I did get a kick out of playing with different fonts from Flickr to make words.
I did get a kick out of playing with different fonts from Flickr to make words.
Hey! Beautiful. I think it's going to work. They didn't make it too easy for the non-programmer to figure out how to use the creation you made, so I hope you can see this.
Regarding Mappr, they have a note saying they no longer process images. Might need to take this one down (Although, I still used it to find my photos of Grenada -- I think -- not sure now.)
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Grenada Waterfall
Choosing this photo because it's a gorgeous illustration of my perfect vacation spot: lush, serene, cool, secluded, peaceful, unspoiled.
My wife and I have picked Grenada as a future vacation destination, because it not only has this kind of beautiful tropical forest, but lovely beaches (see next post).
My wife and I have picked Grenada as a future vacation destination, because it not only has this kind of beautiful tropical forest, but lovely beaches (see next post).
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