Lesson #19 -- New & Unusual 2.0

At first I tried "docstoc", a place for all sorts of professional documents, from legal forms to leadership advice. It has potential found it to have too limited amount of information loaded yet and to be too broadHere's 15,000 documents on finance. (I know. That's contradictory. Oh well) --

Then I tried Omnidrive, which looks like a cool way to store all files online so they are readily accessible (and backed up?) whenever you need them. But they are full. Can't take new users yet. I put my name on a waiting list.

Finally, I opted for fun: Zango -- but you had to agree to have them load a thing in your browser that would make ads pop-up as you're browsing -- Yeah. That's exactly what I want more of.

Lesson #18 -- Web-based Applications

Aha. I can see the value of these applications for documents that require only the most basic formatting (like a notch above WordPad maybe?). (I used Google Docs.) It appears to format in HTML and so is somewhat similar to creating a word processing document in, say, FrontPage.

I was not able to easily adjust the spaces between paragraphs (required manually inserting code for CSS), nor to adjust the automatic numbering.

I'll give it this, though: It was extremely easy to upload to my blog.

Sample Google Doc

Outline – Enable Others to Act

1. Preface

1. LPI – Did anyone find out that you don’t need to work on any areas?
2. Model the Way = Set the example – of exemplary work ethic.
3. ISV = Get others psyched about your vision of the future.
4. CTP = Constantly looking for ways to improve things & finding creative ways to overcome obstacles.

1. Introduction

   1. What does EO2A mean to you? What do you expect this section to be about?

   2. Bill Gates quote.

   3. EO2 “succeed & grow.” Whether we are supervisors or not, what are some ways we can help each other succeed & grow?

   4. Pull out LPI page 5 (?). Don’t have to answer, but …

      1. How many found EO2A one of their strongest areas?

      2. How many chose EO2A as one of the areas you want to work on?

      3. Has anyone picked any of these particular questions to work on? (Write them down & make sure we cover them well.)

      4. Any questions about particular LPI questions? Is it hard to see how any of them apply to you?

      5. #24 – We won’t be discussing – Mostly only applies to supervisors. (Encourage supervisors to read that section of Leadership Challenge)

2. Recognize Interdependence

   1. Puzzle Activity (See instructions.)

   2. Chart – Web of Interdependence.

      1. Get a volunteer -- a public services librarian or associate – Put his/her name in the center of a flip chart w/ a circle around it.

      2. Ask about people who depend on her or she depends on, first directly, then indirectly.

      3. Ask others in the group to volunteer ways that they depend on this person or this person depends on them.

Lesson #17 -- No fun wiki

I finally remembered that the invite key got sent in a later e-mail, but this was a frustrating no fun experience spending 20 minutes trying to figure it out. Glad it's over.

Lesson #16 -- Wiki-wild

I keep THINKING wikis can be an extremely valuable tool, but I haven't yet put one into practice. However, I am inspired again -- to pay more attention to the NEFLIN staff development wiki and also to create a new one(s) that can serve JPL's purposes -- For example, I like the idea of a wiki where people can post tips that can help out colleagues in a wide variety of areas -- everything from tips for using Excel or organizing your Windows desktop to tips for efficiently handling reserves. Ohhh -- I love the idea of one for challenging reference questions -- a sort of reference question database.

I'm nervous about the disorganization of it. I like thinks logically arranged -- That's why I'm a librarian, but it looks like on some of them some compromise is possible.

Possibly a wiki for competencies, tho I think PLCMC's is both too narrow and too broad (They are really "technology competencies" because they deal only w/ tech. competencies and because they go way beyond "core" competencies).

Lesson #15 -- Library 2.0

I liked the description of the concept of "Library 2.0" in our lesson. I thot it was cogent and concise, altho for me it gets a littly mushy when it veers into "Library 2.0 as a state of mind."

It's about using web 2.0 tools but also about adopting the web 2.0 concept of customer contributions to the information that we and other customers consume.

Lesson #14 -- Technosowhati

I don't think technorati is a site I'll use again. Though I will try to add a tag to see if it works.

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Lesson #13 -- It's Delicious

Looks like not del.icio.us any more. Now it's just delicious.com. Too bad.

But I like it anyway. Here's the most immediate value for me: A place to put all my bookmarks that I can view on any computer & web browser.

Would be great for my wife, who doesn't use folders to organize her bookmarks so she just has 10,000 in a single list. If she could put some tags it would make them a breeze to organize. Got to tell her about this.