Flickring around

Flickr is a fun tool to share photos. I uploaded pictures from this years African-American History month exhibit here in the library. Here is the link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/afamh07/

Rollyo

Many of these tools make you feel as if you're a web designer. Rollyo is an example of that. You can actually create your own personal search engine of all your favorite web sites then share it with others. I was able to create my search engine which I will share once I've palyed around with it a little more.

Podcasts

Podcasts are great way to keep up with your favorite new channel or radio station while on the go. It keeps you from being tied to your tv, radio or pc while staying abreast of information of interest to you. Downloading your favorite tunes, movies, news stories is really easy. While many podcasts are free there a some that you must pay to access. If I complete all my assignments and get my free mp3 player I will certainly learn more on how to use podcasts.

Library 2.0--The Finale!

I must say that prior to this activity, I had very little interest in knowing about the various web tools people use. But now, I can say that I enjoyed learning how to use them. I think my favorites are LibraryThing, and GoogleDocs. I would definitely be interested in participated in another series of activities like this. This was some thing refreshing for library staff to engage in outside the day to day work duties. This is an example of the good in technology. Thanks to the committee who worked on this.

Facebook, MySpace UGH!

I've looked at face book and MySpace and they aren't tools that I will ever use. Although I'm sure that they were intended to be used in a positive manner, some have chosen to display inappropriate images and messages personal and other wise on those sites. IMO, this is another example of the ugly side of technology.

YouTubing

I think You Tube can be a very useful tool to showcase home videos. I chose to look at Library related videos because this a library activity. I looked at PSA by comedian George Lopez promoting public libraries for PLA. You Tube can be helpful in teaching people about library services. There were quite a few interesting videos created by librarians. This is another tool that libraries can use to promote themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhrcCWjtNQw

Interesting sites on Web 2.0

I checked out Upcoming, Arcaplay, Googlemaps, Peertrainer. These were both fun and useful sites to get into. I especially liked the Upcoming site because you can find out what events are happening in a community near you. Or, if you are planning to travel to city for business or fun, you can find out what events are taking place while you're there. On my next trips I will see what on Upcoming then plan my activities.