Thing #9

This is my attempt at Thing #9. I really have been having fun with looking at all of the different tools that can be used. I thought I should probably post something and get on with the next thing. I think with all of the different things I can be trying out It will take me 5 years to get to all 23 things. I'm sure in just a short time there will be so much more I will need to learn. Not sure yet why I would use this it just seemed like a fun thing to do.

Thing 8 part 2

This is a picture of a Rose that was sent.  I just thought the bloom was so perfect I wanted to capture it in a picture.  I know the picture really doesn't do it justice.  Would it be nice if everything in life would smell and look just like a rose.  However, in life we know that it's not always the surface that gets you it's whats underneath that can cause the pain.

Thing #8

Flickr is pretty cool.  I have been using Google Picasa.  Yes, I am a google fan.  I also have a flickr account I just didn't know it had so many uses.  I decided to see how many poodle pics I could find.  There were a lot of them.  I really liked this one.  It shows how creative someone can be with a little imagination.  I really don't think I would be able to look at a cloud and see a poddle.  

http://l2ne.blogspot.com/2008/09/thing-1-discovery.html

Thing #7

I have really enjoyed searching for new RSS feeds. I need to stop or I will have so many there will be no way I can keep up with them all. I found one using Google Blog Search call "Go Local Nebraska" (I already new about the blog I just found it on Google Blog Search) using key words. I also found a blog about the city of La Vista using Topix. This one is really good. I will now have to use Google Reader more often. What a great tool!!!

Thing #6

I have been using GoogleReader for a little while now and it's seems to do what I want it to do. Now I just need to start using it more. I think it will be very nice just to go to one place to get all of the news I want very quickly. I think my biggest problem will be subscribing to way to many sites.

The Great thing about IM

I just spent some time chatting with Allana from the Commission. Chatting is a nice way to communicate with people when you need to just say a few things. I use chat a lot to talk with family out of state. It's free and we can be online as long as we want. I also found that I can chat and still get other things done on the computer. I would like to set up a Meebo account and use it for Reference questions here at the library. I think it would be a great tool. I know the UNO Criss Library is using Meebo and it seems to work great. It's a fast easy way to get the answer you need. I have been using GoogleTalk and so far haven't had any issues with it. I would like to use it more in my professional life, not just my personal life.

Importance of Learning

I am very excited to be learning 2.0, as the technology librarian, it is very important for me to keep current on new technologies. It is very important that I know the technologies that are available so I am better prepared to help the users that come into the library. This is one of the reason I chose to complete the 23 things because the more I know the better prepared I will be to help the library customers.

My learning Goals

I sometimes have a difficult time of getting things completed on time. Usually not work related things just things I need to get done for me. For instance instead of taking 1 week to paint my basement I stretched it out to be more like 3 weeks. So my goal for Learning 2.0 is not only to complete on time, I would really like to complete a little ahead of schedule.