Week #6, Thing #15

No fun toys in this Thing; just reading and thinking.

I think the best things about Library 2.0 are breaking down barriers between libraries and their customers, and libraries being able to respond more quickly to customer needs and wants.

Unfortunately, just because the technology exists doesn't mean it's going to happen automatically. People (i.e. librarians) have to be willing to change the way they think about and do their work, which is much easier for some than for others.

Also, I think we need to be very cautious about letting anyone/everyone contribute to and/or manipulate library data. Any site that is open to contributions from all sources is open to unintentional errors as well as intentional abuse.

Week #6, Thing #14

Claimed my blog on Technorati:

Week #6, Thing #13

My del.icio.us

Week #5, Thing #12

I create a Rollyo search engine for my favorite exercise video sites:

Select Search Engine...Fitness videosSearch The Web

Powered by Rollyo

Week #5, Thing #11

Library Thing: if I had A LOT more time, I could spent it there.

You can see some of my favorite books in the sidebar.

Week #5, Thing #10

I used Automotivator to create this poster:



I used ImageChef to make this picture of my kitty:

Week #4, Thing #9

Spent a lot of time poking around various Library related blogs mostly through MERLIN, but I also checked out Bloglines Search tool and some others. I subscribed to an interesting looking one called "A Wandering Eyre."

I tried to create an avatar using Meez, but unfortunately didn't have a recent enough version of Java and don't have clearance to download a new version.

Week #4, Thing #8

RSS Feeds: time saved or wasted?

I can see how these subscriptions are really great to keep up on things on the web, if you're going to be looking for them anyway. I'll definitely use them to keep up with my favorite webcomics.

But despite the fact that there are over 50,000,000 blogs on the web, I really haven't seen any that I would want to spend my very limited free time reading. Same goes for the countless news sources, on-line magazines and journals, etc.

My Feeds

Week #3, Thing #7

It might be fun to create a Trading Card for my daughter's Bat Mitzvah using fd's Flickr Toys Trading Card Maker.

Also, here's a cool video directed by my brother's friend:

Week #3, Thing #6

I created this photo mosaic on fds Flickr toys. Can you guess the common theme?

You can find the photo credits here:

Week #3, Thing #5

I uploaded some of my husband's Israel photos to Flickr and geomapped them. The locations are not terribly exact but you'll at least get to see the general areas the photos were taken.

This is one of the photos; you can see the rest on the map here:

Week #2, Thing #4

More fun customizing my blog. Check out the links.

Week #2, Thing #3

Here's my blog, yea! Looking at templates was fun. I like these colors.

Week #1, Thing #2

Lifelong Learning, good; signing contracts with myself, not so much.

Easiest thing for me: taking responsibility for my own learning. One of the recent achievements I'm proudest of is learning to chant Torah. Next on my agenda: conquering the NYT crossword puzzle.

Hardest thing for me: viewing problems as challenges. 'Nuff said.

Week #1, Thing #1

Wow, it's taken me a while to get this far; I feel like I've been going around in circles. Had to register from the link inside the blog but had to be registered in order to access the blog, etc. Does the fun start now?