tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60837600473072586992024-02-07T17:11:07.085-08:00Are we there yet?Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-7533678148290860572009-09-15T20:12:00.000-07:002009-09-15T20:23:22.964-07:00WeeK #9, Thing #23Final thoughts: the internet is really, really big. Some of these tools make it easier to manage and enjoy, some just lead to ever more ways to waste time. <br /><br />These are the things I've really integrated into my everyday web use:<br /><br />Del.icio.us<br />RSS feeds (first in Bloglines, now Google Reader)<br />Downloadable audiobooks<br />Craigslist<br />GoogleDocs<br />GoogleMaps<br />Pandora and Slacker Radio<br />YouTube<br />Facebook!Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-18288090905411387532009-09-15T20:03:00.001-07:002009-09-15T20:06:31.155-07:00WeeK #9, Thing #22As the audiobook selector I have worked extensively with the Maryland Digital Library Consortium to select downloadable audio titles from Overdrive as well as helping design the look of the site. <br /><br />Everyone in my family has been listening to downloadable audiobooks from both Overdrive and Recorded Books/Netlibrary since they first became available.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-31683320557293445142009-09-15T19:55:00.000-07:002009-09-15T20:02:05.472-07:00WeeK #9, Thing #21Explored a number of podcast directory sites including: Podcast.com, Podcastalley, and LearnOutLoud. Found a number of library related podcasts at LibrarySpot.com. Downloaded a podcast receiver called "Juice" and subscribed to NPR books podcasts.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-20432363573186826322009-09-15T18:37:00.000-07:002009-09-15T19:00:06.191-07:00WeeK #9, Thing #20YouTube was an invaluable resource for my daughter this year when she needed to learn a bunch of songs for the school musical. MCPL could post promotional videos on our Facebook page using YouTube.<br /><br />Here's one of my recent favorites:<br /><br /><object width="400" height="220"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5732745&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5732745&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5732745">World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1103909">World Science Festival</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />I actually used Vimeo to embed this because it was easier to customize the size.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-41149167176531436812009-09-15T18:23:00.000-07:002009-09-15T18:28:34.575-07:00Week #8, Thing #19I've wondered for a long time about the "Digg it" button I've been seeing on many websites so I decided to explore digg.com. A very interesting site for finding out what other people like.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-29481929354709333912009-09-15T17:38:00.000-07:002009-09-15T17:43:11.645-07:00Week #8, Thing #18Just last week my son's new teacher (4th grade) recommended setting the kids up to use Google Docs for their schoolwork. We set my son up with Gmail and he has done two assignments already on Google Docs. For this exercise my son and I tried sharing documents back and forth. I also experimented with setting up a spreadsheet to use a a temporary calendar for scheduling branch book discussion sets. I wonder if a wiki would work well for that?Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-51784382164522814632009-09-15T17:22:00.001-07:002009-09-15T17:45:29.653-07:00Week #7, Thing #17Unfortunately I wasn't able to access the wiki. Too bad, I think it would have been fun.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-75485960927248895432009-09-15T16:48:00.000-07:002009-09-15T16:53:56.965-07:00Week #7, Thing #16Checked out a number of Wikis. They seem especially useful as a repository of shared knowledge. The MD Overdrive Consortium is in the process of setting up a wiki for the minutes from our meetings, the selection rotation, and other information that people frequently seem to lose have to send e-mail to the group asking for it to be re-sent. A wiki might be a good way for staff to make subject need requests.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-74945666571438284862007-11-26T11:08:00.000-08:002007-11-26T11:23:29.125-08:00Week #6, Thing #15No fun toys in this Thing; just reading and thinking.<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-70762624422574851072007-11-26T10:11:00.000-08:002007-11-26T10:12:34.873-08:00Week #6, Thing #14Claimed my blog on Technorati:<br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://pml23.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/tech-fav-1.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a>Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-43807202756975686492007-11-26T08:19:00.000-08:002007-11-26T08:25:20.126-08:00Week #6, Thing #13<a href="http://del.icio.us/plewis42">My del.icio.us</a>Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-35512398049152317952007-11-26T06:50:00.000-08:002007-11-26T07:09:57.692-08:00Week #5, Thing #12I create a Rollyo search engine for my favorite exercise video sites: <br /><div style='margin: 10px; text-align: center; width: 160px;'><form action='http://www.rollyo.com/search.html'><fieldset id='searchboxset' style='margin: 0 0 10px 0 !important; padding: 4px 0 0 0 !important; height: 62px; width: 160px; border: none;'><input type='text' size='30' style='background: #fff; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000; font-weight: normal; float: left; width: 108px; height: 14px; margin: 3px 0 4px 0px !important; font-size: 13px !important; vertical-align: middle;' name='q' value="" /><input type='image' src='http://rollyo.com/remote/btn-togo-search-ph2.png' alt='Go' style='margin: 2px 0 0 3px !important; float: left; border: none;' /> <br /><select id='rolls' name='sid' style='float: left; width: 158px; margin: 0 0 2px 0 !important; font-size: 12px;'><option value='330151' selected='selected'>Select Search Engine...</option><option value='330151'>Fitness videos</option><option value='web'>Search The Web</option></select> <input type='hidden' name='togo-v' value='1' /><div id='about' style='font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;'><div style='float: left;'>Powered by <a href='http://www.rollyo.com/' style='color: #C00;'>Rollyo</a></div></div></fieldset></form></div>Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-50212391690447536632007-11-23T12:36:00.001-08:002007-11-26T09:16:18.679-08:00Week #5, Thing #11Library Thing: if I had A LOT more time, I could spent it there.<br /><br />You can see some of my favorite books in the sidebar.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-56844363780694205752007-11-23T11:57:00.001-08:002007-11-26T09:35:09.538-08:00Week #5, Thing #10I used <a href="http://wigflip.com/automotivator/">Automotivator</a> to create this poster:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2058016114_c72984fb3c.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2058016114_c72984fb3c.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I used <a href="http://www.imagechef.com/">ImageChef</a> to make this picture of my kitty:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/071126/sampb4988dbae11a5fde.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/071126/sampb4988dbae11a5fde.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-56272707960002285662007-11-23T10:32:00.000-08:002007-11-23T10:38:56.163-08:00Week #4, Thing #9Spent 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."<br /><br />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.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-76224866653212082762007-11-23T09:31:00.000-08:002007-11-26T07:14:57.319-08:00Week #4, Thing #8RSS Feeds: time saved or wasted?<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs">My Feeds</a>Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-34658873318793441292007-10-25T11:46:00.001-07:002007-11-26T09:49:04.758-08:00Week #3, Thing #7It might be fun to create a Trading Card for my daughter's Bat Mitzvah using fd's Flickr Toys Trading Card Maker.<br /><br />Also, here's a cool video directed by my brother's friend:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WZmgZN1umsM&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WZmgZN1umsM&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-8236520832158986022007-10-25T11:20:00.001-07:002007-11-26T09:51:25.617-08:00Week #3, Thing #6<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2146/1749195322_f244fc318d_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2146/1749195322_f244fc318d_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I created this photo mosaic on fds Flickr toys. Can you guess the common theme?<br /><br />You can find the photo credits <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/12048300@N07/1749195322/">here</a>:Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-10983968818667300972007-08-24T06:30:00.000-07:002007-08-24T06:54:02.637-07:00Week #3, Thing #5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpzNMWbW2OFnNlUgDgQiNmM46qUAowONT9JqjozHlG8GP1sgM-1gnmyIfjBcZH7cpr3OZqJwwTtDy2Y83UbCuUGq3hSZr5NCSt6Z3Jv7HQ53B25MydXq_mJHN65Xwg9HiTuRGa9qw8C0/s1600-h/Israel+109.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpzNMWbW2OFnNlUgDgQiNmM46qUAowONT9JqjozHlG8GP1sgM-1gnmyIfjBcZH7cpr3OZqJwwTtDy2Y83UbCuUGq3hSZr5NCSt6Z3Jv7HQ53B25MydXq_mJHN65Xwg9HiTuRGa9qw8C0/s320/Israel+109.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102262817088488802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=map"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=map" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />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.<br /><br />This is one of the photos; you can see the rest on the map <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=map">here</a>:Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-57343764056381334572007-08-23T18:59:00.000-07:002007-08-23T19:00:23.623-07:00Week #2, Thing #4More fun customizing my blog. Check out the links.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-23213368562164876032007-08-23T18:05:00.000-07:002007-08-23T18:06:16.903-07:00Week #2, Thing #3Here's my blog, yea! Looking at templates was fun. I like these colors.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-39739529614259327712007-08-23T17:50:00.000-07:002007-08-23T18:34:14.421-07:00Week #1, Thing #2Lifelong Learning, good; signing contracts with myself, not so much.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Hardest thing for me: viewing problems as challenges. 'Nuff said.Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083760047307258699.post-66816324008510464742007-08-23T17:32:00.000-07:002007-08-23T17:49:44.851-07:00Week #1, Thing #1Wow, 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?Paula Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890615431696054491noreply@blogger.com0