#20 You Too Can YouTube

I had played with YouTube before taking this class. As you said alot of stuff I did not find worth watching- but the value of something is decided by the beholder.

I always thought that this concept would make great mini training programs for customers and staff. Customers could access them from an icon on our public internet PC's.

About a year ago we adopted a stray kitten we call CiCi. When we first got him he was so hungry that when he ate he would make a noise like he was saying yum, yum, yum.

This clip reminds me of him.

Broccoli Kitten LOVES Broccoli! (The cat's name is Captain Pugwash)

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URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQi3q-Nf9wA

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 Tools

I choose the category of genealogy. I explored MyHeritage.com. I had already used this site before. They have updated the process since I used it last. It's setup very similar to some of the genealogy blogs I use at MyFamily.com. For those blogs, you have to be invited and you receive a user name and a password. It allows you to search through the pictures, postings etc by keyword/tags. It's interesting to see how organized some people are. Some of the blogs are very responsive. Some you have to look at almost every item to find what you are looking for. I can see this application being used as a training module for staff or customers. They could key words to find the answer to an application or task they don't remember how to do.

The other 2 sites listed for this category were very similar. There is a limited storage for free accounts but of course you can upgrade and receive more storage.

#18 Web-Based Apps: They're Not Just For Desktops

So I created my free Zoho Writer account and added the site to my list of Favorite Blog Tools on my blog. This is something that I can see coming in handy.

Best thing is that's it's suprisingly easy to use.

#17 Playing Around with PB Wiki

Easy after finishing some of the other exercises. Could be used by groups who have Blogs with a common interest??? Possibility genealogy or a sandbox link to all of the Branch libraries for JPL.

Remember no throwing sand!

#16 So What's a Wiki?

I had used Wikipedia before when it came up in a Google search to give me background information so I could conduct a more informed search about something I was not real familiar with. I did not feel good about using it as a sole source as it can, as was pointed put, be edited by anyone.

I like the examples given such as the ALA Conference wiki, Book Lovers Wiki, and the Library Success wiki. Each had a target audience, and most were based on someone's opinion or knowledge- most people would not take the entry as an authority on the topic.

I can see libraries getting alot of use out of wikis such as these - Customer book reviews, Library Success to share programs and ideals among library staff.

#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

I have felt for many years that the world of libraries as we know it is changing everyday. Even small library systems are techno savey if money is available. Libraries and librarians will need to continue to evolve and seek new technology to meet customer demands and needs. They will become trainers as much as reference librarians. (Haven't you seen this over the past few years?)

Having been a librarian for more than 25 years I can relate to the "Away From Icebergs" article in that many of us save or keep something just in case you might need it someday.

To allow me to keep up with todays technology and customers needs is one of the reasons I took this class. Some of the concepts I had already ecountered for various reason but this class has helped me fill in some of the blanks.

Also becasue of the changing ways libraries are doing business I am taking the PL/Ask a Librarian class to be able to do e reference.

#14 Getting Not-So-Technical with Technorati

I did keyword search for “Learning 2.0” in Blog posts, in tags and in the Blog Directory. I never got great results on most things I searched for. Too restricted I guess.

OK - I claimed my Blog with Technorati. The Monster had escaped when I was there also but I was able to sneak my blog out- guess the monster does not like cats.

I added one Technorati tag so my Blog can be accessed easier. I like regular tags and folksonomies better. Freeform appeals to me I guess.

#13 Tagging, Folksonomies & Social Bookmarking in Del.icio.us

I viewed both the tutorial and the podcast. Discovered what a Folksonomey was. Who knew that I was already using them?

I liked the ideal that I can find other links on my topics by looking at popular tags.

I also like the ideal that you can have a group of peple post to a common tag and share information that way. Example the ALA tag discussed in the podcast.

I went to the PLCMCL2 account. Found some sites which I added to my Blog to look at again later. I especially like the Creating Your Own delicious Cookbook.
http://delicious.com/PLCMCL2/?page=1

I have had a Del.icio.us account for about 2 years. I began using it to keep track of genealogy websites I do not use often.

#12 Add a Jaxcat Gadget

The good thing about playing around with the Blog is that I had already added gadgets to my Blog before I came to this exercise. Made doing this one a breeze. The worse one I worked on was the clock on my Blog (of which I am still not totally happy with -I can't get it centered in the box) For that one you had to tell it what time zone you are in and it did not use Greenwich!

#11 A Thing about Library Thing

Now this is what I call a library thing. I wonder if it dusts the top shelves?

My on line catalog can be found at:

#10 Playing Around with Image Generators

You can never have just one cat picture. I used Captioner for the first one. http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/captioner.php

This one I just liked and copied it from http://icanhascheezburger.com/

#9 Finding Feeds

Methods easiest to use: to find most of my feeds I visited sites that I usually frequent and looked for the RSS image. I also used the Bloglines search tool to add subject feeds.

Topix.net - I liked that topix allowed you to focus on a specific location/zip code for newsfeed items
Syndic8.com - Too much to plow through for me. Other sources were quicker to loctae what I wanted.
Technorati - I liked that I can search tags. I plan to go back later and finish the tutorial.

#8 RSS & a Newsreader

I subscribed to 10+ RSS feeds and created a bloglines notifier for my blog.
I have added a subscribe to Susan's Blog link to my blog.
I also subscribed to Unshelved and The Learning 2.0 blog feed and a co-worker's feed.

Have I checked everything off of the list??

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My blogroll may be seen at http://www.bloglines.com/public/sarthurgeiger.

I was only able to do this thanks to the directions that Ed Lein put in his blog. THANKS ED!!!

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What do I like about RSS and newsreaders?

Being able to find all of my stuff in one place.