The end?

I discovered that this program was a smart way to encourage coworkers to mingle, help, and assist (maybe even prod a little) while learning. I learned from helping others and I found out some new stuff that will definitely help with assisting patrons as well as in my own life.
I liked the Sandbox.
Along the way, I found a couple of websites that I like.--> boo.com and swivel.com
And, the audiobooks were definitely my favorite.
I would participate again in a program like this.

Audiobooks and the Digital Collection

I listened to Part 1 of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. I like that you can listen to a small part of the audiobook. I perused a few other audiobooks and I found that the narrators voices were not the greatest to listen to so I gave up on those. In general, I enjoy audiobooks for car rides. I used to get a lot of "reading" done from Tallahassee to WPB and back while I was in college.

Podcasts

Not really into podcasts...I'm subscribed to a few from The Onion. Also, I have subscriptions to podcasts via iTunes but I couldn't tell the last I actually listened to one.

YouTube

I like YouTube for music purposes. This is one of my favorite bands with one of my favorite songs. Bloc Party--"So Here We Are"

Air Guitar Stage Name

Amanda "Airosol" Woolf

Web 2.0 Awards Winners List

boo.com-->This was a cool website for booking travel. They claim their fee is "the lowest in the industry or none at all". They have over a million reviews for places all over the country. Hotel reviews. If it's a crappy establishment, you'll know.

swivel.com-->seems to be a type of meta search engine. It collects information from many different sites and offers it to the user in section. You are able to compare data more quickly and sort from a simplier criteria. There are maps and graphs as well.

Zoho Writer/Google Docs

Zoho Writer as well as Google Documents provide people more choices. It enables anyone to open the document without needing a certain program. The comments feature is nice. One drawback I encountered was adding a picture to my document. The user must provide the image, picture or graphic. There isn't a "clipart" type feature. Of course, I may have missed it somewhere as well so don't take that to the bank.

the sandbox

I have to say playing in the sandbox has been the most fun for me. I enjoyed reading others "favorites" and it was fun adding my own. This may also turn out to be a good resource for library employees and patrons...kind of along the same lines of "What Do I Read Next?"

Wikis

Wiki's to me are kind of scary. ANYONE can edit, change, add information that is incorrect. The Library Success wiki now has an email confirmation needed to edit the wiki. This just illustrates my point. They are experiencing a vandalism problem so they had to take certain measures in order to deal with it.

Web 2.0

The ability to easily update information and keep up with the constantly changing technology is, to me, one of the most important aspects of web 2.0. This also leads to feedback from patrons and users and helps libraries see where their needs are. In "To better bibliographic services", John J. Reimer mentions the Open WorldCat project as does Chip Nilges in "To more powerful ways to cooperate". This seems to be a good project in which to experiment with the different aspects of web 2.0 and whether it will be beneficial to libraries. Nilges says, "Our next major effort in this area will be the release, this spring, of a search box that will allow anyone with a Web browser to search all of WorldCat, no authentication required." I just wonder if no authentication is required, will this lead to the eradication of the library?

Technorati

I don't like this site very much. It seems really busy and not very user-friendly. I searched for web 2.0 and thought I had found a link with interesting info but it was just a post consisting of a few sentences. I realize you can search different types of networking but when I went to the blogs tab I couldn't find the one I was looking for.

del.icio.us

Again, I like the idea of del.icio.us. The collection of all the websites you like in one spot. And, that you can access it from any computer and you're not limited like using bookmarks where those websites are saved only on one computer. I also like the fact that you can make your del.icio.us page public so that others that may have the same interests as you are able to see your list. And, if they have sites that you might be interested in, you have access to those as well.

Generators etc...

I checked out some of the generators. The image generator I played with was the warholizer. That was fun but someone pointed out to me that printing out the image was a waste of toner.
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/warholizer.php

The other generator that I wanted to note was the Alanis Morrisette Random Lyric generator. It's like mad libs.
http://www.brunching.com/alanislyrics.html

I already had a LibraryThing account that I have let fall by the wayside.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=Mandi025&shelf=list

I like the idea of WebFeet. It encompasses so much and it's easy to use. However, putting my town of Lantana in didn't yield too many results. "The untold story : my 20 years running the National Enquirer."

RSS Feeds

I definitely like the concept of RSS feeds, however, I'm not dedicated enough to remember to log into this website and check my info. (I have a facebook account and NEVER check it...it's just not my thing.) But if we had RSS feeds on our website that offered book reviews, news websites etc that might encourage people to check our website more often.

I heart Tivo

Tivo is the best invention since air conditioning. And, don't let the cable and satellite company's fool you...those dvr's they offer to you are nothing compared to Tivo. Tivo is user-friendly, makes fun noises, and is great for sports when you want to do your own instant reply.

Second Post

For your second post share your ideas on how blogging can be used in libraries-->
From a patron perspective, if we as employees know how to operate, set up and maintain a blog we will be able to better serve them if they have any questions.
As employees, with the way technology is moving forward at such a rapid pace, this may be good way to keep up with the new trends and improve our skills as well.

First Post

Your first post should be on how you feel about the Seven and 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners from week 1-->
Habit 3 (View problems as challenges) was somewhat of an eye-opener for me. I think that's a good way to look at a problem instead of panicking. And, of course, habit 7 & 1/2 is the best!