Thing # 14

The link to the technical tour was not working so I just went to the what's popular feature and found:
Technoraati's Popular section is currently unavailable. Popular features will return in the near future.
So I did a seek and find and ran a blog check on the tag Sustainable Farming and found 88 blogs but 24 posts. What I did find interesting were the number of journalist blogs that appeared. Ezra Klein from the Washington Post was listed as was Paul Krugman from the NYTimes. I liked the home page layout - news, drop down menu categories, good labeling. Since the popular section was unavailable I looked at the Top 100 Blogs and was happy to see some familiar faces - The Daily Beast and The Onion plus new ones waiting to be explored.

Thing #13

I felt that Del.icio.us is helpful for being able to have your favorites at your fingertips no matter where where. I found the layout stark and not particularly inviting. As noted before the recommended video to get you started was not working. It took a bit of hunt and peck but I did find a link through "Jaquin's" blog to a multitude of other sites. I would probably only use it for my favorite websites but wouldn't particularly be interested in having others access it. If one is looking for sites on particular subjects it could be helpful especially when helping customers.

Thing #12

http://www.rollyo.com/explore.html

I remain karienthelibrarian on rollyo. I chose politics and travel. It's handy to keep favorite sites both personally and professionally.

Thing #11

http://www.librarything.com/home/kklogsdon

It was a pleasure to be reaquainted with Library Thing. I had previously created an account for another assignment but had forgotten about it so today I added 6 more of my favorite titles. I found that it jogged my memory as to what I had read and enjoyed. I will continue using this for future additions. My brain could use little reminders now and again.

Thing #10

Yeah, Karienthelibrarian in the avatar flesh. I found this exercise to be fun but didn't know what to do with the Generator blog and found that FD Toys could be good if there was more time.

Thing #9

merlin Maryland's Essential Resource for Library Information Networks - Home is now a part of my blog and life. It will help with finding online training to complete my need of 90 CEU hours by December. I could not find the Gaming, Avatars and Virtual Worlds link in order to "have some fun" I have spent waaay too much time searching. I tried Feedster (which was unavailable), Topix., Syndic8.com (too techie for moi) and Technorati which held promise. Bloglines was the easies for me to understand and navigate. It is easy to add to and access.

Thing #8

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs is now established and I have added news sources, politics as well as a fun site called Boing Boing which had a video of Margaret Thatcher doing the dead parrot sketch from Monty Python. Bloglines is not w/o it commercial side. You can go to Ticketmaster, hotwire, and find hotel deals as well. I just learned that the National Geographic site is unavailable and CNN posted this warning: Beware Facebook 'hilarious video' scam
By Pete Cashmore, Mashable May 31, 2010 10:57 a.m. EDT. Useful stuff, this.

Thing #7

I received a picture of my grandson sent by my son who downloaded this app from the Smithsonian. Check this out, http://humanorigins.si.edu/resources/multimedia/mobile-apps. The website converts pictures of people into what they would have looked like as Neanderthals. I tried to add his cute little face here but couldn't figure out how to do it.

Thing #6

Took a bit of searching to get the idea of what the App format is all about. However I found a fabulous idea called "imapflickr.com" You can upload holiday photos and place them below the map of vacation area. As the cursor goes over the map a picture is hightlighted which shows where the picture was taken. There is a handy step-by-step narrated video to get you started.

Thing #5

Flickr is bottomless. I created a Flickr account so will be able to explore this fancy tool in depth. I uploaded this picture with the photo upload feature but will return and check out the blogging tool. It will take a bit of time to get the hang of it. Should be most useful for the bazillions of pictures my husband and I take.

All I want to do

All I want to do
Originally uploaded by *Dragonfly*

Books are good things.

Thing # 1 and Thing #2

Thing #1 Done but frequently revisiting to be sure I'm doing what should come naturally.

Thing #2 Keeping up with technology shold be constant and mind challenging. I am looking forward to seeing what's out there so I won't be so hesitant to explore. Armed with my goals and new habits I'll look forward to becoming more technology savvy.

The Beginning

It's getting close to the end of Bloggosville, so I must hurry, hurry and get this to Kate so I won't be late. Hats off to all who have finished their 23 Things.