Whew, what a rollercoaster....!
Wrappin' it up, indeed...........
Plenty discovered, plenty new horizons & avenues, though didn't yet quite find a replacement for the wheel amongst all these new 'tools'...!
AND the biggest drawback/shortcoming of this whole Library 2.0 project: EVERYONE knows that the truly creative types all use Macs not PCs yet there was much explored through this that was not compatible with Macs, and I won't even be able to download audio books at home with my Mac...
Let's hear about linux and other open source options too! Let's figure out how to end the tyranny of Microsoft!
But otherwise, yahoo! Will I keep posting to this blog? Branch out into actual life, like should I tell you all about Folklife this weekend, and then the KCLS branch bowling party....?
Nay, that is for another saga, another time, but maybe you can see the video on YouTube....!
O'er AND OUTAHERE......................!!!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Google docs & online (app.) award winners
ah, the manifold wondrous ways that the creative have come up with to help us waste time....!
(Ok, there ARE useful apps being created: google transit DOES seem to work as well as seattle metro (maybe?) and Pandora is a great way to find music similar to what you like...
though not so sure about "Coverpop" which seems to mash together a million pix of guitars or mad magazine covers or "google music trends" which just tells me the most superficial (i.e., the most popular) musicians and groups others are currently searching for.
But yay for "Lulu" where one can publish their own book!
And the metasearch book search engines are old hat for us, naturally!
(Ok, there ARE useful apps being created: google transit DOES seem to work as well as seattle metro (maybe?) and Pandora is a great way to find music similar to what you like...
though not so sure about "Coverpop" which seems to mash together a million pix of guitars or mad magazine covers or "google music trends" which just tells me the most superficial (i.e., the most popular) musicians and groups others are currently searching for.
But yay for "Lulu" where one can publish their own book!
And the metasearch book search engines are old hat for us, naturally!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
rah rah google docs
Yea, HERE'S a true 'killer ap': something to defeat the tyranny of microsoft, and for us public librarians not having to sweat over different versions of word, excel etc. when helping folks with their documents saved...etc.
VIVA! (only wish I had something in particular to write about when experimenting with these tools!)
VIVA! (only wish I had something in particular to write about when experimenting with these tools!)
Library #.oh
SOOOO, there are certainly plenty of experts in this library 2.0 world...Rick Anderson of Reno Libraries talks about having to do something since his library has seen "a 55 % drop in circulation rates" -- sheesh, don't see THAT kind of problem at KCLS!
AND "O'Reilly argues that 'every significant internet application to date has been backed by a specialized database." WOW, wish we could get examples of what this means...!
I DO like John Reimer's urging public libraries to adopt the model of Amazon with patrons potentially writing their own reviews of our books, etc.
BUT Dr. Wendy Schultz writes about Library THREE point oh where "books themselves may have avatars and online personalities."....! whew, then she goes further to lib 4.0 and a library with 'comfortable chairs, quiet, good light,..." hmmm, "the more things change, the more they stay the same" eh...?!
BUT ANYWAY: whatsmatta with an official encyclopedia written by EXPERTS?! This democratization of everything tends to reduce value of everything...can't we still have traditional 'monotheistic' omniscient sources?!!
Where's the objective correlative (to cite TS Eliot, that bore!)
go thou & digest & discuss....(!)
AND "O'Reilly argues that 'every significant internet application to date has been backed by a specialized database." WOW, wish we could get examples of what this means...!
I DO like John Reimer's urging public libraries to adopt the model of Amazon with patrons potentially writing their own reviews of our books, etc.
BUT Dr. Wendy Schultz writes about Library THREE point oh where "books themselves may have avatars and online personalities."....! whew, then she goes further to lib 4.0 and a library with 'comfortable chairs, quiet, good light,..." hmmm, "the more things change, the more they stay the same" eh...?!
BUT ANYWAY: whatsmatta with an official encyclopedia written by EXPERTS?! This democratization of everything tends to reduce value of everything...can't we still have traditional 'monotheistic' omniscient sources?!!
Where's the objective correlative (to cite TS Eliot, that bore!)
go thou & digest & discuss....(!)
Monday, April 30, 2007
Custom searching
It's heck to grow old, no? Possibly this rollyo or google's custom search engine COULD be useful for someone regularly searching in particular fields (maybe?) but for me I don't see it replacing Google or any generic "search all" tool (possibly because I am used to what works for me).
Rollyo had too many ads and misleading results for me anyway....!
(but feel free to rollyo own!)
Rollyo had too many ads and misleading results for me anyway....!
(but feel free to rollyo own!)
Monday, April 23, 2007
Like, totally wiki
So, I guess there are different methods of learning, and folks (I mean, old fogies) can get used to how they get their information....
Email, and webpages CAN seem like enough (mostly?)
Though I DO see how we should definitely have set up a wiki for the virtual 'graffiti wall' we long talked about having on the teen webpages within kcls...
(the time is still ripe for this...!)
Email, and webpages CAN seem like enough (mostly?)
Though I DO see how we should definitely have set up a wiki for the virtual 'graffiti wall' we long talked about having on the teen webpages within kcls...
(the time is still ripe for this...!)
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
tattoos for librarians!
this isn't directly relevant to library 2.0 but pretty kewl nonetheless!:
LIBRARIAN TEMPORARY TATTOOS
If a librarian were to get a tattoo, it would look like one of these amazing Illustrated Librarian Temporary Tattoos for book lovers. You don't have to be a librarian to wear a "Read or Die" tattoo, but it does make it even cooler!
http://www.mcphee.com/items/11696.html
{especially as it was such a topic of conversation at our staff meeting today!}
LIBRARIAN TEMPORARY TATTOOS
If a librarian were to get a tattoo, it would look like one of these amazing Illustrated Librarian Temporary Tattoos for book lovers. You don't have to be a librarian to wear a "Read or Die" tattoo, but it does make it even cooler!
http://www.mcphee.com/items/11696.html
{especially as it was such a topic of conversation at our staff meeting today!}
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
ridi.culo.us not deli.cio.us!
Wow, they call it deli.cio.us but I think I'm losing my appetite...!
So, I'm supposed to care what everyone else is tagging out there? It's supposed to help me find what I'm looking for to see a million other random folks' ideas of what is good info., etc.?
Well, maybe, I suppose -- but it seems like only in a desperate situation, when the simpler strategies DON'T work...
impressive to see all the languages tagging out there anyway....
the further we get into this, the more I'm inclined to retreat to pen and paper...!
(yikes!)
So, I'm supposed to care what everyone else is tagging out there? It's supposed to help me find what I'm looking for to see a million other random folks' ideas of what is good info., etc.?
Well, maybe, I suppose -- but it seems like only in a desperate situation, when the simpler strategies DON'T work...
impressive to see all the languages tagging out there anyway....
the further we get into this, the more I'm inclined to retreat to pen and paper...!
(yikes!)
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Old new meets the new old
Gosh, Dear Diary, what dare I gush about this time....?!
(I think I made a new friend.....named Tom....! ha)
This is all way too pre-pubescent for me: and I know my approach is all wrong especially when I nearly always print out all the instructions and plod along and, shucks, I think one has to make a choice between living and simulating living by spending all one's waking hours with this stuff (and this is before we even get into 2nd life!)
Strangely though, I 'jumped the gun' and went to "Library thing" and registered and immediately it told me I have 2 books already: my own "Best of Local Angle" and the great modern parody/sequel to "Animal Farm" called "Snowball's chance" (which i don't even own but bought off amazon or somewhere and gave to one of Ana's teachers). Wow, we're really taking off with this diary now: stop me before I get out of control...................!
(I think I made a new friend.....named Tom....! ha)
This is all way too pre-pubescent for me: and I know my approach is all wrong especially when I nearly always print out all the instructions and plod along and, shucks, I think one has to make a choice between living and simulating living by spending all one's waking hours with this stuff (and this is before we even get into 2nd life!)
Strangely though, I 'jumped the gun' and went to "Library thing" and registered and immediately it told me I have 2 books already: my own "Best of Local Angle" and the great modern parody/sequel to "Animal Farm" called "Snowball's chance" (which i don't even own but bought off amazon or somewhere and gave to one of Ana's teachers). Wow, we're really taking off with this diary now: stop me before I get out of control...................!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Useful?
I finally got to the tasks of #7 (subscribing to all the proscribed RSS feeds) and find it all less than ideal: this bloglines site just ends up being ANOTHER thing to remember passwords for and then one has to log in and scroll through more endless dross, whew...
The further I get into all this the less I want to keep up with it all and instead want to figure out a way to survive, nay, thrive, with fewer of all these 'distractions.'
ah well, we shall overcome!
The further I get into all this the less I want to keep up with it all and instead want to figure out a way to survive, nay, thrive, with fewer of all these 'distractions.'
ah well, we shall overcome!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
A good video summary of this whole "schtick"
A fine You tube video that seem to summarize this whole library 2.0 thing really well!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&NR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&NR
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
3clowns
Wow, is this gonna work? I'm writing this from Flickr but wanting it to go to my Puget Soundz blog...?!
This is soooo 21st century....(meaning: not sure i can keep up!)
(But aren't those kiddies cute>>>?!!)
This is soooo 21st century....(meaning: not sure i can keep up!)
(But aren't those kiddies cute>>>?!!)
flickr foto
Whew, finally set up a flickr (better watch how u spell that!) account and posted some photos; bet it's tricky to post that same photo here from there, eh?
Monday, February 26, 2007
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