Tuesday, June 24, 2008

tracking my progress

I accidentally skipped this one. When I read the correct way to record my progress it appeared I had been doing it in correctly. I've found however I seem to get the same results.

del.icio.us

I think this is something that could be very useful when researching a reference question, especially if more than one person is working on it. I know I will most certainly use it when looking at recipes and craft patterns. This way I will be able to easily find them when I retire and have time to actually time to use them!

online applications and tools

One process I think this would be very beneficial would be scheduling. This is great for anyone that does not have the tools loaded onto their computer.

avtars

I still think meez are most fun. I did have some fun with tektek. I'm not so into the second life. I need to first gain control of my first life!

Monday, June 16, 2008

Search engines

I'm still a 'google girl'. It's very possible I am just used to this search engine however I found it very difficult to find out who won the US open playoff today on Mamma and Dogpile yet it was the top hit on google!

podcasting

I listened to a couple of the Boulder Public library's teen podcasts and I regularly listen to Sno-Isle's podcasts since I think we have some very talented children's book readers! I did also listen to a couple of book reviews by Pierce County's Steve Campion.
Yes I do find the podcasts valuable for libraries.
I think podcasting booktalks for all ages would be very well listened to by patrons....I would listen to them!
My podcasting experience has been limited.

Image generators

This was fun however I did have some trouble downloading some (most) pictures to create the magazine cover. I kept getting an error message stating the webpage could not be displayed. When I had almost given up and tried just one more photo it worked?? All photos were .jpg.