Thing 4

registered blog, not yet listed in participants (later appeared)

doing tracking of 23 Things in 23 Things Tracking Log in MS word

Thing 9

Here are a few library related blogs and feeds I visited:
LibraryThing
LibVibe: the library news podcast
merlin - Maryland's Essential Resource for Library Information N
NYT Arts
PLA Blog - Harry Potter Madness everywhere
Unshelved funny - familiar with, funny
LJ News Pick of the Week book feature could be useful
It's All Good (OCLC blog) read about iPhone phones enable ebook excerpt-browsing - could prove interesting
read Emily Clasper’s post yesterday about overachievers, underachievers and motivation on & some reactions/posts from Information Wants to be Free
subscribe PLCMC's(rss feed) to Readers Club mysteries - nothing so far of interest, but it's only been a bit

Thing 23

1. favorite discoveries
favorite playing around: learning about Library Thing and taking the time to learn more about YouTube and podcasts
favorite discoveries: what del.icio.us was (I'd come across it before, but hadn't pursued it)learning more about rss feeds and wikis. Not much taken with rollyo.

2. My learning goal was to become familiar with the web 2.0 technologies terms and have some idea about what they were and how they'd work. 23 things accomplished this and I think this is the most valuable part of participating in 23things. A second goal was for me to look deeper into some of the things that I knew about, but only in a general, vague (rss feeds, wikis). I gained a little more knowledge about what they were.

3. A take-away was that I got to explore lots of knitting sites. The Brother Cadfael Drinking Game was worth an unexpected chuckle.

4. It would have been a good idea for departments that deal with the all consuming end of Fiscal Year to start the program in Sept. The challenges of catching up once June ended could be a bit daunting. The danger when you're playing catch-up is to have things (pun intended) run together where if you wisely do one a week, it tends to stick a bit more.

The program could be improved by having 2 options: 23 Things Lite and 23 Things Intense. Different levels of CEUs could be given. In 23 Things Lite, the Lite participant could get a brief intro and then do 1 or 2 activities for example, read about rss feeds and then create one; while the Intense 23 Thinger could do the variety of activities we did. By offering a 23 Things Lite, I think he program would attract more participants and also, more finishers. If someone felt bogged down in the Intense option, they could switched the Lite version instead of not finishing at all. Also, if you were really interested in some things , nothing would prevent you as a Lite participant from pursuing those few things in the Intense mode. I know there was an option for just 3 things, but this meets a different need.

5. It would depend solely on the program, although I do feel professionally that I should be aware of the latest technologies. Some things were fun, others just worth knowing about.

6. 23 Things offers a good opportunity to become familiar with Web 2.0 technologies If you can find the time to play around, you'll become more familiar with Web 2.0 technologies instead of just having a general idea about what they are, or do.

Completing all the activities proved time consuming. Not having some of the technologies appear right away (like waiting quite a bit before my YouTube trailer did actually appear or my online word processing sample posted) sometimes made it a little difficult to remember how I did what I did... but I did it once so I'd do it again. It just would've been a bit more gratifying...but life/technology's not perfect (nor am I).


Viewing other blogs:

in CCPL
looked at http://susanfairtrieshard.blogspot.com/; saw the much mentioned Emily and enjoyed seeing Susan's Library Things selections since I enjoy seeing what others are reading; nice layout

in BCPL
looked at http://amie1974.blogspot.com/ not what I expected - kermit the frog graphics & Muppets podcast - I was expecting environmental twist. The graphics here were fun! Tip for how to get trading card posted. "It's on the site and not with the text, but at least I got it there. I learned that I have to go to template and then to page element to add a graphic to the blog." could've proved useful.

HCPL
looked at http://knittingchic.blogspot.com/ I do enjoy specific talk show features like NPR'S literary 5 minute spot in the AM commute so I don't miss the visuals on a podcast like than the knitting.chic might; however, I agree for knitting, you almost have to see it. Tecnorati & YouTube both yielded some good knitting videos.

Thing 1

listened to podcast recognized some of the technologies mentioned (rss feeds and YouTube)
read over FAQs
not yet listed in participants (appeared later/OK)

Online word proocessing sample

Favorite of Favorites

The sub-genre historical mysteries provides some of my favorite reading. It's hard to pick favorites , but if asked today I'd say that Dead Man's Ransom be my favorite Cadfael; The Devil's Door wins as my favorite Catherine Levendeur Mysteries and The Apothecary Rose is the best of the Own Archer series.

Thing 22

no Ellis Peters on Gutenburg Project but Bobbsey Twins made it

there were some Irish language titles

lots of Shakespeare as expected

was pleased, but not surprised, to see Treasure Island (CCPL's On The Same Page Book VI) was available here
downloaded Treasure Island from WorldeBookFair.com

checked out sponsors: DPP Store for independents authors and publishers - could provide alternative resource to Marina'd bocd, authors list useful; sponsor Baen scif/fantasy resource; looked up cadfael on Ask.com and Monument Valley on Internet Archives.com;MobileeBooks for cells and QOOP selling stickers and posters

Overdrive Digital Media Guided Tour tutorial gave me info I didn't know:title'll be held for 1 day for you to download;smart choice of library users in photos by making the people decidedly not geeky looking;good description of DRM after download you may enjoy title wo Internet connection
listened to IntrotoNetLibrary: Noted downloading differences for computer and device(use Cd option);honest about drawbacks of manually requiring you delete files and no iPod capability

registered in Overdrive and successfully downloaded The Archer's Tale
by Bernard Cornwell and pt one of Crocodile on the Sandbank
The Overdrive process isn't really hard but... if only there was one click from the title in the catalog to an ipod

Thing 21

read about podcast winning 2005 word of the year by NOAD "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player"

thought ninja podcast was really fun

looked around iTunes site (been there before) noted iTunesU free lectures from MIT & other universities that I didn't know about before\

went to looking for gardening plenty listened on Podcast.net; found an Irish language podcast on Podcastalley.com;on listened to Four Corners weather from Yahoo Podcast;listened to podcast on Navajo Creation Story All is Beautiful
listened to 1 minute intro - reminded me podcasting could be done on iPod since I've always listened on a stationary computer

listened to Nini's vodcast - I had participated in the Thomson online training for Excel and Word in the Fall

listened to some of Sue Monk Hood's podcast
liked knowing about the podcast directories as a resource

subscribed to LibVib rss feed listened to LibVib 7/19

looked at podcasts for knitting
podcasts were interesting
optional creating one - return if time permits, or more likely, when an occasion arises that I need to do one, then I'll do it

Thing 20

Video is posted on blog site (Greasey Rider)

used YouTube before to see videos on Mt Athos & organic gardening - like it
watched Sled taking place in Lampeter Wales
searched & found video on Canyon de Chelley: Canyon de Chelley Part2
saw tootsie roll 70s commercial

enjoyed Greasy Rider trailer about vegetable oil as fuel source
watched Library Dominoes & Funny Dogs (some funny, some trying to be)

enjoyed Navajo monument boujac video on Yahoo video - saved video to del.icio.us as it was an easy option
watched Cafdeal credits video found thru Google videos

read over the list of Top 15 video sites & some commentary

library website could include inside tour of each branch featuring prominently services/collections

OPTIONAL posted URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSmVPGps1xs and embedded Greasy Rider Trailer

Thing19

explored biblio.com

wanted to compare this site with what I use in Materials Dept like Alibris or allbooks.com or Amazon
liked bargain books (offered 551 and discount books(yielded none)
rss field available at rare books search no Sharan Newman titles
Skinwalkers Screenplay by James Redford by Hillerman, Tony and James Redford for a mere $1000 sort by price is a nice feature
bargain less than $2 had a lot of good choices good cheap Meister Eckhart books
a signed Tony Hillerman for $6
Advanced Search is good
looked over list of participating MD booksellers
perused Book club First Editions
conscience? - Biblio accepts donations of books listed through its BiblioWorks activity in Bolivia
neat site

Thing18

My sample appears on my blog highlighted in lavender

familiarized myself with the names of the various online free web based productivity tools:Word Processing: Zoho, Writely (Google, Think Free,gOffice (for iPhone) and NumSum
Tried to publish, but
Here's my document from Zoho Writer:
http://writer.zoho.com/index.do?docId=historical-mysteries1
Favorite of Favorites
The sub-genre historical mysteries provides some of my favorite reading. It's hard to pick favorites , but if asked today I'd say that Dead Man's Ransom be my favorite Cadfael; The Devil's Door wins as my favorite Catherine Levendeur Mysteries and The Apothecary Rose for the Own Archer series.
This word processing seemed fine, though I don't see any advantage for me right now over Word except EXCEPT that it could be handy under the right circumstances to have anyone be able to read it and edit the document and it is free when you travel if you're using a public access computer in a library or Internet cafe
also tried GoogleDocs liked a bit better though spreadsheet was less sophisticated than Excel it'd serve in a pinch in situations cited above

Thing 17

added blog to sandbox verified http://marylandlibrariessandbox.pbwiki.com/Favorite%20Blogs

added Medieval Mysteries:

http://marylandlibrariessandbox.pbwiki.com/Medieval-Mysteries
listed under allpages http://marylandlibrariessandbox.pbwiki.com/AllPages?pageID=5



added comment to rather be knitting blogger's blog:

http://marylandlibrariessandbox.pbwiki.com/discussion.php?page=rather%20be%20knitting
- added to existing page "rather be knitting"

Thing 16

pros and cons listed in Wiki's A Beginner's Look - helpful
looked round EditMe demo
partial to DIY wikis because of claim of more control & flexibility
read: Wiki as a research guide;using wikis to create online communities
So you want to build a wiki most helpful article so far esp with its practical points
I use wikipedia but I do confess I read it keeping in mind the issue of editorial control but most of the things I've used it for it seems just fine, hence its popularity (weakness cited in the PLCMC article)
investigated the http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/ research how to do business in another country business etiquette and cultural info included some standard "reputable"references like Culturgrams and Europa- looked pretty useful
OpenWorldCat strikes me as a good idea to put libraries in people's minds as having
content they might want
looked over PLCMC's core competency pages
SJCPJ site: liked pathfinder wiki on gardening - new gardening books and magazines were highlighted and master gardening info from community resources was also available
Library 2.0 in 15 minutes a day: liked feature where you could set up your watch list to look at wiki changes that only you were interested in; liked the sharing resources under Library Instruction resources handouts and tutorials to see if someone else has already something useful for particular subject like plagiarism

Book-Lovers Wiki I liked this site a lot. I'll look into it to see what nonfiction and mystery was posted. I made an rss feed

Liked the books selection by discussion theme under Readers advisory enjoyed Being ethnic becoming American and Many realms of King Arthur programming guide
looked over New Orlesnd wiki used as an event site

checked out what song was number 1 on the day I was born at the Bul Run Library Wiki
looked at a couple of academic site wikis

spent alot of time exploring wikis because I am considering on for Adult Print Cmtee notes & special projects

book discussion groups on a wiki could be fun for library - maybe OSP title?

Thing 15

watched The Machine is Us/ing Us" by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University on YouTube
read Tom Storey's Web 2.0 piece. thought came to me that we really don't know where the new Web 2.0 technologies will go: Who could've predicted the Internet (with the exception of probably some savvy sci-fi writers)
"Away from Ice burgs - happy to say CCPL Materials Dept. lead CCPL away from "just in case" print philosophies
Reliance on user education brought to my mind a different problem: How to get library users to use paid databases (sometimes which have superior info over free sources) when public (and I included myself)love a Google search.
"Come to us model" comments about info needs fit, but some customers still want books, dvds bocds as of now
"Into a new world of librarianship" points about library as a trend spotter and controlling Technolust are useful
"To Build Better Bibliographic Services" I suspect cataloging for public libraries will change drastically
read Blyberg, John. (2006). 11 reasons why Library 2.0 exists and matters; his comments about what the library's mission will be to elderly, boomer millennials is important.

Thing 14

a few definitions helpful to me since I had only heard and had a very, very vague idea about what Technorati was, or what web crawlers did:Technorati is "the leading search tool and authority for blogs."Note: If you're on Blogger, your blog is probably being captured by Technorati;web crawler (also known as a Web spider)and from Wikipedia "Web crawlers are mainly used to create a copy of all the visited pages for later processing by a search engine that will index the downloaded pages to provide fast searches"

opted not to "claim" blog

looked over popular features top blogs, searches, videos, movies, news

Top Favorited Blogs seemed heavily geared towards technology,tech gadgets (no surprise here)and making money; Top Searches were less dominated by tech with music and Paris Hilton appearing along with, predictably, the iPhone; Top Blogs once again dominated by tech & stuff, but Dilbert did appear was down in the Top 100

For Learning 2.0: Blog posts 23,979; 542 Blogs about Learning 2.0;blog directory gave"everything in known universe about web.2.0" yielded posts, blogs, videos and photos plus related tags - viewing all yielded 244,703 blog posts about web 2.0


Top searches you go into individual sites like Google or YouTube tube or if you just do a Search you get 25,217 blog posts about learning 2.0 beg with wiki mind map
located 3 blog posts about author Candace Robb; 1 on Sharan Newman

read blogs on cadfael's window

searched "knitting backwards" found detailed tutorial on Missoula's Stitch N bitch
found several instructional videos as well

After coworker & I learned about Technorati, I later received info from her about an apartment complex and the info came from Technorati

Search seemed pretty strong in Technorati & advanced even better. I'll remember Technorati when I can't find something on the conventional search engines.

Thing 13

read over tag definition and examples in Wikepedia

read negative reactions to new Harry P movie

looked over Del.icio.us hot list list went on to iPhones applications that grow on you
tutorial unavailable looked over Us.ef.ulA beginners guide to Del.icio.us

read through Several Habits of wildly successful users

looked around at McMaster University Library

went into PaperCuts What the Director is Reading: a TSCPL Podcast

set up Del.icio.us account
made 2 favorites on Del.icio.us

big advantage is being able to access anywhere there is an Internet connection and seeing what others have tagged because it could,too, be of interest to you
building a shared reading list is interesting possibility could be useful

checked with Sherrie in IT & Del.icio tutorial is down on their end; checked with another co worker's computer same result -link not working; substituted podcast Learning 2.0 and Del.icio.us by Kathleen Gilroy on October 9, 2006 11:57AM (EDT);explained value of tags and sharing well;touched on info overload which I'm concerned about avoiding

Thing12

checked out search rolls

went to PLCMC variety under history quite a variety - unexpected links online history degree & history of PLCMC Library plus some predictable links Amazon & Charlotte Mecklenburg history

created Rollyo search roll for Cadfael & Owen Archer
Add search roll but? try again later (optional)



I can see Rollyo being useful on the Library Floor, particularly for class assignments where one librarian has already searched a topic (especially if it's been hard to find or obscure) Why reinvent the wheel?
For personal use, I'm not sure since websites change so frequently. I'd bookmark what I really need & probably do a Google search.

Thing 9

somewhat familiar with Merlin already since I did yearlong e-learning with Thomson last year for excel & word & attended introductory training included Merlin
investigated forums

subscribed to Merlin & now on my feeds

found some interesting and unusual feeds when I searched cadfael on Feedster
& Technorati (much more)
looked at Distance Librarian - interesting article about authors publishing on web
these'll be the most useful: NYTms, Wash Post Bk Wrld Library Thing & Unshelved for fun

easiest & most helpful feeds for me are from sites of interest that I am exploring on the web where the rss feeds symbol appears

other sites referring to other sites of interest gave me the most useful feeds
looked at spirituality odeo zencast intermediate mindfulness class 2

read a little bit about SecondLife
looked at standard feed icons

Thing 11

Library Thing Tour & About Library Thing

http://www.librarything.com/profile/nimue77
cataloged 7 of my favorites with specific tags

read comments from others who enjoyed historical mysteries Group on Library Thing - all my favorites Sr Fidelma, Cadfael & Owen Archer show up in the discussion:http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=568

clicked on blog & enjoyed read about Frank Delaney's Tipperay on Early reviews http://www.librarything.com/er/list

as expected Harry P's everywhere including here in updates & news

watched MoBuzzTVReview Julian's 1st painting's interesting, congratulations to Springfield VT interesting site

Creston Public Lib, SWCC WasLib interesting use of Library Thing's capabilities

returned and looked at some of the shared comments on Mistress of the Art of Death -
I enjoyed seeing these reactions; I went back & added some tags

I enjoyed this site.

Thing 10

Looked over Generator Blog (Simpsons), Letter James & FD Toys(calendars)
Played around Meez for a time


avatar made it to bloghttp://www.meez.com/export.dm?r=774410 after a few side trips

would've liked purple eyes, but they weren't free
liked the fairy face make-up
those are grey highlights in that hair; was hoping for carrot orange, but like reality, the color's not always what it appears to be on the picture

Cadfaelly now appears on the blog as her medieval and post modern selves

Thing 8

viewed tutorials:
rss in Plain English was the most helpful to me - direct and "simplified"
adding rss feeds by Helen Blower was also short& simple and helpful

Since I not infrequently feel on information overload and time starved, I'm not sure how much I'll take advantage of RSS. The Yarn Harlot and Unshelved RSS feeds'll be tests. It will be interesting to see if I find rss feeds more useful for me, or if it's just as useful for me to get emailings and check sites. Whatever, it's useful to know the rss possibilities. However, bloglines did have the advantage of being accessed from any computer, if you can't get your email.

Librarians could mention particular RSS feeds of interest at programs e.g. Yarn Harlot at a knitting program.

I added knittersreview and and Garden Bloggers' Book Club as an rss feeds much later on - now that the symbol, process & my account's all set up My rss feeds are available at http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

look at http://www.bloglines.com/public/marylandlibrarieslearning2
right now, opted not to have a public account

Thing 7

I was interested in the new iPhone. I went on the Apple site to learn more about iPhone than what I've seen advertised. Unfortunately, I've seen some negative press on the iPhone (long waits, battery installation)Maybe iPhone2 ?

Saw article in Balt Sun recently telling of site where you can videotape yourself and send it along as part of your job application. The thought was that many people have assets that come across better visually than in writing, or that they'd have an edge by using video.

Not nearly as innovative, new & exciting, but Interweave Knits is now sending me a daily email about subjects of interest to knitters.knittingdaily@e.knittingdaily.com So far darts & lace have been good. Amy MM & I share reactions to it.

Of concern, is the criticism Wikipedia recently rec'd as corporations have altered data which casts them in a bad light. Wikipedia's useful, but this highlights its weakness.

Thing 6

read upon mashups in Wikipedia

looked around flower color picker on Flickr; Shooz's picture of flower entitled "Strange Creature" is titled appropriately (Flower has is blue with ethereal, deep sea-like appearance;

Looked around on Montagr
Looked at a trip to Sante Fe
found some free nice flower screensavers underthird party feature apps on Flickr
Looked at FD Toys: Badgemaker, & Trading Card Maker
read def in Wikipedia; in this case, the def wasn't as helpful; as just going to site & seeing for myself

Played around on mapper.com with map & photos along Rt.66 & Chicago - neat, logical combnation

returned and played with badgemaker a little more

Thing 3

http://cadfaelly.blogspot.com/
registered blog to track progress

set up 23 Things Tracking Log in MS Word

listened to podcast on blogging;people can access your blog on blogspot.com

viewed Blogger's Quick tutorial:
like that the Blogger Profile allows you to be found only if you want to be found (or hope that)
"Drag-and-drop page elements — Blogger's drag-and-drop system lets you decide exactly where your posts, profiles, archives and other parts of your blog should live on the page." I'd like to experiment with this later,if time permits.

The habit that is the easiest for me is "using technology to your advantage." When I find a technology truly useful for me, I use it.

The habit (7 1/2) that is the hardest for me is finding the time to play on the computer. This proved truer than I even thought!

Thing 5

viewed Flickr Learn More Tour - you can add or remove viewers; guest pass exists for someone wishing to view your photos who doesn't have a Flickr account and you set expiration date

Source/credit for Gorgeous Squash appearing on my blog:
Gorgeous Squash

Couldn't bring over 2 pics below from Shrewsbury Abbey:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/indigogoat/82674389/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/indigogoat/82673509/

Mediamazine Flickr tutorials - options for photos private, public & share share with family & friends good;read uploading photos useful to me

Flickr tags - looked at flowers tag, some tags more full of flowers than others
Looked at Smugmug - liked clematis

returned later and explored knitting as a tag and knitting clusters

Flickr's fun

Thing 2

viewed tutorial 71/2 online habits

The habit that is the easiest for me is "using technology to your advantage." When I find a technology truly useful for me, I use it.

The habit (7 1/2) that is the hardest for me is finding the time to play on the computer. This proved truer than I even thought!

not yet listed in participants (appeared later/OK)