sand in my shorts from the sandbox.....

i completed thing 17 (at least i believe i did) and it was interesting. im not sure how it would really help at work. its more like an interactive bulletin board that can be added to on a regular basis. but it can keep co-workers up to date on people in other places (branches in our case). it was easy to access and easy to use. i like how they have it where you can simply cut/paste the url to link certain websites (our blogs).

thing 12, part 2

Rocky Stairs - closest library - Toms River

WorldCat definitely is useful for myself, as well as other patrons (my opinion). it gives you the opportunity to look up books, movies, and cd's, and tells you where the closest library that has it is. not only this, but if the item is quite a distance away and you're having second thoughts as to whether you want to drive (& waste the over priced gas), you can put in an ILL request.

thing 9

i really like the fact that you can access the RSS feeds w/o the commercialization. i have noticed when i log into my yahoo email account, they have it there too. i can simply add my favorite website(s) if they have the news feed icon. this really cuts down time fishing through all the ads and possible pop ups. i like topix, better than syndic8 b/c with topix, they give a brief description of each link. syndic8 only lists the various things that your keyword appears in. i dont think i would use either one in everyday use as i would with my yahoo account, but now i know that they are available.

wikid wikipedia

this exercise can prove to be useful for me outside of the library. i can use the discussion and history tabs when doing research for school items such as homework and papers. it'll give me an idea as to how accurate the page is and the different changes. so i will definitely use this, and as much as i use wikipedia i havent noticed those additional tabs. thanks.

thing 15

now i dont feel this exercise really has to do with me b/c im not a librarian. however, in reading 3 of the persepctives i did learn something new. i learned about Library 3.0 - Web 3D. i didnt know about 3-D on the web. or if i did know about it, i didnt pay any mind to it or didnt think of it as 3-D. and i was surprised as to the statistic about people spending 40+ hours a week online. the perspective about corporate was interesting too.

techno-rati...??

i don't really like this website. its sort of blah to me. i typed in "Learning 2.0" in the search box, but nothing came up that interested me. i clicked on the "2¢" blog and there was nothing of interest or knowledge value to me. i wouldnt use this website again in my personal time.

del.icio.us

this website took some getting used to, but once i found things that interested me, i understood how it works and what its purpose is for. it allows people to group things together and put up postings about things. its a good site.