18 and 19
I have been using Google's online productivity suite and have witnessed an evolution of the quaility in these products. They started out as one step above notepad, but have actually become quite functional in the last editions.
I have Microsoft's Office Suite on my home computers, as well as, at the office. OpenOffice can't be downloaded on a system with MicroSoft Office Suite so I really don't have any experience with them. Surfing around about productivity products and reading the responses posted makes me realize that the products sponsors are very good at marketing online. These products are probably two steps below the costly versions, but I suspect the gap is closing quickly.
I explored the 2.0 awards sites and was pleasantly surprised to see many familiar sites that I visit often. I tried Etsy, but being a vetern craftsy person was not impressed. I craft, shop second hand craft shops, go to craft festivals and filter many crafts from my network on craftspeople. Why doesn't Sugarloaf Mountain have a connection with this site? It is the coordinator of the major craftshow on the eastcoast and gatekeeper to a long list of artistswho travel and do not travel with their products. Oh well, not my business.
From Reddit, I coasted into PhotoSketch and was bummed not to be able to play with it. It wouldn't take that much tweaking to turn this into THE animation program. It could serve as a quick idea or quick animation vechicle for animation, film, advertising, football, military, etc... Please hurry!
Most of the other sites paled by comparison.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wiki
Hi,
Being a past participant in Learning Libraries 3, gave me experience using a wiki for posting to other participants and gleaning the existing material within that wiki to create a powerpoint of that experience.
This experience with wiki asks me to see where the wiki is and where is it going for librarians and other professions. The wiki seems to be a one stop site for RSS, podcasting, blogging, sharing information and resources and develop community. Basically, it assumes most of the roles of a emerging library. By emerging library, I mean the information/community resource that is morphing from the "I know because I have control of the information" library to the community based "how can I help you further" library.
Programming, podcasts, library tours, teen to teen postings, book groups, professional and community resource sharing, team building between distant libraries, long distant library development and the list goes on. The wiki seems to attempt to organize activity in one central "space" that belongs to all and no one at the same time. You don't need to step into another's website in order to access their knowledge. Community pooling of knowledge has led to the creation of wikipedia (a resource that many librarians stop first at to get a sense of topic and keywords to search other resources). Community resource pooling might led to another definiton of library board or friends of the library meetings. Library services could be influenced or even defined by the use of wiki quick surveys or straw poles on branch issues. For example: a commuity marketer or architect could be of great help by responding to a wiki on moving the furniture/displays in a library. An inbedded cad program could allow virtual manipulation of objects on a map of a library. This would maximize item impact, increase circulation and make the community feel invested in the library in a new way.
Wiki's could prove to be a useful stepping stone in community relevance.
Being a past participant in Learning Libraries 3, gave me experience using a wiki for posting to other participants and gleaning the existing material within that wiki to create a powerpoint of that experience.
This experience with wiki asks me to see where the wiki is and where is it going for librarians and other professions. The wiki seems to be a one stop site for RSS, podcasting, blogging, sharing information and resources and develop community. Basically, it assumes most of the roles of a emerging library. By emerging library, I mean the information/community resource that is morphing from the "I know because I have control of the information" library to the community based "how can I help you further" library.
Programming, podcasts, library tours, teen to teen postings, book groups, professional and community resource sharing, team building between distant libraries, long distant library development and the list goes on. The wiki seems to attempt to organize activity in one central "space" that belongs to all and no one at the same time. You don't need to step into another's website in order to access their knowledge. Community pooling of knowledge has led to the creation of wikipedia (a resource that many librarians stop first at to get a sense of topic and keywords to search other resources). Community resource pooling might led to another definiton of library board or friends of the library meetings. Library services could be influenced or even defined by the use of wiki quick surveys or straw poles on branch issues. For example: a commuity marketer or architect could be of great help by responding to a wiki on moving the furniture/displays in a library. An inbedded cad program could allow virtual manipulation of objects on a map of a library. This would maximize item impact, increase circulation and make the community feel invested in the library in a new way.
Wiki's could prove to be a useful stepping stone in community relevance.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Technorati, Delicious, future of Librarians
13, 14, and 15
Delicious- I have an account. I prefer Bookmarks (which I have used twice to retrieve information).
Technorati- Is interesting. By way of serendipity while exploring Technorati, I encountered a youtube of "How to Taste Wine and Not Look Like a Clown" something very useful to know. I technoratied Twitter and Twittered Technorati.
The future of Librarians. Librarians have always and will continue to be the human buffer between people and information. Librarians will keep their books and get new gadgets to manipulate to guide their clients through even more information and entertainment. I may do this from my laptop or at a information help desk, but people interfacing will continue to be the heart of our business.
Delicious- I have an account. I prefer Bookmarks (which I have used twice to retrieve information).
Technorati- Is interesting. By way of serendipity while exploring Technorati, I encountered a youtube of "How to Taste Wine and Not Look Like a Clown" something very useful to know. I technoratied Twitter and Twittered Technorati.
The future of Librarians. Librarians have always and will continue to be the human buffer between people and information. Librarians will keep their books and get new gadgets to manipulate to guide their clients through even more information and entertainment. I may do this from my laptop or at a information help desk, but people interfacing will continue to be the heart of our business.
Online Image Generator
Items 11
This is a fun idea. In a few years, it will be even more fun. Still, most of what you can do can be done with Photoshop.
I liked the list of 2.0 winners. Most of them, fortunately, are known to me and I've enjoyed visiting these sites. Yourminis looks very useful.
This is a fun idea. In a few years, it will be even more fun. Still, most of what you can do can be done with Photoshop.
I liked the list of 2.0 winners. Most of them, fortunately, are known to me and I've enjoyed visiting these sites. Yourminis looks very useful.
RSS Feeds
8 & 9
I've been subscribed to Library Link of the Day for years now. I've got that RSS feed down.
I set up my own bloglines, but I, again, have a twitter feed to digg.com. I have Goop going to my other email account. I have dailycandy.com feeding into the site as well. Allmyfaves.com serves as a nice clearinghouse for many popular sites. If I need things to read, I will find them. I'm a librarian and am used to thinking like professional taggers.
I've been subscribed to Library Link of the Day for years now. I've got that RSS feed down.
I set up my own bloglines, but I, again, have a twitter feed to digg.com. I have Goop going to my other email account. I have dailycandy.com feeding into the site as well. Allmyfaves.com serves as a nice clearinghouse for many popular sites. If I need things to read, I will find them. I'm a librarian and am used to thinking like professional taggers.
Anything technology
I can't wait to get back to my BabyLit blog and website. I have so much material to post. It is all done. I think this should be a help to the parents and caregivers who come to my program.
Flickr
Items 5-7
Give me Photoshop on the web, please! I've set up my account and posted a picture of Thelma.
Give me Photoshop on the web, please! I've set up my account and posted a picture of Thelma.
23 things
Items 1-4
Let me get caught up with myself. I seem to have started programming in html without writing down how I got there.
I've set up my blog and let me go through six weeks of exploration, frustration, and oh, I've already done that.
R
Let me get caught up with myself. I seem to have started programming in html without writing down how I got there.
I've set up my blog and let me go through six weeks of exploration, frustration, and oh, I've already done that.
R
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