thing 8

Thing 8 was a lot of fun for me to work on. I can see this tool being used in libraries to showcase pictures either for or from events that are going on. Personally I don't see much use for it unless I wanted to make a slide show of pictures to put onto my myspace or facebook. The only issue with that is that I keep most of my photos on facebook or myspace in the first place which kind of makes the slideshow a little pointless.

thing 7

Our library uses email to connect to our customers and the other branches that are in our system. I really don't use email that much outside of work though, to get in touch with my friends I usually just leave them a message on Facebook which I know they will be checking a lot more frequently than their email. If what I need to say is a lot more urgent though I will just text them.

When me and my sister finally wore my dad down and convinced him to add texting to our cellular plan I was a little bit skeptical and was honestly just thinking of my sister and how badly she wanted texting. Alas, I have become completely addicted. I don't know what I would do without texting, my favorite part of the day is getting a random text with just a funny joke or a picture from one of my friends. Texting allows me to ask my roomate to pick up milk without having to listen to her talk about something completely unrelated for twenty minutes. Amazing.

I also use AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) and MSN instant messenger quite a lot. Its a nice way to catch up with some friends while also multitasking. I am very proud of the 22" computer screen that I have at home and its nice to be able to write a paper, talk to some friends and watch an episode of Battlestar Galactica all at the same time.

I wasn't able to check out the online web confrencing because of schedule conflicts but it is something that interests me.

thing 6

My creation
Originally uploaded by miss banana pancakes

I found thing 6 to be very easy but I also thought it was kind of pointless. I would have had a lot more fun if the creation was something other than a trading card, I really see no reason for me to be making trading cards now or really ever. I think I might try to make a puzzle though and that might be more entertaining.

thing 5

thing 4

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Originally uploaded by kmgsquidoo

god bless America.

as miss sticky mcstickerson would say.

i already had a flickr account so it was pretty easy for me to explore the website.

thing 3

i chose to use Google reader rather than bloglines because i am already a part of the Google universe with g-mail, blogger and other assorted goodies. because i was already registered with Google it was very simple for me to set up an account with Google reader and i have really enjoyed it so far. i really enjoy the template and how easy it is to maneuver around the site.

thing 2

i enjoyed learning a little bit more about the concept of library 2.0 even though i had a pretty good general idea already. i have grown up with most of the technology that is being introduced through this program so i am hoping that by participating in 23 things on a stick i am able to learn a better way of teaching it to others.