Week 8# 18 Social Networking

Social networking is a way of connecting with people all around the globe. It is a way of connecting with people with like interest as yourself. I find that doing this is fun for people who have the time to play around with the web.

I think this is good in one way but at times I find that even in bloging I really do not want to talk that much all of the time. Even in using blogs in speaking with my close associates sometimes I just don't feel like typing my thoughts. I am more of a face to face communicator. This is good for people who thinks that no one is a stranger to them and they would find this quite interesting.

I searched on some of the net working sights like my space. When I searched it I discovered any and everybody is on that ome. I was courious about it because of all of the hoop-la about it. It's okay, if thats your choice. I looked into xanga and saw that it was a another blog post and I read some interesting things on this one. I think that if you do this enought you can become a real blogger. It is just amazing to what length one can go in using the internet.

Week 7#17 Blog about technology

Technology has taken us to a new level of communication. All through time we have always found new and better ways of doing something. Some have said that live is all about changes. With each change of advance their are pros and cons. Technology, has given us and opportunity to communicate in ways we had never thought possible. The freedom of the web as open us to vast knowledge of information. At the same time this information has brought about new challenges. The challenge of defining if this information is accurate or just some one having their own personal viewpoint. We have now relied so heavy on the internet we are handling busines from one click a way on keyboard. This is good but at times this too is anoying. There are times I want to talk to a voice a human being not a recording of some fake sound of a human being. Bank business is now done mostly on the internet and yet we have the concern of rather our identity will be stolen. This could still happen with paper but the internet is world wide.
Children are more interested in using the web rather than holding a desent concersation. Sending e-mail is faster but is feel so im-personal. If feels like I rather talk to key board than talk one on one with you. We have become so use this technology that it has invaded every area of our lives. In some aspects we do not even have to go to church or public fellowship we can just click it on the internet any time of day and relax in PJ's. There are times I even ask myself; how far are we going to take technology. At one time we wondered about the robot now we have to wonder about the internet and all of its capabilities. Technology is here to stay we either have to get on board and keep up with it or we will be left behind. All I say is stay on top of it and do your best to keep up.

I have look at some of the blogs and placed my comments. Some of them like library lioness, sports mom, Brown sugar, and the decider and many others. It's been a blast.

Week 7 # 16 What is Wiki

I have worked with Wiki for just a minute. In using the sandbox wiki, I put in my favorite books, resturants and I have registered. However, my thoughts on wiki for some things is fun to do and be apart of a growing community sharing ideas and different things. I did not realize how many ways you could actully us wiki.
When it comes to intellectul information that provides health and other pertinent information to life situations, I would not use the wikipedia as the only means of gathering information. I had been taught through time to make sure that the information is suppose to be reliable and the source is credible. I think if there are things that is just fun stuff and it really doesn't matter any way then the wikipedia could be fun.
Using Wiki as a pathfinder is a real good tool for public library use. The patrons can have a place to put something on what they have read or what they would like to see the libary purchase. This would help librarians where it would be easier for them to put this on the web and it would be easy to change when it becomes necessary.

The diagram that I found just lets me know that wiki will go on and on just like a running bus.

Week6 #15 Library 2.0

I have read the different views and ideas of the effect of Web2.0. After reading these ideas I have come to the conclusion that some of this information is based out of fear. There will always be change and change is good. Libraries are not exempt from change. Technology has given us an opportunity to evolve. We are global not in just business concepts but also in the information field. Our young people are constantly bombarded with technology of all types and how is that the libraries should stay "stuck" in the old ways of doing things.I am in agreement with Windy, libraries will not be left behind we will continue to grow and expand to reach the needs of the people and at the same time the image that was once looked upon as buildings outdated with old books it will now become updated computers and technology that brings information to them. There will always be persons prepared to assist the user in obtaining the information. There is no need to fear libraries will always be around it may change names but the concept will be the same.
I am in agreement with the 2.0 manifesto I will do all I can to help move the libraries forward. Library 2.0 means LIBRARIES MOVING FORWARD for a GREATER GOOD.

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A time for advance bloging (taging this)

This is a time to learn new ways to make bloging more exicting. Althoug, I am new to using this process I have learned so much. From the beginning until now, I have gone from simply signing up to blog all the way to posting my thoughts, adding my favorite books, adding new friends to my reading, to making avatars, and now I am learning advance techniques to bloging. "hotdog" I am technical now.

iPod
Technorati

claiming technorati as my own

I am claiming my blog on technorati.

Technorati Profile

Week 6 #14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

This is really interesting. I did not know that their was such a search tool for the authority of blogs. I thought blogs were just a another way of expressing individual thoughts on a particular subject. After moving around in technorati I see the extensive side of blogospher. I had heard of bloging a while back but as I stated earlier it was only used for fun stuff or as a way to share ideas with others. However, technorati has taken this to another level. I looked into the advanced search and I was amazed that it worked just as though I would do in an academic search. I think this would be a fun tool to see what is really out here among other blogers and what they have found to be useful for them. I am going to try my hand at tagging with technorati and posting something to see how it will work for me. The update of this will follow after my experiment. All I can say right now is bloging is more advanced than I thought.

Technoratic Search on the word gossip:
gossip

Week6#13 Tagging makes the world go around

Using this tool call delicious would be useful for individuals doing multitasking and wanting to save different sets of websites (especially for research). This open forum allow others to see what you have in your file and if they want to use it also, all they would have to do is tag from the other persons file.

I want to take the time to explore this a lttile more to see how it would work for me. I think if I wanted to do research on a particular subject I could look to see if any one have information on the subject and I could possibly add it to my search.

This could posssibly be useful with book reads and looking at what others are reading and what their comments on different books. Again, I want to check it out more for myself and see how I will come out using it.

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urban reader

Week 5 #12 library elf

library elf
Originally uploaded by gwendolynm@sbcglobal.net

Just keep reminding me and I will answer soon with money or a simple book or item return.


I think this is a good idea. Although HCPL already have a process in place this would be an added incentive for patrons to return items and get updates as to what is happening in the library. I have signed up for this and I think it will work for me.

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Goodreads from chronicle 5 #11

I searched this one just for fun to see the comparison of the two(my library and good read. Well, I like my library for show purposes and for a libary club. I would use good read when I am comparing books and able to give my personal reviews of a book.I would think that the decision of use would be based on the intent of purpose.

Week 5 #11 Library thing

When I put this together I just picked what I wanted and copied and paste the covers.
There were many more books I am interested in but I did not want my list to take up the whole page. Library thing has a lot to offer indivdiduals interested in sharing their books with others. I would like to use this link in my book club blog. I want to experiment with this a little more and see what I come up with. Thanks for sharing this information. My books are listed to the right of my blog.
It was good to do a space bar. In this space bar by just typing my library thing brought forth some added books. However, my library books are located to the right of my blog page.


URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/studeous (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/studeous (catalog)





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Week5 # 10 Meez avatar, customize comic strip

Just having fun allowed me to explore many different avenues to the same purpose. The avatars meez and yahoo are on the same focus. However ,Meez had more variety and little more online friendly.

Customize comic strip was easy to navigate and it allowed me to say what ever I wanted to say.
I think I can find way to use this from different perspectives in my future blogs.

FDToys was easy and doing magazine with the coffee slogan was good. My examples are following my comments of this post.

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Magazine cover for Week 5 #10 generator

My creation
Originally uploaded by http://www.flickr.com/people/14094036@N02/

This works will well after bloging.

gwendolyn chronicle- Week 5 #10 Meez Avatar

HaHa you did not know that chronicle had a dog. Well, truth be told she doesn't but this is about the size of the matter for now. However, It would be nice to have to play with scooter( Martha's dog)

Image Generator Week 5 comic strip

doing the comic strip was fun.We have a lot to choose from in doing these.

Week 4#8 Videos

In doing the video I used U-tube in doing this. I was sort of undecided of the way I wanted to do this. Often times people have used this for music but I was un-aware that this could also be used for commentary reports and news. This is a good learning process. Using the different tools and methods allows us to have different experiences.

Bloglines- Week4#7 RSS Feeds Simple

Bloglines is good if you need a variety of sites to pull from at one time.
Meaning, if I use CNN and I would look on their RSS feeds then I can go in different directions. However, once I had decided on what I wanted then I would just pull from my favorites and go from their. It is a good tool when you are not sure of what you really want. I looked at the other tools that were mentioned and I found that bloglines was better for me to use. I suppose the choice is based on what each individual find easier for them.

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Week 3 #5 Discover Flickr

alt10, originally uploaded by gwendolyn.scooper.