Friday, March 6, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Things 17 &18 - Twitter (such a great word!)
Needed a break from for Info Lit class planning... It has been my first O Week as a LL and has been just as busy as I thought it would be!
TWITTER! Well the first time I had heard of this THING was when the commerical plane went down in New York (Hudson River). The news on TV mentioned that the first reports of this crash were received through "Twitter" (Here is an article on this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/4269765/New-York-plane-crash-Twitter-breaks-the-news-again.html). As the article states, someone tweated this event only 4 minutes after the crash- not bad. I just had to look further into this and so I registered and became a member (with yet another password and login).
To be honest, I haven't found a need to use this. I don't have many friends that are interested in using this program (yet!). The tweating that I have done is over the past week. I am looking forward to our Twitter week in March though. Can't see much use for Twitter in a library -except perhaps to provide users with yet another outlet for library information updates (e.g. database info etc). I will see how I feel when more 233Things friends begin tweating and report back!
TWITTER! Well the first time I had heard of this THING was when the commerical plane went down in New York (Hudson River). The news on TV mentioned that the first reports of this crash were received through "Twitter" (Here is an article on this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/4269765/New-York-plane-crash-Twitter-breaks-the-news-again.html). As the article states, someone tweated this event only 4 minutes after the crash- not bad. I just had to look further into this and so I registered and became a member (with yet another password and login).
To be honest, I haven't found a need to use this. I don't have many friends that are interested in using this program (yet!). The tweating that I have done is over the past week. I am looking forward to our Twitter week in March though. Can't see much use for Twitter in a library -except perhaps to provide users with yet another outlet for library information updates (e.g. database info etc). I will see how I feel when more 233Things friends begin tweating and report back!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Facebook - yeah! #15-16
Where do I start...
I will never forget the first night I signed up to FB (about 1.5 yrs ago)- I don't think I went to bed that night. That was when my addiction started - still trying to work out how to stop.
FB is an all-in-on package. You can cover your professional development side as well as your social side - all in the one go.
Finding ol'friends and "catching up" again is just fantastic. I rarely think "I wonder what happened to...".
FB & libraries..again where to start. FB is an opportunity to reach more people. An academic library wouldn't have to force itself on students/staff, as the staff/student has the option of adding the library as a friend. A library on FB may provide up-to-date database access info, changes to library policy, or perhaps info on info lit classes. Why not offer library resources to clients in a variety of means? I believe FB is here to stay and we, as librarians, need to use it to its' full capacity.
I will never forget the first night I signed up to FB (about 1.5 yrs ago)- I don't think I went to bed that night. That was when my addiction started - still trying to work out how to stop.
FB is an all-in-on package. You can cover your professional development side as well as your social side - all in the one go.
Finding ol'friends and "catching up" again is just fantastic. I rarely think "I wonder what happened to...".
FB & libraries..again where to start. FB is an opportunity to reach more people. An academic library wouldn't have to force itself on students/staff, as the staff/student has the option of adding the library as a friend. A library on FB may provide up-to-date database access info, changes to library policy, or perhaps info on info lit classes. Why not offer library resources to clients in a variety of means? I believe FB is here to stay and we, as librarians, need to use it to its' full capacity.
Progress #14.1
I am just over half way on this adventure - and have loved the journey.
Loved this THING! Spent hours on it actually. Hard to read my airline ticket. Basically it says "From/Depart: 1Thing ;To/Arrival:23Things"
Thursday, February 12, 2009
#14
Today is my son's 7th Birthday, and as I didn't bake him a cake (bought one from the bakery instead) I have created a virtual one for him. D'Arcy was very impressed!
Today is my son's 7th Birthday, and as I didn't bake him a cake (bought one from the bakery instead) I have created a virtual one for him. D'Arcy was very impressed!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Thing #13 Flickr
I just couldn't wait to do Thing13. You see, this is one Web 2.0 thingy I have yet to explore. So at last I have a Flickr account and have uploaded a pic (with the aim to add more soon!).
It is very much like uploading a photo onto my Facebook profile.
I have to explore the Flickr layout some more, as I would like to change it. Very boring at the moment as is. It needs more colours and headings!
Ok, so now I also have to have an Yahoo email account. This would have to be my 8th account. This part of the Flickr registration didn't excite me, but overall I thought the registration quite simple.
It is very much like uploading a photo onto my Facebook profile.
I have to explore the Flickr layout some more, as I would like to change it. Very boring at the moment as is. It needs more colours and headings!
Ok, so now I also have to have an Yahoo email account. This would have to be my 8th account. This part of the Flickr registration didn't excite me, but overall I thought the registration quite simple.
Can't wait for more 23Things Librarians to sign up to Flicker so that I have a contact or two!
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