Thing 22

What have I learned? When I think at the beginning when I didn't even have a blog and was not very adventurous with the internet and now I've got all these cool 'things' to use, I'm just amazed. I'm not afraid now to go exploring anymore. I've even showed my internet savy husband things he didn't know about. I did have problems with Flickr and I did get help from my co-workers here and there but toward the end I was doing everything myself. I saw this Shelfari bookshelf on another blog and made one for myself all by myself. I just wanted to say a big Thank you for allowing me the chance to learn all this.

Thing 21-Student 2.0 Tools

I think this Assignment Calculator is fantastic! I wish I would've had it when I was in school. Of course it won't help the procrastinator when he/she comes in the day before the project is due, but as others have said in their blogs if the teacher gets them to use it from the beginning...........And I agree that having a link on our teen page is a good idea. I wish there was one to help me organize my life!

Thing 20-Books 2.0

Wow this was a long one. OK so, will people stop reading books? At our library people still check out a lot of books and if they are reading books online that's still reading. The literacy debate was dumb I thought. As far as libraries checking out Kindles, what library has that kind of money?
I really like the Wired for Books and Booksvideo.tv. I like to hear what authors are thinking when they write.
As far as Book Reviews go I've never been fond of critics. Just tell me what it's about and I'll decide if I want to read it or not.
Book Rental: Hey it works for Netflix, why not?
I found Bookcrossing interesting. Release one of your books in the wild. When I lived Boston we had a similar thing on the subway. You would take a book off a shelf at a stop and then return it to any other stop when you were done. You always had something to read on the train then.
Book on my Blackberry? The screen is way too small for me to read, but an audio book would be ok.
I thought that Bookstumpers was very good for the patron who says 'You know that book about that guy.............'. Too bad it costs $2. It's something we could use at the library.
I might sign up for Bookcalender. It gives you an introduction to a different book everyday. I think that would be good for me. It might get me out of the the civil war aisle once in a while.

Thing 19-Other Social Networks

I looked at these but I didn't sign up for any yet. I think I might sign up for Gather though. I liked the genealogy groups they have. I started a page on Catster a little while ago which I think is really fun. I've been getting the third degree from some of my co-workers about my comments on Facebook. So I might take a closer look at that. They said it's a great way to stay connected with friends that are far away. I do have friends in other states I'd like to keep better contact with. Last.fm looks like it might be something I'd like too. I've had a lot of fun looking at the different Youtube videos that others have posted on their blogs.

Thing 18-Facebook/Myspace

I looked at both of these and I think that the library ones are really nice. It's a good way to expose the library to the younger set, on their terms. For personal use I find them a bit scary and sad. Scary in the sense that you can tell any sort of lie you want, like the old perv pretending he's 20 and the 13 yr old pretending she's 20 and meet me at the coffee shop type of thing. And sad that getting together is done online and not at someone's house or the beach etc. But I guess if this is the way young people like to do it what can an oldie like me say. I just hope they all have the other type of friends also. I can see also that it could be a big time eater like my little friends the sock puppets say:

Thing 17-Podcasts

Wow! is all I can say. This is so cool. With Podcasts I can go and find a specific topic I want to hear and just get that and not all the commercials and all the other yapping that you get on the radio. I liked Podcast.com & Yahoo & Podcastalley.com. I couldn't decide which one I liked best. I listened to Irish & Celtic Music #54 by Marc Gunn on Podcast. It was exactly the kind of music I like. I think the library could use Podcasts in lots of different ways, like book clubs, book reviews, author interviews etc. I am definitely going to use Podcasts myself from now on. But one thing I wanted to mention is the really scary advertisement that Podcast.com had. The "I Cured My Yellow Teeth!" one. Those are Dinosaur teeth! The biggest teeth I've ever seen on a human!

Thing 16-Again for the musical fun of it

Awww! Now you got me started on Youtube. I think the uses for Youtube are endless. Whatever you want to learn to do is on Youtube. I learned how to load my Xtranormal movie from Xtranormal to Youtube by watching a Youtube video made by a little kid. This is a very wonderful video with Martyn Bennett who died in 2005.