Podcasts are another piece of modern technology I have had ample experience with, separate from the library. From radio stations all over the country I have listened to countless recorded broadcasts made available of interviews with favorite musicians, which I did not have the opportunity to listen to "live," or listened to while it was live and maybe missed hearing part of it. This is a terrific service and I just love it.
As for library application, aside from use in preserving programs, what comes to mind for use is a supplement tool for making information available as we go into our communities seeking their input regarding library services. For example, informational content could be recorded and made available via podcast as well as having the info in written form, to reach a wider audience. This could be used for almost any subject where it is desired to spread the word about library-related matters to as many individuals as possible. Programming that is more focused on an aural rather than a visual presentation could be well-suited for podcast; what immediately comes to mind are author visits that could be made available.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Gettin' Down with Downloads
The availability of downloadable books and media is a service that recently more and more customers are inquiring about. I am looking forward to expanding my knowledge in delivering this service, as it used to come up so infrequently that it was challenging to remember all of the aspects of the service. In reading other staff members' comments it was useful to keep in mind the reference applications of this service, and that it could be helpful in providing customers with useful tools such as language learning titles, that might not be on the shelf at any particular time.
As I completed this exercise I was pleased by the eclectic (if not very thorough) collection of popular music available for download. Personally, I do not like listening to audiobooks and tend to be a pretty eclectic reader, preferring funky biographies and odd nonfiction. However, were I so inclined to download, I did see some favorite biography titles listed in the Biography section.
We have many customers who are happily addicted to audiobooks and it does seem like this is an area of service that will only continue to grow and expand.
But I still prefer to hold my books in my hands, and have music to my ears. :)
As I completed this exercise I was pleased by the eclectic (if not very thorough) collection of popular music available for download. Personally, I do not like listening to audiobooks and tend to be a pretty eclectic reader, preferring funky biographies and odd nonfiction. However, were I so inclined to download, I did see some favorite biography titles listed in the Biography section.
We have many customers who are happily addicted to audiobooks and it does seem like this is an area of service that will only continue to grow and expand.
But I still prefer to hold my books in my hands, and have music to my ears. :)
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Fair Game
Back in the stone age, or rather, the stonewashed jeans age, my first computer experience beyond word processing and checking out books involved games. My, how things have changed! I remember sliding the huge floppy disc into the drive and waiting with excited anticipation as the gold print made its first appearance against the black background of the monitor, heralding the arrival of another opportunity to play my most favoritest of games: Tetris. Yeah, I kicked ass at Tetris. :)
With the arrival of the internet, Tetris was a sentimental favorite that I eventually sought out, to play every now and again for old times' sake (and when my carpal tunnel syndrome needed another good flareup.) The majority of games just don't appeal to me. But as I believe I mentioned in a previous blog when I was first discovering Facebook and stumbled upon Scrabulous, it was kinda like heroin. I couldn't stop; I initiated new games with anyone who was ready and willing to play. Because I also kick ass at Scrabble(lous). Or at least once did.
Until I started playing with my friend Janey Jane. Somehow that minx ALWAYS comes up with all these bizarre words I have never EVER heard of, and all worth about 174 points each. It kinda takes the fun out of it when you're regularly getting slaughtered. And when Scrabulous went by the wayside and was replaced by the official online Scrabble version, it just wasn't the same. But I'll continue to play. And get my ass kicked.
Game on! :)
With the arrival of the internet, Tetris was a sentimental favorite that I eventually sought out, to play every now and again for old times' sake (and when my carpal tunnel syndrome needed another good flareup.) The majority of games just don't appeal to me. But as I believe I mentioned in a previous blog when I was first discovering Facebook and stumbled upon Scrabulous, it was kinda like heroin. I couldn't stop; I initiated new games with anyone who was ready and willing to play. Because I also kick ass at Scrabble(lous). Or at least once did.
Until I started playing with my friend Janey Jane. Somehow that minx ALWAYS comes up with all these bizarre words I have never EVER heard of, and all worth about 174 points each. It kinda takes the fun out of it when you're regularly getting slaughtered. And when Scrabulous went by the wayside and was replaced by the official online Scrabble version, it just wasn't the same. But I'll continue to play. And get my ass kicked.
Game on! :)
Photo Finish
Online image generators can be great fun! I enjoyed playing with some of the options suggested in this lesson and saw some potential opportunity for use with my own personal photography. I've already done quite a bit with creating email greeting cards over the years, and playing with generating license plates, magazine covers, etc. Too cool. :)
Monday, August 18, 2008
Where's Waldo?
As a lifelong habitual traveler, I have used internet mapping tools extensively in the course of planning my trips and getting to where I need to go, from well-known hotels and music venues to obscure clubs and friends' homes. Without them I would be lost. Quite literally.
I find it both fascinating and scary that technology has advanced so much as to enable the exact pinpointing of a location. With the use of GPS machines again it has been invaluable in finding my way around in unfamiliar locales, but it makes me a bit nervous that any random stranger could pinpoint someone's location simply by a few clicks on the Internet.
Some of us just may not want to be found. LOL
I find it both fascinating and scary that technology has advanced so much as to enable the exact pinpointing of a location. With the use of GPS machines again it has been invaluable in finding my way around in unfamiliar locales, but it makes me a bit nervous that any random stranger could pinpoint someone's location simply by a few clicks on the Internet.
Some of us just may not want to be found. LOL
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Oh Wiki, You're So Fine
Wandering the world of wikis can be a terrific easy way for many individuals to share their collective information on various topics. Some of the library sites I reviewed during the course of this unit were impressively comprehensive, offering a more structured format for the sharing of info than some other web-related options. But as with anything on the web these days, sad to see that this is yet one more thing flourishing under the anonymity of the internet with the potential for abuse. I've added content to Wikipedia and have seen a fair amount of childish tampering with entries. Nice to see that these sites are adding more safety measures to enable better supervision of entries added, as when used properly, there is amazing potential here for cataloguing knowledge.
As for use within libraries, I'm thinking wikis have potential for being a good vehicle for committees and task forces to share and store information that all might need access to. Having just served on such a committee where massive ongoing rewrites were needed for updating documentation, I think of the overwhelming influx of emails that inundated my box, and how perhaps a wiki might have provided an opportunity where the most recent rewrite of a document could have been posted and allowed opportunity for all members to update one common document kept in one common place. Hmm. Perhaps something to think about for future committee work.
As for use within libraries, I'm thinking wikis have potential for being a good vehicle for committees and task forces to share and store information that all might need access to. Having just served on such a committee where massive ongoing rewrites were needed for updating documentation, I think of the overwhelming influx of emails that inundated my box, and how perhaps a wiki might have provided an opportunity where the most recent rewrite of a document could have been posted and allowed opportunity for all members to update one common document kept in one common place. Hmm. Perhaps something to think about for future committee work.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Whatever it is, you can find it on YouTube!
YouTube: the budding auteur's wildest dream. Or the public figure's worst nightmare. A place where one's goofiest whims, a moment's gaffe, or personal triumph may live forever in infamy, readily accessible at any time of day by anyone on the planet.
Amongst the online communities I belong to where we are all members of a fandom following the career of a favorite celebrity, YouTube has been a godsend, as people share the wealth of their experiences. Those who are fortunate enough to attend concerts shoot videos and put them up, to be enjoyed by those who are not able to come, as well as provide a nice visual memory of the shows for those who are. I've uploaded many of my own personal videos and viewed countless more. Quality is as varied as the individual shooting the vid, but it can be quite nice to have even a crappy video preserving an event rather than having nothing at all.
For the purpose of this work exercise, I started by looking up the SIL promo video (in which I am a happy cast member :) ) on YouTube and saw what other vids popped up. Everything from well-planned, well-executed promo videos nicely advertising other library systems, to the hasty out-of-focus whims of teenagers chasing their giggling pals through the stacks. And don't forget that timeless classic: "Library Porno." (Actually pretty innocuous.) I've already used YT quite extensively to look for vids for my own personal interest. One feature I like is how links to videos of similar content pop up on the screen to offer similar suggested viewing options, which can lead one to some very interesting discoveries indeed. But then again, it can set you off onto one of those endless internet loops, where you just keep clicking and clicking until you suddenly blearily realize that it's 6 am and time to get ready for work again.
I had not experienced Hulu or Fancast before. On Hulu, I looked up my favorite tall Greek topic and was able to come across some links to interviews with him that I had not yet seen, or hadn't seen in years, which was fun. I am in general not a big TV person, and while at one time a major cinemaphile have kind of burned out on movies. So for Fancast, just for fun I tried looking up an old British series I used to like, "Doctor in the House," and found it. I tried the "Six Degrees" feature to see if it would yield the subsequent seasons of the series, which had been given different names ("Doctor at Large," "Doctor on the Go," etc.) but I had no luck. It may very well be that they are just not available at this time.
I will keep these sites in mind for periodically checking in for things that may be new in regards to my boy CM, but as I mentioned, I am just not a big TV/movie person anymore. I can see how these services could be useful for libraries; from the basic reference aspect as well as providing the opportunity for library programs and services to be put on video and shared. YouTube could become the great promotional tool of the century. Today one upload, tomorrow the world.
And hey... just because I can: ;)
"..any way the wind blows..."
Amongst the online communities I belong to where we are all members of a fandom following the career of a favorite celebrity, YouTube has been a godsend, as people share the wealth of their experiences. Those who are fortunate enough to attend concerts shoot videos and put them up, to be enjoyed by those who are not able to come, as well as provide a nice visual memory of the shows for those who are. I've uploaded many of my own personal videos and viewed countless more. Quality is as varied as the individual shooting the vid, but it can be quite nice to have even a crappy video preserving an event rather than having nothing at all.
For the purpose of this work exercise, I started by looking up the SIL promo video (in which I am a happy cast member :) ) on YouTube and saw what other vids popped up. Everything from well-planned, well-executed promo videos nicely advertising other library systems, to the hasty out-of-focus whims of teenagers chasing their giggling pals through the stacks. And don't forget that timeless classic: "Library Porno." (Actually pretty innocuous.) I've already used YT quite extensively to look for vids for my own personal interest. One feature I like is how links to videos of similar content pop up on the screen to offer similar suggested viewing options, which can lead one to some very interesting discoveries indeed. But then again, it can set you off onto one of those endless internet loops, where you just keep clicking and clicking until you suddenly blearily realize that it's 6 am and time to get ready for work again.
I had not experienced Hulu or Fancast before. On Hulu, I looked up my favorite tall Greek topic and was able to come across some links to interviews with him that I had not yet seen, or hadn't seen in years, which was fun. I am in general not a big TV person, and while at one time a major cinemaphile have kind of burned out on movies. So for Fancast, just for fun I tried looking up an old British series I used to like, "Doctor in the House," and found it. I tried the "Six Degrees" feature to see if it would yield the subsequent seasons of the series, which had been given different names ("Doctor at Large," "Doctor on the Go," etc.) but I had no luck. It may very well be that they are just not available at this time.
I will keep these sites in mind for periodically checking in for things that may be new in regards to my boy CM, but as I mentioned, I am just not a big TV/movie person anymore. I can see how these services could be useful for libraries; from the basic reference aspect as well as providing the opportunity for library programs and services to be put on video and shared. YouTube could become the great promotional tool of the century. Today one upload, tomorrow the world.
And hey... just because I can: ;)
"..any way the wind blows..."
Saturday, August 2, 2008
"Someone in your Top Friends has a crush on you!" The sweet siren song of social networking
MySpace. Facebook. And all their lesser-well-known cousins. From one point of view, useful tools for connecting with friends and family all over the globe, and creating contacts with others of like mind and interest. Viewed from another perspective, insiduous time-wasters that can eat the hours away faster than a quick trip over the International Date Line. Fun, functional, and silly, with the ability to make any unsuspecting citizen become as glassy-eyed and drooling as a Wii-player on crack.
I've had a MySpace for years now. It's where I post concert photos, write blogs/recaps of shows I have seen, and help support and promote the lovely Greek guy featured in the pic below. :) It's more or less evolved into a promotional page for him but still has my personal touch. I joined Facebook about a year ago, and that's pretty much just a playground for me.
I like the flexibility of MySpace, and how each individual user can customize it with options that are almost limitless in regards to fonts, colors, layout, adding photos and music, and so on. It has been a great way for me to connect both with old friends as well as new friends I acquire through the course of following my interests. I think they provide a great opportunity for artists and musicians to set up a website to help promote themselves and their work, share music, post upcoming concert dates, and foster a thriving fan community. Unfortunately I have also seen individuals use the easy anonymity of these sites as a breeding ground for mischief and personal attacks, and I am aware of the concerns that have been raised by parents regarding the predator possibilty.
About a year ago my pal C invited his fans to all come on Facebook. A huge bunch of us all joined at once, and for a couple weeks there it was a frenzied fiesta of fun as we all friended each other and added all the goofy applications. Creating your "Top Friends" lists, sending each other virtual drinks, flowers, puppies, "pokes" and hugs; turning each other into vampires and zombies and pirates. Adding favorite songs, taking movie quizzes and determining "which Beatles song are you?" and trying to come up with clever status updates. I became a Vampire Mistress with an army of 13, "poked" almost everyone I knew and became quickly addicted to "Scrabulous," the virtual version of Scrabble. It was quite frightening how quickly one's free time could get eaten away playing with the seemingly endless supply of enticing new applications, that all tried to force you to invite your friends to add as well. And even "buy" your friends. (Right now I'm available for about $74,000. Hee!!) I can see how kids and teens could find this an endless playground of fun. But for me, soon the novelty did eventually wear off, and I've pretty much stopped using the majority of the aps.
Both sites can be clunky to operate at times, and in both places users can get a little carried away with forwarding all those cutesy pics, messages, and virtual chain letters a bit akin to blackmail at times ("If you don't send this message back, I'll know who my REAL friends are,") etc. One thing I really like about Facebook is the capability of sending messages to several friends all at once. Several of my good buds have been using this as a kind of chatroom and it works really well for us. But Facebook seems to have more error messages come up, and when people have 40,000 applications added to their page you may as well go out for dinner before you can expect their page to load. Annoying.
I also like how you can "create events" and invite others, which has been a useful tool for promoting my fave cause. ;) Too bad Scrabulous is in limbo; the official Scrabble version that stomped it out in an angry huff just doesn't quite work as smoothly. But I still get a kick out of seeing the Status Updates. And enjoy the occasional virtual Flaming Moe.
Just be sure to forward this message to everyone you know (including me), so that I know you are my bestest friend forever. xoxo
I've had a MySpace for years now. It's where I post concert photos, write blogs/recaps of shows I have seen, and help support and promote the lovely Greek guy featured in the pic below. :) It's more or less evolved into a promotional page for him but still has my personal touch. I joined Facebook about a year ago, and that's pretty much just a playground for me.
I like the flexibility of MySpace, and how each individual user can customize it with options that are almost limitless in regards to fonts, colors, layout, adding photos and music, and so on. It has been a great way for me to connect both with old friends as well as new friends I acquire through the course of following my interests. I think they provide a great opportunity for artists and musicians to set up a website to help promote themselves and their work, share music, post upcoming concert dates, and foster a thriving fan community. Unfortunately I have also seen individuals use the easy anonymity of these sites as a breeding ground for mischief and personal attacks, and I am aware of the concerns that have been raised by parents regarding the predator possibilty.
About a year ago my pal C invited his fans to all come on Facebook. A huge bunch of us all joined at once, and for a couple weeks there it was a frenzied fiesta of fun as we all friended each other and added all the goofy applications. Creating your "Top Friends" lists, sending each other virtual drinks, flowers, puppies, "pokes" and hugs; turning each other into vampires and zombies and pirates. Adding favorite songs, taking movie quizzes and determining "which Beatles song are you?" and trying to come up with clever status updates. I became a Vampire Mistress with an army of 13, "poked" almost everyone I knew and became quickly addicted to "Scrabulous," the virtual version of Scrabble. It was quite frightening how quickly one's free time could get eaten away playing with the seemingly endless supply of enticing new applications, that all tried to force you to invite your friends to add as well. And even "buy" your friends. (Right now I'm available for about $74,000. Hee!!) I can see how kids and teens could find this an endless playground of fun. But for me, soon the novelty did eventually wear off, and I've pretty much stopped using the majority of the aps.
Both sites can be clunky to operate at times, and in both places users can get a little carried away with forwarding all those cutesy pics, messages, and virtual chain letters a bit akin to blackmail at times ("If you don't send this message back, I'll know who my REAL friends are,") etc. One thing I really like about Facebook is the capability of sending messages to several friends all at once. Several of my good buds have been using this as a kind of chatroom and it works really well for us. But Facebook seems to have more error messages come up, and when people have 40,000 applications added to their page you may as well go out for dinner before you can expect their page to load. Annoying.
I also like how you can "create events" and invite others, which has been a useful tool for promoting my fave cause. ;) Too bad Scrabulous is in limbo; the official Scrabble version that stomped it out in an angry huff just doesn't quite work as smoothly. But I still get a kick out of seeing the Status Updates. And enjoy the occasional virtual Flaming Moe.
Just be sure to forward this message to everyone you know (including me), so that I know you are my bestest friend forever. xoxo
Friday, August 1, 2008
My Friend Flickr (well, Photobucket...)
Well, must admit this is nothing new to me. I've uploaded well over 1000 photos (my main Photobucket account says currently 999 photos in the collection, but it's not my only one) since first discovering photo sharing sites several years ago. I found out about them totally by accident, when I was enjoying the first real blossoming of my internet experience beyond simple email and using search engines. In the course of discovering message boards and such, other helpful members explained just how easy it was to post photos to the internet.
And indeed, it was! As an enthusiastic photographer and now diehard internet addict (all in the support and celebration of my favorite Greek Idol, CM, whose name rhymes with Donstantine Faroulis :) ) I found this was an amazingly easy way for me to share my photographs with fans and followers all over the globe. In trying out Flickr for the very first time in the course of this exercise, I see how the tagging and comment options could serve to create little communities all on their own. But I think I'll stay with Photobucket. It works for me. And all my other 999 pictures are there already.
In the meantime, enjoy a fave photo I took when I saw Con in Virginia on tour this past February. :)
And indeed, it was! As an enthusiastic photographer and now diehard internet addict (all in the support and celebration of my favorite Greek Idol, CM, whose name rhymes with Donstantine Faroulis :) ) I found this was an amazingly easy way for me to share my photographs with fans and followers all over the globe. In trying out Flickr for the very first time in the course of this exercise, I see how the tagging and comment options could serve to create little communities all on their own. But I think I'll stay with Photobucket. It works for me. And all my other 999 pictures are there already.
In the meantime, enjoy a fave photo I took when I saw Con in Virginia on tour this past February. :)
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream... :)
Whee! This unit was really fun. I particularly enjoyed setting up my own personal station on Finetune, where I had the opportunity to personally select the exact songs that I wanted. In trying out Pandora, where music is suggested for you based on what you like, it didn't quite meet my satisfaction. Made me realize just how particular I am in the music that I listen to.
For about a year now I have enjoyed listening to various online radio stations, and am a regular listener. I like how it has allowed me the opportunity to experience of sampling different kinds of music I might not have been able to experience otherwise, as well as listen to and request favorite independent artists who are outside of the mainstream. I think these online music sites are allowing more opportunities for such artists to be heard on a more global scale and can only serve to benefit them, encouraging the direct purchase and download of their songs. As a lifelong music lover I think this is terrific.
And now I can't turn the damn thing off. You've created a monster. Hee. Dance, little avatar, dance!
Rock on!! :)
For about a year now I have enjoyed listening to various online radio stations, and am a regular listener. I like how it has allowed me the opportunity to experience of sampling different kinds of music I might not have been able to experience otherwise, as well as listen to and request favorite independent artists who are outside of the mainstream. I think these online music sites are allowing more opportunities for such artists to be heard on a more global scale and can only serve to benefit them, encouraging the direct purchase and download of their songs. As a lifelong music lover I think this is terrific.
And now I can't turn the damn thing off. You've created a monster. Hee. Dance, little avatar, dance!
Rock on!! :)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
RSS Feeds
This is one of those things I have heard a lot about but as of yet have not had a lot of personal practical application. I can see the benefits this service could offer for individuals who have a need or desire to keep up with what is happening on a great number of websites, as more and more we find ourselves dealing with information overload. In playing around with it I found Bloglines a little clunky to maneuver around in at first, and some of the sites (blogs) I tried to add were giving me error messages, not adding the way they were supposed to. I finally started to get the hang of it as I became more familiar with it.
At this time I cannot think of any immediate use for this techonology for my worklife, although it could become a useful tool for keeping up-to-date on library journals and publications. In my personal life there are a number of sites and boards I regularly visit, and I think I may give it a whirl to see how I like it and how well it might work for me as an information center.
I think that librarians who work at reference centers might find RSS feeds particularly useful for keeping up with information they use in their particular areas of expertise.
At this time I cannot think of any immediate use for this techonology for my worklife, although it could become a useful tool for keeping up-to-date on library journals and publications. In my personal life there are a number of sites and boards I regularly visit, and I think I may give it a whirl to see how I like it and how well it might work for me as an information center.
I think that librarians who work at reference centers might find RSS feeds particularly useful for keeping up with information they use in their particular areas of expertise.
Friday, July 25, 2008
The Rockin' Librarian
Here she is... the virtual me. :)
Alas... paisley pants were not available.
I've uploaded countless avatars onto web forums, but I have never done "me" before.
She rocks. :)
Alas... paisley pants were not available.
I've uploaded countless avatars onto web forums, but I have never done "me" before.
She rocks. :)
Getting the Message
I remember when I first discovered Instant Messaging. It was back in its infancy, and I first saw it in action on my friend's computer in NYC, where she used it to communicate with various family and friends. I set up an account so that I could communicate with her, obediently filling in all the personal details that were requested of me for my profile.
At first it was fun, to be able to quickly chat back and forth without having to pay costly telephone bills to the other side of the country. A couple more friends were added to the mix, and some of the conversations would go on for hours. But then, suddenly, I kept getting all these requests from strangers, who would read my profile and want to chat. Some of them were ok. I recall having a long, interesting conversation with a man in France, for example (or at least that's where he said he was from ;) ). But far too many of the requests were ending up being from lonely men in Africa or the middle east, looking for female companionship. And were being non-too-subtle about it. While amusing at first, it got old. I finally ended up leaving the damn thing off all of the time because I was so sick of getting bugged, and finally uninstalled it. But some of the vocabulary has crept into my subconscious, and I am regularly using it on chat boards and in other communications. IYKWIM. LOL
But I can see how it can be a wonderful tool for quick sharing of information. Recently when I was having some issues with my printer at home, I had a couple of IM chats with a tech rep from the company, who walked me through various processes for repair. It was great. I can definitely see how this could be very useful in the library realm for quick, confidential communication with customers. IMing could also serve a useful purpose for communication within a branch. I could see how it could be used by one staff member to perhaps warn another of a potentially dangerous situation so that it could be swiftly and discreetly dealt with.
And if a staff member observes a colleague who has again been trapped by that well-meaning but long-winded customer who never seems to know when it might be a good time to be on their way, it could be useful in staging an intervention. :)
At first it was fun, to be able to quickly chat back and forth without having to pay costly telephone bills to the other side of the country. A couple more friends were added to the mix, and some of the conversations would go on for hours. But then, suddenly, I kept getting all these requests from strangers, who would read my profile and want to chat. Some of them were ok. I recall having a long, interesting conversation with a man in France, for example (or at least that's where he said he was from ;) ). But far too many of the requests were ending up being from lonely men in Africa or the middle east, looking for female companionship. And were being non-too-subtle about it. While amusing at first, it got old. I finally ended up leaving the damn thing off all of the time because I was so sick of getting bugged, and finally uninstalled it. But some of the vocabulary has crept into my subconscious, and I am regularly using it on chat boards and in other communications. IYKWIM. LOL
But I can see how it can be a wonderful tool for quick sharing of information. Recently when I was having some issues with my printer at home, I had a couple of IM chats with a tech rep from the company, who walked me through various processes for repair. It was great. I can definitely see how this could be very useful in the library realm for quick, confidential communication with customers. IMing could also serve a useful purpose for communication within a branch. I could see how it could be used by one staff member to perhaps warn another of a potentially dangerous situation so that it could be swiftly and discreetly dealt with.
And if a staff member observes a colleague who has again been trapped by that well-meaning but long-winded customer who never seems to know when it might be a good time to be on their way, it could be useful in staging an intervention. :)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Let the word go forth...
...that I am finally creating this blog assignment, after being only a mere 11 weeks behind schedule. Hee! I fully admit that I have been dragging my feet on this; not because of any fear or reluctance to embrace the wonders of technology, but because I have already been doing almost all of this stuff for quite awhile.
I have had a blog for years now; a MySpace, a Facebook. I have IM'd strange men from Europe and the middle east who found me on Yahoo (and who somehow always ended up wanting to talk about sex..*hits "block" button*); I have uploaded personal concert photos to a Photobucket account, uploaded videos to YouTube and added content to Wikipedia; I have participated in online "cellcert" concerts broadcast from the other side of the country, and online chats during webcam interviews. I've purchased everything under the sun from theatre tickets to candleholders in the shape of Greek columns via online methods; posted creative writings to considerable acclaim, been a moderator on a chat board and met several of my current closest friends via the Internet. I am no stranger to all the technological wonders that the Internet offers.
And so, as some uniquely challenging work responsibilities I've embraced this year have been dominating my time and energy, often leaving my brain feeling much like a wrung out sponge at the end of yet another very long day, I admit, this assignment has been something I have let slide.
Yes, the internet has revolutionalized our lives, and the way that libraries provide service. I fully anticipate what further delights it shall present to me during this training.
As long as the ol' brain holds out. ;)
I have had a blog for years now; a MySpace, a Facebook. I have IM'd strange men from Europe and the middle east who found me on Yahoo (and who somehow always ended up wanting to talk about sex..*hits "block" button*); I have uploaded personal concert photos to a Photobucket account, uploaded videos to YouTube and added content to Wikipedia; I have participated in online "cellcert" concerts broadcast from the other side of the country, and online chats during webcam interviews. I've purchased everything under the sun from theatre tickets to candleholders in the shape of Greek columns via online methods; posted creative writings to considerable acclaim, been a moderator on a chat board and met several of my current closest friends via the Internet. I am no stranger to all the technological wonders that the Internet offers.
And so, as some uniquely challenging work responsibilities I've embraced this year have been dominating my time and energy, often leaving my brain feeling much like a wrung out sponge at the end of yet another very long day, I admit, this assignment has been something I have let slide.
Yes, the internet has revolutionalized our lives, and the way that libraries provide service. I fully anticipate what further delights it shall present to me during this training.
As long as the ol' brain holds out. ;)
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