LibraryThing

Saw this demo'd by Michael Sauers in the past year. LibraryThing is quick and easy. There are many levels of involvement, so this appeals to me especially. I added four personal books I have in my office, and will add more at home when I have the chance. Is there a similar Thing for recordings?? That would be outstanding!!!

Image generators take 2

After some most excellent advice from a co-worker, here is my second attempt to get Albert to visit this blog.

Huzzah! it worked. I am definitely a monkey-see, monkey-do kind of person when it comes to technology. (Maybe I should have looked for Darwin, not Einstein).

Technoblog.....

I probably should have waited longer since trying to get my image generator to work before writing this entry. There are some really innovative and fun tools for us to use, but as I look at replacing a staff member I'm going to look for someone techno-savvy since (Nebraska Learns 2.0 not withstanding) I just don't see myself manging all of this very well.

Just like the old joke about how to get to Carnegie Hall, the key is practice, practice, practice. My work time is booked solid, and my personal time is precious -- when does that practice happen? We all have patrons who want to know about and use the newest gimmicks out there, but what exactly is our responsibility to them? Providing the resources in hardware and software? Providing trained staff to teach use of these tools? As technology advances at the speed of light, just where do we get the time and resources to keep up? And when we can't, how do we set priorities on what we will do?

Obviously these exercises have created more questions for me than answers. But at least now, with the guidance of NELearns 2.0 I know more about what I'm missing!

Image generators

I think I'm very lost on this one. Changing the image on the Einstein was very simple (and fun). Figuring out how to get it onto this blog is another matter. I'm going to try to post this and see what happens.


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Too much flickr fun

I have to agree with those who didn't see much applicable for the library. I did see a lot of people who apparently have tons of time on their hands! One that did jump out at me was FD's flickr toys -- we have some photos we're thinking of turning into puzzles for family gifts. This might just be the place to get that process started.

Flickr for novices

And boy, am I a novice. This is my second go around playing with Flickr, and it did indeed make more sense this time. The Online in Plain English was very helpful, giving me some ideas of how this service could really be useful. I wasn't as excited about looking at photos posted by others, but can see how this would be a great resource if specific images are needed for something (with the poster's permission, of course).

Setting up the Flickr account was easy, and my first uploaded picture should be at: flickr.com/photos/lauran52/?saved=1

I want to try this more from home, uploading personal images. All in all, this has been a good "thing"