Rostropovich plays the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1

May 17, 2007

Here's a photo (taken w/ my NEW Mother's Day digital camera) of our latest and last foyer display for the year. I needed Aaron's help getting this uploaded, copied, etc., but here it is.

www.flickr.com

Here's our "Hiking" display for the month of May. I'd hoped to attach these photos to my posting, but I started at the wrong end (Flickr), evidently, and so have ended up w/ a link instead.

#20 -Rostropovich plays the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1

Rostropovich died today in Moscow, so I was especially drawn to this music video.

#19

I looked and looked and looked at Judysbook.com, which is listed under Classified and Business Directories. Waaay too easy to get lost and distracted by coupons, sales, etc. This site was given second place in its category, but I thought that it was too full of advertisements and not very intuitive. No real use in a library setting that I can see.

#18 Zoho Writer

Well, I've been buzzing around a bit in the Zoho writer and Wiki areas trying to get a handle on this concept. I'd like to set up a Wiki for my book group, but I need to work a bit more on that.

#17- PBWiki

I've looked over the pbwiki bit and added my blog address. Would like to learn more about building my own Wiki.

#16 - Wikis

I've read something at most of the suggested sites on the blog. Now that I've learned something new, I'm seeing or hearing about wikis and Wikipedia all over the place, on t.v., the radio, and in print media. I like the self-editing/self-policing part of wikis as another way of organizing and sharing information, and I can see how book groups, for one, might use a wiki to communicate and share thoughts w/in a library website.

#15

The Library 2.0 pieces have a sci-fi feel to them, I think. Very interesting. A lot to absorb. I will mark the OCLC website somewhere so that I can check in periodically to see what's up.

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This is our cool circ display about gardening. Actually, this is only included as an exercise in transferring photos to my blog. The display really DOES look better in person.

#14 Technorati

Have looked into the Technorati site a bit and zipped aroundl, but I don't see myself using this much, at least not for now. It is interesting to look a bit at other blogs, but I don't want to get sucked into actually having "favorites." Seems like a good way to use up a lot of time that I don't really want to spend in front of a computer.

#13 del.icio.us

I think I'm getting the hang of this tagging business, and I can see how del.icio.us could be helpful for research or just nifty to be able to access when at other than the at-home computer. After learning some 13 of our 23 Things, I am experiencing a new awareness of things computer, which is nice. There is still lots of lingo out there in the media related to computers, etc., that is foreign to me, but I am increasingly coming across articles that make mention of items we've covered here, which makes me feel as if I am actually making some progress. Baby steps, maybe, but progress all the same.

#12

I've added a rollsearch as a sidebar (?), but I need to perfect this a bit. Think I have some extraneous information. Learning is a process, right?

#11! Library Thing

Here's my foray into Library Thing. I've made a list of books that I've listened to on CD or with the audiobook downloads through our library website. I need to fiddle with this a bit more to see if I can get my list to reflect that the books are indeed audibooks, but I've wanted a place to keep a list and this seems like a good start. I do like the little book covers! Here's a link to my Library Thing list: http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=debcascades

#10 Generators

I've used the Portrait Illustration Maker to do a self-portrait.

Here's the URL: http://illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml

#9

Finding (RSS) feeds. I'm having the best luck just finding news sites that I like and clicking on the orange icon. I've explored some the Feedster, Topix.net, Syndic8. com, and the Technorati sites, but it's a bit of an information overload. I did do a search at one of the sites on an author, and that led me to an interesting political blog. The number of blogs and writing out there is a bit overwhelming.

The access to so many news sources is amazing, though it means more time in front of a computer.

All righty, I need to say something about technology in general. Life has changed big time since I was a college student, which was not all that terribly long ago. I drove to work yesterday afternoon listening to "the Computer Guys" on NPR. I was happy to listen to the computerese for an hour, but I did realize that there is a very big, fastmoving computerized world out there that is not as intuitive for me as it is for some of my younger colleagues and my kids.

I thought the Flickr site was very interesting, but I was not successful (see below) w/ my lettering experiment. Think I'll move on and possibly come back to this for another try much later.

Spell with flickr: Deborah

Spell with flickr: Deborah

February 6, 2007 - back again

I've taken a long break since starting this blog for our 23 Things assignment but am going to try to get back at it. I am pleased that our due date has been extended until April. When I think of trying to learn what's being presented in relation to the 7 1/2 Habits, I'd say the easiest habit would be playing, and the toughest could be playing, in that it is easy to lose track of time when bouncing around in the different websites. I can easily find myself shooting off to someplace that may take me farther afield than I need to be. When trying to use this technology to my advantage, I have trouble sometimes setting boundaries. It all looks so interesting.

Together (photo name)

Together, originally uploaded by cindy47452.

I found this photo while browsing (and getting quite lost in) Flickr. Thought it appropriate for a library-generated blog. I liked many of the photos by this Indiana photographer. Makes me think I need to dig out our digital camera and finally learn how to use it.