Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Here I Am!
Hi Guys,
At last, I finally had a chance to get things set up and am posting my very first blog entry. Over the past few weeks I have been messing around with RSS feeds and Google reader. This week, I spent time exploring and reading several library related web 2.0 blogs. My goal next week is to try out a few of social networking/bookmarking sites like Twitter or Flickr.
See you tomorrow AM,
Zach
At last, I finally had a chance to get things set up and am posting my very first blog entry. Over the past few weeks I have been messing around with RSS feeds and Google reader. This week, I spent time exploring and reading several library related web 2.0 blogs. My goal next week is to try out a few of social networking/bookmarking sites like Twitter or Flickr.
See you tomorrow AM,
Zach
Delicious
So Delicious is amazing. I have been using it this afternoon. I purposely skipped it when we started the conquest of 23 Things. Now, I have to say, I see why it's such a popular 2.0.
Cheers,
See you tomorrow!
Cheers,
See you tomorrow!
100% RSS-Fed Guy
Hey guys,
I've been using Google Reader for a while now, so I thought I'd try Bloglines. It's not bad, but it's a bit annoying. I couldn't get it to read one of my favorite blogs, and when subscribing to a feed they put you through a few extra hoops-- don't know why, I guess just to make sure you really really want to subscribe to the feed. I much prefer Google Reader. Have you all tried any? What do you prefer?
I've been using Google Reader for a while now, so I thought I'd try Bloglines. It's not bad, but it's a bit annoying. I couldn't get it to read one of my favorite blogs, and when subscribing to a feed they put you through a few extra hoops-- don't know why, I guess just to make sure you really really want to subscribe to the feed. I much prefer Google Reader. Have you all tried any? What do you prefer?
Friday, February 13, 2009
Today
I didn't get a chance to tell you before class started but I had to go give a presentation for another class.
On Wednesday and Thursday night, I had a chance to briefly try Twitter and am going to explore it a little more this weekend and will then report on it class next Friday.
How is everyone else doing?
On Wednesday and Thursday night, I had a chance to briefly try Twitter and am going to explore it a little more this weekend and will then report on it class next Friday.
How is everyone else doing?
Thursday, February 12, 2009
My Flickr Account
Hi All, I set up a Flickr account and can now blog to our blog from it. Here's a picture of my deeply insane cat, Hildy. Isn't she precious? ; )
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Interesting Question
At the end of the Week Three unit, there are some questions to ponder after learning about these tools. I though maybe we could talk about one of the questions, namely--
How do you plan to incorporate Web 2.0 tools and technologies into your products and services?
I think social bookmarking is a great way for reference librarians to share resources with patrons in an ongoing dialogue. It can be used to build a relationship with a patron going beyond the basic question-and-answer session. It's sometimes hard, in a reference situation, to get in all that you may want to share with a patron, and you certainly don't want to overwhelm them with all that you know. But social bookmarks can be shared over a period of time, allowing reference librarians to have something that lasts beyond the initial contact. That's how I imagine it, anyways-- what do you all think?
How do you plan to incorporate Web 2.0 tools and technologies into your products and services?
I think social bookmarking is a great way for reference librarians to share resources with patrons in an ongoing dialogue. It can be used to build a relationship with a patron going beyond the basic question-and-answer session. It's sometimes hard, in a reference situation, to get in all that you may want to share with a patron, and you certainly don't want to overwhelm them with all that you know. But social bookmarks can be shared over a period of time, allowing reference librarians to have something that lasts beyond the initial contact. That's how I imagine it, anyways-- what do you all think?
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Weeks 2 and 3
Hey guys, I'm working my way through some of the week 2 and 3 stuff-- kinda rapidly, as I'm pretty familiar with blogging and tagging. Where are you guys at?
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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