Thing 21: Podcasts, Smodcasts!

I played with all the directories and liked Yahoo Podcasts the best. I'm rushing a bit trying to finish all these exercises before June 6 and a search for library podcasts didn't pop up anything quick or enticing. I'll play with this more once I have that MP3 player and can download something to listen to while I'm working in the garden.

Thing 20 YouTube

This was a fun exercise. I had poked around YouTube before when this was first posted. My internet at home is extremely slow so I've not been able to do much with this site. First I tried to find something on the Collie National I went to in March but came up empty. My uncle sent me this clip and I love watching this horse, so I searched until I found it.

Thing 19

I wanted to have some fun so for this exercise, I tried Fun Stuff and Cocktail Maker (because it is 5:00 somewhere!) Unfortunately, I'm not a big hard liquor drinker so I was limited to exploring recipes with beer. The Irish Pancake sounds intriquing!

Thing 18 Zoho Writer

I've used some other web based apps without knowing that was proper term. We have a Mac at home, so I'm always looking for ways to send documents to my pc friends. After searching for quite awhile for a Mac compatible pedigree generator, a friend told me about a web based apps--voila! But, by the time I learned about it, I had already spent money on a very limited program that took forever to download. I definitely want to explore Zoho Writer and Google Docs for more apps.

Thing 17

I would rather play with my dogs than play in this wiki sandbox. Maybe I'm feeling the pressure of June 6 looming plus Rust closing plus home chores (weeding, weeding, weeding!) but I didn't find this exercise to be that useful. But, at least it's finished and I can go on to Thing 18!

Thing 16--Wiki

This exercise answered lots of questions! I enjoyed looking at Prince William's wiki, especially noting that Bull Run is closed from the end of March to the middle of June for hvac repairs-what are their patrons saying about that! Ours complained years ago when Rust closed half days for our own ac problems--Prince William must have more understanding patrons.
If my kennel webmaster doesn't keep up with the changes I ask for, maybe a wiki is the way for me to go. I think I'd like to explore more on my own. This might be a good tool for my store, too, hmmmm....Some of the wikis looked rather plain, which makes me wonder if that is one of the disadvantages over a website.

Thing 15

Interesting ideas in those articles but I think creativity and creating a library 2.0 will go as far as local funding will provide. I think library across the country are very open minded when it comes to new technology and services and are eager to adapt to provide what the patron wants.