Podcast

Podcast.net was very interesting to view. I did a keyword search on Library News and found a couple of things I was interested in viewing. King County Library posted a site on Library News Episode 3 A Look at Landlord Tenant Law. Listening to it almost put me to sleep, but for someone looking for information on Landlord/Tenant Law it was very helpful. I could not get an audio on The Library Channel: Don't Panic: Information Resources for When Your Deadline Looms! I would have love to hear anything that was said about resources available when your deadlines looms. I also checked out Book Review. The New York Times Book post updates of book review. This is a great source for patrons interested in hearing more about a book. The editor interviewed Rex Reed on Bette Davis. Another author, Dan Barry was also interviewed. This update was dated November 3, 2007. This was done on Podcastalley.com. This is a must "keep" for me.

Quest 11- Online Apps

Wow! This was the first word that came to mind as I explored Zoho Writer. It is a great site especially for students. In the past, we have had problems with students using their school computer and wanted to open a file at the library. The two computers were not compatible, therefore a student would have to start over fresh or wait until they return to school. I chose to use word to type a blog about the fire in Santa Ana. The print was perfect. Zoho has everything that Word have including smiling faces. I also made a spreadsheet and included a graph. This is a must kept site for my future use.

Quest 9

I have used Wiikipedia, the online encyclopedia in the past. I did not realized the vast amount of information available through Wiki. I was amazed to learn that others can contribute to Wiki. I checked out St. Joseph County Library's site. One of the great things I discover was their scholarships guide. The scholarships were listed in alphabetical order that included a contact name, telephone number and some has a web site. This is a wonderful site for students. SJCPL has a voting page with local and federal politicians, voting dates and where to vote. This would be a plus for CCPL. Another site that I visited was Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. This is a great site for librarians to use for ideas and programs. I will explore Wiki in the future and try my hand at editing or adding to the wiki.

Quest 8

I created a myspace page. Imagine me chatting on myspace! I took a class Mastering Myspace at TLC which was very helpful. My young adults have a myspace page so it was easy for me to decide which social newtworking was for me. Of course, I made them my friends. Even though, Tom was my very first friend. Thanks Tom. He is a true friend. I was able to post my pictures. Some of them I made private and just for my friends to see. I have enjoyed creating a myspace page and checking out what is on my friends page. I can find sites from someone's page and post it to my page if I like it. I never imagine that I would create a myspace page, but it was really a fun thing to do.

Quest 7

A long time ago I thought the only way to share my photos were to mail them to my friends and family. Today there are many ways I can do it and its so much easier and faster to do. One of my computer classes talked about Flickr. Flickr is a wonderful way to store your favorite photos. I chose three of my photos to share. First, a dozen beautiful birthday roses. All of my siblings were gathered together for Christmas 2006. This celebration was a first for us on Christmas in 2o years. I decided to personalized an ornament for each family household. This was the high light on Christmas Day. The third picture was the start of a Jack O'Lantern. Sorry, I did not include the end result. I was able to make a slide of my pictures. Amazing! I will keep using Flickr in the future to store my photos. To see my photo gallery go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/13780891@N08/.

Quest 6

Del.icio.us was a wonderful challenge for me. I am learning new things. Getting started tagging my first search was very interesting to say the least. It was amazining to see how many people sought out the same sites as I did. I found some great sites that interest me so I will use del.icio.us again. My del.icio.us is http://del.icio.us/freshstart22



Technorati is a great site if someone wants to see how others feel about a subject through blogging. I completed this exercise by tagging my post and adding "TechTrek2.0" to the bottom of it. I will not visit this site too often because I am not interest in reading someone's blog unless it will help me to understand a subject. Searching keyword resulted in 27,720 hits; tag search found three: sociability, web based file and conversion, along with videos. Blog Directory found 442 blogs about Lirary 2.0.

Information One-Stop

RSS is indeed changing my life. I have enjoyed creating my own personal one-stop news and information package. These resources will be useful to me in the future. My URL is http://bloglines.com/public/freshstart.