tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84414364758741039602024-03-05T22:47:56.970-08:00Nancy's 23 Things...and Beyond!Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-74678299921691344162014-04-10T07:36:00.001-07:002014-04-10T07:36:33.329-07:00Mobile Thing 5 - NotetakingI had downloaded Springpad previously and added a couple of notebooks by others (namely my organizing hero, Peter Walsh) but hadn't really had time to do much with it. So now I've added the app to my phone and iPad, pinned a craft I want to try this summer and added a To Do list for this weekend. I like that the list feature has checkboxes so I can see progress on the list.<br />
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I tried Remember the Milk briefly in one of the other 23 Things series, and I have a friend who uses it quite a lot. My favorite notetaking app is Evernote, which I have on my phone, iPad, computer at home and two computers at work. I use it *all the time.* I LOVE Evernote. I love that it syncs across all my devices. So to have Springpad described as what results if Evernote and Pinterest had a baby certainly attracted my attention.<br />
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And here's my dilemma: I have a notetaking app I like and use regularly. I use Pinterest quite a lot as well (I have a ton of pins in lots of categories). How many apps do I need that do kinda the same things??? When I first got my iPhone, I started using its native Notes app. Then I got Evernote - but didn't transfer my previous notes (seriously, who has time?). So now there's Springpad. Do I just go on from here using Springpad? Then I have to remember which app has a note I'm looking for. Do I spend a ton of time recreating notes/pins in Springpad? Seems an inefficient use of time for an app that's trying to increase efficiency. I do love technology, but how often to update/change my habits is a question.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-49696401050702577582014-02-25T14:57:00.003-08:002014-02-25T14:57:31.281-08:00Mobile Thing 4 - Keeping UpAhhh....keeping up. I can't keep up with anything these days!<br />
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I've used a blog reader since the initial 23 Things, and love it (but can't keep up with all the great blogs I've found...). Bloglines is my reader of choice.<br />
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And I've had Flipboard on my iPad for quite a while but haven't used it much. It seems to me that I had it linked to my Facebook account - and it was kinda weird to read Facebook content in that format - but things must have gotten re-set somehow because when I was just now looking at Flipboard, there wasn't any personalized content. I've added several interest areas, the M Word blog (which I also have in Bloglines) and linked my Facebook and Twitter accounts. I think the content presentation may take a little getting used to - it's just not the way I usually read things online. All of this is habit, and if I can make using Flipboard a habit and reading this content, then it will be a useful tool.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-27985858718915481102014-02-20T15:31:00.000-08:002014-02-20T15:32:10.823-08:00Mobile Thing 3 - UtilitiesI've tried several QR scanner apps over the past few years - one worked great in my office but wouldn't scan anything in real life. One worked well - it may have been Red Laser - but has somehow disappeared from my phone. So I've re-downloaded it and will be glad to have it back. I don't use it often, but when you need it, you need it!<br />
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I've used QR codes at my library for several years. We've added them to posters for programs, and they take users to the webpage with more details about the events. For the last 2 or 3 years I've included one on the cover of our One Book, One Community brochure, again linking to the webpage. I saw a suggestion on a listserv for posting a QR code next to the Chilton manuals which would then take the patron to the Chilton database. I like that idea - need to pass it on to our databases librarian!<br />
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I also downloaded Google Search, onto both my phone and my iPad. I think Google Goggles will prove to be useful, but in my limited test in my office, it didn't find many results. I did scan a book's barcode so I could see what the results will be, and this would have a lot of use when traveling or shopping. (Hmmm....maybe I need to travel. Or go shopping! All in the name of 23 Things research...) I like a lot of the Google apps/services, so it'll be great to have them all aggregated in one spot.<br />
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And I downloaded the WiFi Finder. Undoubtedly useful. Oh, wait. I already had that one!Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-82483711864014490992014-02-06T11:37:00.003-08:002014-02-06T11:37:40.254-08:0023 Mobile Things - Thing 2I've had my iPad for about a year and a half, but there were things I didn't know in this Thing.<br />
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<u>Things I didn't know:</u><br />
- How to close a running app. I didn't realize that apps remained running after I closed them. And when I used this method, it looks like apps I haven't used in months were still technically "running"!<br />
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- how to pause an installing app so that another one "behind" it in the update list could be installed, perhaps more quickly or because you need it sooner.<br />
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- how to add multiple spaces by tapping the space bar with multiple fingers<br />
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- how to type special characters (or what I'd call adding diacritics) by holding down a key and swiping the new character<br />
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- how to quickly move between the alphabet and number keyboards if you only need one of the other characters<br />
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- to add emoji characters<br />
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- adding keyboard shortcuts for frequently used phrases<br />
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- how to undo/redo actions by shaking<br />
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- splitting and merging the keyboard<br />
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- how to take a screenshot<br />
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- some of the bookmarks info<br />
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- add a web clip icon to the home screen for frequently-accessed websites. This could be very useful! I've usually left my frequently used websites open in tabs in Safari, but will try this.<br />
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- Safari Reader. I've seen the button but not tried it.<br />
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<u>Things I did know:</u><br />
- seeing open apps (which I had thought were just the last apps I'd used, rather than "running" apps...) and switching between them on the bottom multitasking bar.<br />
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- how to install and remove apps<br />
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- how to create folders (and label them) to organize similar kinds of apps<br />
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- how to rearrange icons<br />
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- how to put a period at the end of a sentence/word by double tapping the space bar<br />
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- how to cut, copy and paste<br />
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- how to select wallpapers (I use this a lot!)<br />
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- notification center<br />
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- using the built-in dictionary<br />
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- some of the bookmarks info<br />
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- tabbed browsing<br />
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- setting up email accounts<br />
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- changing mail signatures<br />
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- sending instant messages (free between iOs devices!)<br />
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- using the calendar for reminders and appointments. I have my calendars and contacts sync between the iPad, iPhone, and home and work computers. Invaluable!!<br />
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Unfortunately, the free downloadable iPad User Guide isn't available for my not-yet-upgraded-to-iOs-7 device, so I'll have to hold off on that a bit. But I've learned a few things from this article that should make my iPad more useful. I should also read the iPhone article...Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-389102032213091462014-01-23T12:42:00.001-08:002014-01-23T12:42:17.714-08:0023 Mobile Things - Thing 1I was surprised to see the date on my last post - 2009! There are so very many "things" available - both new since '09 and ones that I haven't fully taken advantage of that were around then. So for this round of Things, I'm hoping to feel more current and have a fuller understanding of the social media/productivity/online tools people are using.<br />
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I'm hoping that one of the Things will be a way to add more time to a day....<br />
:)Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-70433909437679964412009-06-16T12:33:00.000-07:002009-06-17T07:31:50.425-07:00Thing 47 - Evaluation<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, fantasy; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, -webkit-fantasy; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><div>When I think back about this second round of Things, my impressions are that it was not as useful to me as the first round. Then I looked at the list in the evaluation and realized that there are indeed things that I'm going to keep on using. I'm eager to work some more with the screencasting tools and add some tutorials to my library's website.</div><div><br /></div>I've been doing a lot of thinking about making the library website a more interactive experience for patrons, which is a way libraries can remain relevant and appeal to younger users (who are, of course, the future taxpaying supporters of a library).</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size:small;">I'd love to see more programs similar to this as web-based tools and apps continue to evolve. I want to go back and review all the different kinds of available tools from all 46 Things. I've urged a bunch of people to participate, even if they don't do it "for credit."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size:small;">Thanks very much to everyone who worked on putting all 46 Things together!</span></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-21390506499309465162009-06-16T08:17:00.000-07:002009-06-16T12:29:03.214-07:00Thing 46 - WebJunctionInvestigating WebJunction has been on my To Do/Don't Forget list for a long time, so I was glad for an opportunity to explore this site. I was particularly impressed with the course offerings - I don't think I realized they were available. Despite the fact, however, that I was logged in and had clicked in the Remember Me box, the courses kept coming up with a charge. I tried logging out and back in and it was the same. So that was a little disappointing. I'll try it again another time when I may be able to actually do one of the courses.<div><br /></div><div>The groups show potential but there doesn't seem to be a lot of action yet. I was hoping to find a list of groups, and finally did. It's interesting that many of them are not limited to MN libraries.</div><div><br /></div><div>I found the options listed under some of the top tabs (Technology, Library Services, etc.) to be worth exploring in more depth. It would be nice to find a group for sharing ideas for the summer reading programs or for Teen Read Week. Those kinds of hints/suggestions/ideas would be pretty quick to post and useful for a lot of people.</div><div><br /></div><div>I just tried registering for a course again and followed the "green box instructions" on the courses page step by step.....and it still wants me to pay $40 with a credit card.</div><div><br /></div><div>My final take on this is that it's a very nice site with a lot of potential if more people would be using it.</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-37717150711956659112009-06-11T14:44:00.001-07:002009-06-12T11:39:35.799-07:00Thing 45 - Up in the cloudsThis is just an exhilarating concept! And scary, too. And overwhelming, from a workload POV. I was reading parts of this Thing immediately after reading an article in Computers in Libraries about making your OPAC accessible via smartphones and other handheld devices. And the point is, people want access to everything at all times! The way libraries can remain relevant is to facilitate that access, to make information and collections available online and for a variety of computer-like devices. What a huge undertaking this is! And especially difficult in a time of staff shortages when we're struggling just to keep the doors open.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-62737095139644911352009-06-09T07:37:00.001-07:002009-06-10T13:01:53.627-07:00Thing 44 - Money, money, moneyI really liked both the mymoney.gov and the National Endowment for Financial Education sites. There is a ton of information and I plan to go back and explore them further. I'll consider using a site like Mint, but I'm not quite there yet. Feed the Pig does have some useful info, and FuelEconomy.gov as well. The cell phone plan comparison site was very interesting, as I'm thinking about making a change there. The Frugal Dad tips sound a lot like my dad and are the kind of tips found in lots of magazines these days. (BTW, it was good to see him plug using the library!) And Wisebread would have a number of interesting articles for people who take the time to click around. I liked the list of frugal bloggers, but I have a hard time reading all the blogs I have in my reader now! (I know, I know, I'm going back to that page....Subscribing to blogs is so darn easy!) I'm already familiar with some of the coupon code sites.<div><br /></div><div>So, just like nearly everything else, there's a lot about money and how to save it on the Internet. It's interesting to find the various money management tools, though. I have quite the list of sites to go back to.</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-90652989244428200702009-06-03T09:59:00.001-07:002009-06-05T11:38:48.338-07:00Thing 43 - Online TVHmmm.....just what I need - more TV! <div><br /></div><div>Hulu was very fun. I'd looked at it a year or so ago after seeing it mentioned somewhere else. This is a great way to see episodes you missed or old TV shows. I watched part of an episode of It Takes a Thief, which I loved as a kid. (Ahh....Robert Wagner!!) And it is not available on DVD.</div><div><br /><object width="512" height="296"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/9R5GXQeY-Y4qK1t8Vg-qaQ"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/9R5GXQeY-Y4qK1t8Vg-qaQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>(It made me laugh to see that when I ran this on my computer, the commercial sponsor was the National Anti-Crime Network. For a show about a jewel thief! Ha!)</div><div><br /></div><div>The problem for me here again is bandwidth. I don't think my connection at home is fast enough to watch with any continuity, and I'm sure not going to do this at work.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's fun to know that this is available, but I don't see any library application here and I probably won't use it much at home. (A colleague just suggested that out-of-copyright films could be shown as a public program.) While I certainly watch *plenty* of TV, I don't think I want to do it in front of my computer screen, even if connection speed weren't an issue.</div><div><br /></div><div>Still, this to me is one of the marvels of the Internet - the fact that so many programs and specials that are no longer available through "regular" TV can be enjoyed without special charge (except for the high-speed access...) by anyone in the world. Amazing.</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-64683601173594074612009-06-02T08:28:00.000-07:002009-06-03T09:29:05.704-07:00Thing 42 - MusicThis one is really fun! I mostly work alone in a windowless office surrounded by loads of computer equipment, and therefore am usually playing some music, either through my computer or on a CD player. But eventually you get tired of hearing the same tracks repeatedly. This is where Internet radio is so handy. I signed up for Last.fm, downloaded the app for Mac and let it draw on my iTunes library to create a station of music I'd like. And it's pretty good! Lots of people I haven't heard of but whose music I do like. The listings also indicate similar artists (so I can see what they're basing the choice on) so I can explore further if I want.<br /><br />The one problem here is that we've been asked (well, all right - told) not to do streaming radio at work because of the bandwidth demands. So I probably can't use this a lot at work. I'll have to see if my connection at home is fast enough.<br /><br /><div>I also played around a bit with Pandora, which is also very cool. The only problem I found was that the first two search terms I put in in Pandora returned no results. It's been great to have something different to listen to in my office. </div><div><br /><table class="lfmWidgetchart_e5ce1c9fa31ab1cdd51437b797a664fc" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:184px;"><tbody><tr class="lfmHead"><td><a title="NCE28: Recently Listened Tracks" href="http://www.last.fm/user/NCE28" target="_blank" style="display:block;overflow:hidden;height:20px;width:184px;background:url(http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/images/en/header/chart/recenttracks_regular_blue.png) no-repeat 0 -20px;text-decoration:none;border:0;"></a></td></tr><tr class="lfmEmbed"><td><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/chart/friends_6.swf" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" id="lfmEmbed_58346147" width="184" height="199"> <param name="movie" value="http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/chart/friends_6.swf"> <param name="flashvars" value="type=recenttracks&user=NCE28&theme=blue&lang=en&widget_id=chart_e5ce1c9fa31ab1cdd51437b797a664fc"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="bgcolor" value="6598cd"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="menu" value="true"> </object></td></tr><tr class="lfmFoot"><td style="background:url(http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/images/footer_bg/blue.png) repeat-x 0 0;text-align:right;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:184px;"><tbody><tr><td class="lfmConfig"><a href="http://www.last.fm/widgets/?colour=blue&chartType=recenttracks&user=NCE28&chartFriends=1&from=code&widget=chart" title="Get your own widget" target="_blank" style="display:block;overflow:hidden;width:85px;height:20px;float:right;background:url(http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/images/en/footer/blue.png) no-repeat 0px -20px;text-decoration:none;border:0;"></a></td><td class="lfmView" style="width:74px;"><a href="http://www.last.fm/user/NCE28" title="View NCE28's profile" target="_blank" style="display:block;overflow:hidden;width:74px;height:20px;background:url(http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/images/en/footer/blue.png) no-repeat -85px -20px;text-decoration:none;border:0;"></a></td><td class="lfmPopup" style="width:25px;"><a href="http://www.last.fm/widgets/popup/?colour=blue&chartType=recenttracks&user=NCE28&chartFriends=1&from=code&widget=chart&resize=1" title="Load this chart in a pop up" target="_blank" style="display:block;overflow:hidden;width:25px;height:20px;background:url(http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/images/en/footer/blue.png) no-repeat -159px -20px;text-decoration:none;border:0;" onclick="window.open(this.href + '&resize=0','lfm_popup','height=299,width=234,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes'); return false;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br />As you can see, I added the Last.fm widget, both here and in the sidebar.<div><br /></div><div>Last.fm, at least, does not seem much like "radio" to me. Well, maybe it's more like MPR than regular commercial radio. When I listen to commercial radio, sometimes it's partly for the local stuff - news, weather, ads, etc. You don't get that with Internet music services. Even the Internet weather, it seems, is not updated as quickly as local radio can give updates.</div></div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-28496067873192297232009-05-29T08:37:00.000-07:002009-05-29T08:50:01.866-07:00Thing 41 - Life as a mashupI signed up for Lifestream. The thing that I found most surprising is the HUGE number of sites it supports. I thought we were seeing lots of sites during this whole Thing process (and we are!) but there are so, so, so many more out there! To say I'd never heard of most of the supported sites should be expected. (And there are some that sound familiar, so I've probably looked at them during the Things and just can't remember them.) <div><br /></div><div>It's a great idea, to be able to pull all your accounts into one spot. Practically, though, I probably don't use enough of them on an ongoing basis to make this as useful or necessary as some find it. I'll follow it for a while, though, and see.</div><div><br /></div><div>I added a Lifestream badge to the sidebar. And I found another Minnesota 23 (or 46) Things person to follow.</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-53887270213387680792009-05-06T20:32:00.000-07:002009-05-07T15:28:05.556-07:00Thing 40 - MashupsWheel of Food is just fun to do! It made me laugh out loud. And the Flickr Memory Game was very fun. Bubblr too.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="180"><param name="movie" value="http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/bubblr_blog.swf?id=15797"><embed src="http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/bubblr_blog.swf?id=15797" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="180"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>Here, I tried Bubblr again, with more photos.<br /><object width="400" height="180"><param name="movie" value="http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/bubblr_blog.swf?id=15802"><embed src="http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/bubblr_blog.swf?id=15802" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="180"></embed></object><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div>I'd forgotten about BigHugeLabs (the trading cards from the first 23 were so cool...). It was fun to play around with those apps again.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Mashup Awards website lists some fun things - track what's being talked about the most on Twitter, match your Twitter posts with Flickr photos, get a 10-day forecast for cities around the world...</div><div><br /></div><div>I am continually amazed by the creativity and resourcefulness of the people developing all these tools. Real-world applications aren't leaping out at me right now, but I'll keep thinking about how we could use them.</div></div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-2430441205429527042009-05-06T20:23:00.001-07:002009-05-06T20:25:10.558-07:00Back to Thing 37 - Just a commentI've done most of these Things at work, but because of the problems with the scrapbooking tools, I was working from my computer at home, and I found that one of the two Animoto slideshows is now visible! And I still don't have a gmail account! I don't think I could see it at work earlier. How weird. And if one is visible, why wouldn't the other one be too? Computers really do have minds of their own.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-40966823279271591432009-05-06T20:17:00.001-07:002009-05-06T20:17:07.241-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI*MTY2NTk3ODc1NSZwdD*xMjQxNjY2MzUyODE2JnA9NDA5MzExJmQ9QnVpbGRlckVtYmVkJm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTImdD*mbz*xNjVhOTEzYzIzZTU*ZGY*OTE1MzBiMTk3MDc2YTE3MSZvZj*w.gif" /><object width="420" height="312" ><param name="movie" value="http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer_v2_embed.swf?scrapblogId=1786579&showShareButton=true&showShareInitially=true&showOnlyShare=false&partnerId=1" /></param><embed src="http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer_v2_embed.swf?scrapblogId=1786579&showShareButton=true&showShareInitially=true&showOnlyShare=false&partnerId=1" width="420" height="312"></embed></object>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-61823776535618921052009-05-06T09:35:00.000-07:002009-05-06T20:22:59.764-07:00Thing 39 - Digital StorytellingWhat could be better - scrapbooking *and* computers?? These tools were lots of fun, and I want to play with them more, both at home and at work. For the page creation, I tried both Scrapblog and Smilebox. With Scrapblog, it wanted me to purchase anything I wanted to use on a page (which I didn't want to do). With Smilebox, I wanted to create just one page, but the template required me to do four (which of course took more time). It's nice to be able to use video in the pages, though, and to add music.<div><br /></div><div>Uploading the file from Smilebox did not go smoothly. The application kept quitting, and then it was unclear as to whether it was actually uploading the file or not. So I tried it from home, and didn't even get that far. The application would download but not open - kept crashing.</div><div><br /></div><div>So back I went to Scrapblog and finally found some things I could use without buying them. The page is the post above.</div><div><br /></div><div>I liked both of these tools, but there are some drawbacks - the fact that I couldn't actually upload the Smilebox set is the biggest one, of course. I'll try it from work again tomorrow and see if the problem has been resolved or if their tech support has any suggestions. I think digital scrapbooking would be really nice to implement on my library website, but it may take a while to get going.</div><div><br /></div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-69705907456170634512009-05-04T12:06:00.001-07:002009-05-04T12:14:17.524-07:00Thing 38 - ScreencastingThis is very cool. I can foresee load of library applications for this! I tried several apps - Jing, Skitch, Screencast-o-matic (who wouldn't love the name!) - and I think they all will be useful in various ways.<div><br /></div><div>The screencast I made, using Screencast-o-matic, was on how to renew library materials online. This is something I will use on our website, but will probably re-do it and add some more details. The info in the training screencast on how to embed something into a blog or website doesn't work, however. There isn't an option for getting the widget and an embed code. So I'm not sure how this is going to go....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw78YwJfpEgUBTCYM0G4VO2qnnokBRaTGUh_-4CVIyIMa0dTVal9UNhBfhE4lWgOeWVm4uDoFpOjBLMdaa26g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Worked! I'm really excited about the opportunities here.</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-3167296685718908802009-04-29T11:29:00.000-07:002009-04-29T11:34:07.741-07:00Thing 36.1I thought I saw a pdf-to-Word generator when I was looking at the online pdf generators the other day. Today I needed to manipulate text from a pdf in order to create a booklist we use as part of our Teen Summer Reading Program - the 2009 Teens Top Ten nominees. I've done this in the past with a lot of cutting and pasting, and then a lot of stripping out unwanted formatting.<div><br /></div><div>Just now I downloaded the pdf to my desktop, uploaded it to the pdf-to-Word generator, waited 2 minutes and then downloaded an .rtf file. Easy! Useful! Woo hoo!!</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-68885854985263675692009-04-29T09:34:00.000-07:002009-04-30T13:30:34.338-07:00Thing 37 - Photo Tales.....or, A Lesson in FrustrationSeveral of these items were not very successful....<br /><br />Here's an Animoto video:<div><br />And here's one that I did of a trip to England:<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/49f889907456e0dc/46928cc53601c055/e6ddef61/-cpid/aea4e6f547fbfdb8/widget.js"></script></div><div>OK - so those didn't post in the body of the blog. They did post in the sidebar (eventually), but the width is cut off. In order to post videos to Blogger from Animoto, you have to have a Gmail account. With all of the things I've signed up for during this process, why didn't I sign up for a Gmail account? Just stubbornness, I guess. Perhaps I'll do that later and then try re-posting the videos here.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's my <a href="http://collagr.com/Collage.aspx?id=6872d42b-1dcb-43cc-b98c-b822ef438410">collage of the photos of Youth Services</a> at the end of our remodeling last year.</div><div><br /></div><div>Slide's slideshow:</div><br /><p style="visibility:visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-61.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" height="320" width="426" style="width:426px;height:320px"><param name="movie" value="http://widget-61.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="l"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=3026418949609500513&site=widget-61.slide.com"></object></p><p style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=3026418949609500513&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-61.slide.com/p1/3026418949609500513/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=3026418949609500513&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-61.slide.com/p2/3026418949609500513/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=3026418949609500513&map=E" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-61.slide.com/m/3026418949609500513/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide9_1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></p><p></p><div>This was really easy to do. I may delete the music, though.</div><div><br /></div><div>CaptionBubble didn't work for me (a Mac issue??), but I could add a caption with Captioner. It wouldn't post to the blog, though...</div><div><br /></div><div>How about a Tiltshift photo:</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0TqPQcBESu5Z4q42IaZmNpMdoolV9bACHndK6Kt3zgFfnGXD-SB1ciKmXCti2HulZTEyw3hg7pUBdOlxnN0zo5AHv0CtLea58aSVu7S5qKs22On4jwzSwsx2FPYx3gs7Fu4e-SZlYHg/s1600-h/DSCN0575-tiltshift.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0TqPQcBESu5Z4q42IaZmNpMdoolV9bACHndK6Kt3zgFfnGXD-SB1ciKmXCti2HulZTEyw3hg7pUBdOlxnN0zo5AHv0CtLea58aSVu7S5qKs22On4jwzSwsx2FPYx3gs7Fu4e-SZlYHg/s320/DSCN0575-tiltshift.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330572601691575922" /></a><div><br /></div><div>OK, here's my "story," done with Picnik (which I think will have library uses), Tiltshift and Flickr slideshows:</div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqQ2l5tzW7tsRxsKQBpSpIjPZ_yVSOJOv6rNPc0CTybRW9gddxmkXi-emddANmOtpeXeIuBRuI7Ov2lh0R4SKxAicpRZVhSm63j_8gZFEnPhvfThyphenhyphenRKni3JCBd9WeR-Ws79yw-TQGzRs/s1600-h/CR-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqQ2l5tzW7tsRxsKQBpSpIjPZ_yVSOJOv6rNPc0CTybRW9gddxmkXi-emddANmOtpeXeIuBRuI7Ov2lh0R4SKxAicpRZVhSm63j_8gZFEnPhvfThyphenhyphenRKni3JCBd9WeR-Ws79yw-TQGzRs/s320/CR-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330583742280999714" /></a><br /><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F24225477%40N08%2Fsets%2F72157617526092720%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F24225477%40N08%2Fsets%2F72157617526092720%2F&set_id=72157617526092720&jump_to="> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F24225477%40N08%2Fsets%2F72157617526092720%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F24225477%40N08%2Fsets%2F72157617526092720%2F&set_id=72157617526092720&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4TqsPXh0IgiuRGWmWGUA9x6KfTUh_EAaFBY2U5JFF8QBcp_E1-FRAeXy8tXPVGrsYT0C21g0wnp0XNdPfZcYDjcpfEXXizA0c1dnU1ObkMvlzruTychoi-R01NNP_rXGaPJuzVzN6_U/s1600-h/DSCN1056-tiltshift-CR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4TqsPXh0IgiuRGWmWGUA9x6KfTUh_EAaFBY2U5JFF8QBcp_E1-FRAeXy8tXPVGrsYT0C21g0wnp0XNdPfZcYDjcpfEXXizA0c1dnU1ObkMvlzruTychoi-R01NNP_rXGaPJuzVzN6_U/s320/DSCN1056-tiltshift-CR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330583743701240818" /></a><br /></div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-21095044102359133252009-04-28T08:03:00.000-07:002009-04-28T11:52:44.298-07:00Thing 36 - Generating some funI'm thrilled to find the online pdf converters (Publisher files are often a problem), but when I uploaded a file to try it out, I got an error message saying there were server problems. I'll try that again later, because this would provide a real service for us. I think the password generators could be very useful as well ... as long as you remember to write them down somewhere! (My top tip for anyone doing the Things programs is to write down your usernames and passwords!)<div><br /></div><div>I tried out the little READ posters and the newspaper generator, using a clever press release one of our former librarians wrote for a previous summer reading program.</div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 159px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYLFmEcojdwNdIG3oLpKkiHWUhaDv9G5oLcxR1KyI5SN5h8WD5GV39OWglrkuWzJ43Ex9FXURCzwWbEJI5zIyTmBk71orLW1F5nOCgunW2Ly7HK3fgoY3J2kunVQ-qNfhSGU5h3w_GtI/s320/ala_7752351.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329759370837905922" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwl-4HX00VWb3n8t2bLYOn5ek6vKXzAzC54Odeq8aSVsTSHrLImaRVdYDEMveGzoCZODoIlWa5Y1FYnSBXhAycSFtzuftxcPady2Hrd27run7f5vNdFDSZidbdnoRVG0zQmL_E4Sh-VI/s320/newspaper.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329759370650302210" /><br /><div>And Wordle is fun - I did several versions for Strikepoint, which I'll post on the Strikepoint blog, but here's one of them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefEKfnWWVaVhm5gcvKGgq4rg5xIAzYdY5zcP1Cwlt7FSYjGwxi-LmZ12xy328CtRph53J6lfiXcxZf8Qwo7y2abQ98ml0sbYrplTh2zb03If1JcS803bWYUNa-0-0qmQrIdqKRvvHbT0/s1600-h/WordleSP2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefEKfnWWVaVhm5gcvKGgq4rg5xIAzYdY5zcP1Cwlt7FSYjGwxi-LmZ12xy328CtRph53J6lfiXcxZf8Qwo7y2abQ98ml0sbYrplTh2zb03If1JcS803bWYUNa-0-0qmQrIdqKRvvHbT0/s320/WordleSP2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329772122088210034" /></a>I've seen these done before but haven't tried it. Just clicking the Randomize button after you get the initial image is fun. I did a Timetoast timeline for last summer's tour. If I had the photos of the churches where we played, I would have included them.</div><div><br /><object width="550" height="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.timetoast.com/flash/TimelineComponent.swf"><param name="passedTimelines" value="16856"><embed src="http://www.timetoast.com/flash/TimelineComponent.swf?passedTimelines=16856" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" passedtimelines="16856" width="550" height="400"></embed></object><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Oh yeah - way too much fun!</div><div><br /> <!--Start Dewey Decimal Quiz Results--><br /> <div style="padding:3px; text-align:center; width:350px; color: #a0b0c0; background- border: 1px solid #207e6fcolor:#202f7e;"><br /> <div style="margin:3px; padding:3px; color: #99CCE6; background- border: 1px solid #207e6fcolor:#206080;"><br /> <span style="font-size:90%;">Nancy Eaton's Dewey Decimal Section: </span><br /><br /> <span style="font-size:120%;"> 585 Gymnosperms; conifers </span><br /><br /> <span style="font-size:80%;">Nancy Eaton's birthday: 6/28/1957 = 628+1957 = 2585</span><br /><br /> <br /><b>Class:</b><br />500 Science<br /><br /><br /> <b>Contains:</b><br />Math, astronomy, prehistoric life, plants and animals.<br /> <br /><br /><br /> <b>What it says about you:</b><br />You are fascinated by the world around you, and see it as a puzzle worth exploring. You try to understand how things work and how you can make them better. You might be a nerd.<br /> </div><br /> <a href="http://www.spacefem.com/quizzes/dewey" style="color: #47a3d1">Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com</a><br /> </div><br /><!--End Dewey Decimal Quiz Results--><br /> <br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvh0ETNsNbtlRMa7X9eCQ9klcQyyx8f6DzCdzn1UfRi7JzHtjJLM0KlTxPg1xBLwXwy__eo2ScOak8pHYssCv-gOS3iCpzx-L14_Vu9DKURBMNfAXX3OpdmiZLuWPHmaIxNKVCyyo38E/s1600-h/tinytags.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 56px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvh0ETNsNbtlRMa7X9eCQ9klcQyyx8f6DzCdzn1UfRi7JzHtjJLM0KlTxPg1xBLwXwy__eo2ScOak8pHYssCv-gOS3iCpzx-L14_Vu9DKURBMNfAXX3OpdmiZLuWPHmaIxNKVCyyo38E/s320/tinytags.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329811855083772114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye6YbzP0DNBXcZmA-tM_8GOBFy0YX1WpglKIUTGU-x6NBBS317qNDD3Y4gKBSU_AS8-cEdvHHwtYRbuZGF2RH58WCSVK9XwheW1zZLcbS-Y_XWRnu8nQE6OaeIuvrCqugzA1Dtr3_qCo/s1600-h/ExpressYourselfbanner.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 33px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye6YbzP0DNBXcZmA-tM_8GOBFy0YX1WpglKIUTGU-x6NBBS317qNDD3Y4gKBSU_AS8-cEdvHHwtYRbuZGF2RH58WCSVK9XwheW1zZLcbS-Y_XWRnu8nQE6OaeIuvrCqugzA1Dtr3_qCo/s320/ExpressYourselfbanner.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329811847931408642" /></a>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-10285662658745255192009-04-27T12:50:00.000-07:002009-04-27T13:39:16.886-07:00Thing 35 - Books, Books, BooksI will confess that I have not done anything with LibraryThing since the first 23 Things last spring. It seemed to me like a lot of work to enter what I own or what I was reading or what I want to read, and then to maintain it. That could all be time that I *was* reading! But there are quite a number of people on one of my listservs who love it and get lots of reading suggestions from each other. (On the other hand, I'm not going to live long enough to read the reading suggestions I have now!)<div><br /></div><div>I tried librarious because I thought it would be a good way to keep track of DVDs I own. And it probably would - I'd just need to spend a lot more time entering information. I added Twitterlit to my iGoogle homepage, but my phone plan doesn't support the other services that will send info. Twitterlit could be diverting...</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I tried both Reading Trails and What Do I Read Next. WDIRN offered some truly bizarre suggestions that were not at all similar to the titles I entered. There were some that *were* similar, but of course the weird ones are the ones that stood out! The BookStumpers site is always fun to surf through. I have a passion for reading series books in order, so the Which Book site may prove to be useful.</div><div><br /></div><div>I wasn't very impressed with the various online book community sites. The listserv I'm on provides real book discussion, a lot of off-topic discussion and tons of book suggestions, so I'll stick with that. On the other hand, I like the book group resources sites; we have permission to use both the Reading Group ones when putting together our book club in a bag kits, and I'm glad to find out about the Lit Lovers site. I looked at several of the sites in the other categories and played around with Facebook's Visual Bookshelf a bit - that'll probably be the app I'd use the most.</div><div><br /></div><div>With all of these book-related websites, and all of the people who are passionate enough about the books they're reading to support and maintain those websites, how can people think that the age of the book is passing? There's certainly room for both books and technology!</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-77200978951558051152009-04-22T08:19:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:34:26.412-07:00Thing 34 - Not Really CompetitionSeveral of the answer sites were pretty fun. I liked Ask Metafilter and ChaCha. AllExperts and WikiAnswers required a lot of clicking in order to get to the questions. Yahoo also required a lot of clicking down into subcategories, and there are a lot of pretty useless polls (Chinese or Mexican food? Are you a morning person?) and questions that result in opinions but perhaps not answers (Should food be rationed to all in order to combat global warming?). Amazon's Askville is nice, but I didn't like that the first thing you see on a page is the sponsored ad links.<div><div><br /></div><div>For me, if I wanted specific information, it would seem quicker and much more direct to ask a librarian (or even to do a specific Internet search). If I had extra time (HA!) and wanted to surf for anything interesting, these sites could be amusing. I'm not likely to spend much more time on them, though.</div><div><br /></div><div>Where I do see a use for them is for some of the specific requests that the library - or at least my library - can't answer: how can I do this (insert task here) using this piece of software? or What are people's experiences with this particular restaurant or hotel in this location?</div></div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-46437707510338832042009-04-15T12:05:00.001-07:002009-04-16T08:22:16.808-07:00Thing 33 - Travel 2.0There are some fun sites in this Thing. I found another blog to follow (swell - more to read...). I looked at several of the travel sites and searched Clearwater Beach, FL, which is one of my favorite vacation spots.<div><br /></div><div>I tried the Mapness travel journal site, and it would be another way to do a map of <a href="http://mapness.net/journey/7723">Strikepoint's tour routes</a>. It's easier to use than Google Maps, and gives the option of automatically connecting two points by roads, rather than the user having to draw the route on the map. On the other hand, it chooses the roads it will connect by, and there's no editing option.</div><div><br /></div><div>Vcarious looks like a fun site and could be useful if you're planning a trip to somewhere where its users have posted info. Lots of options for creating online journals with photos and maps, lists of restaurants and sights to see, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>I suppose that some of these could be linked on my library's Internet sites by subject Travel list, but other than that I'm not seeing a whole lot of library application.</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-40801214054044513682009-04-14T14:05:00.000-07:002009-04-14T14:39:04.762-07:00Thing 32 - Google MapsThis Thing was fun - a little frustrating at times, but fun. And very useful - perhaps mostly in a personal way but also professionally.<div><br /></div><div>I created a map of the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&z=12&msid=117106913646408185151.00046789e48b649117a4a">Duluth Public Library locations</a> and linked it on my library website. The weird thing is that the first time I clicked on the link on each of my computers, I got a totally different map, of some place in Missouri!! So I'm a little wary of leaving it there.</div><div><br /></div><div>It worked better on my personal project, which was on a <a href="http://strikepoint.blogspot.com/">blog</a> for <a href="http://strikepoint.com/">Strikepoint</a>, my handbell ensemble. I embedded a map of a couple upcoming concert locations.</div><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=103375354999974234350.0004677505eb0369a8e95&ll=46.616236,-94.320159&spn=0.036169,0.010128&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=103375354999974234350.0004677505eb0369a8e95&ll=46.616236,-94.320159&spn=0.036169,0.010128&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Pequot Lakes concert sites</a> in a larger map</small><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">My next project will be to trace the routes of our annual tours on a map, with placemarks for our concert stops. Our director would like there to be a single map showing all of our tours (for 20 years!), each in a different color, but I don't think Google Maps does that. </span></span></div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441436475874103960.post-44564538582652739002009-04-02T07:11:00.000-07:002009-04-02T08:00:14.357-07:00Thing 31 - More TwitterTwitter is one of those things for which I've had a hard time seeing a library application, but I guess I'm finally finding some interesting library uses for it. Luria Library (is that right?) used their feed to tell their students that first, the Internet was down in the library and then that it was back up. Hennepin County uses theirs to give reminders about programs. (I can only wish that we'd have programs to promote!!)<div><br /></div><div>I've read a lot of the articles linked in the Thing instructions and signed up to follow several more people/organizations. (I've seen somewhere that Queen Elizabeth is on Twitter but haven't found her there yet. That would be fun!) Some of the techie tweeters put out so much that it's just too overwhelming to try to actually follow.</div><div><br /></div><div>If my library had one or more Facebook pages - and I'd really like to see this happen - then automating a feed into Twitter would be great.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some of the fun things - I started following the Mac v. PC tweets, looked at the Twittergami bird (very cool) and took the "what punctuation mark are you" quiz (I'm a comma). I didn't post it to either Twitter or Facebook - I've been seeing sooooo many "What (insert noun[s] here) are you" quizzes in the past few days that I just don't feel like extending it! (But I *have* posted results from some others on Facebook. As a children's writer, I'm Beverly Cleary!)</div><div><br /></div><div>David Lee King's articles were very interesting, and particularly the one about who not to friend on Twitter or Facebook. While it can be interesting and idea-sparking to see what other libraries are doing with these media, I agree that the primary purpose of a library's presence on Twitter/Facebook should be to connect with their patrons.</div><div><br /></div><div>So right now I guess I'm at the "kinda doubtful but willing to be convinced" stage of Twitter. I'll keep plugging away...</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18341645799945853877noreply@blogger.com1