23 THINGS - FINALLY FINISHED!!!

I have FINISHED 23 things. Thank goodness it's over. I can now do my usual work & not face as many challenges as I faced with the program. I found it frustrating at times as I needed quite a bit of help to do things as I am not very computer literate. However at least now I know about things like Facebook, MySpace, RSS feeds and Second Life. These are all things that I have heard about on the news or read about in the newspaper. At least now I know what they are, although I can't see any use for them in my work. I may use Google Maps as I found it useful for going to new places.

Second Life

I don't get it!! Why 'create' a second life when your own life is difficult enough at times! It's a bit scary to think that some people are 'obsessed' with their Second Life. I suppose that if you can't get what you want in your own life, in Second Life' you can. (ie a house, husband/wife, kids etc). I was a bit surprised that you have to pay for everything too [just like real life]. Why bother??

I think that there are ways that the library could use 'Second Life' but it would take a computer geek to do it! Maybe a map of the bookshelves with virtual students looking for the dewey numbers on the shelves & a look of surprise when they find what they are looking for!

Podcasts

Today I listened to some podcasts, including 'coffee break spanish' and Radio National.
I subscribed to RRR and to a couple of their podcasts. The first one I subscribed to is 'plonk' and then I thought I had also better subscribe to 'healthtrip' in case I have overindulged and need a hangover remedy! Once again I needed help with this task. Thanks to Mish & Andrea for their help.

YouTube - still trying to catch up!

I have searched & looked at some YouTube videos about libraries & librarians. Some of them were funny. I also had a bit of look at other subjects on YouTube and found some on dogs which were okay. However I found it a bit frustrating with the slowness of some of the videos that I looked at. Is there a way to speed up the film??

Library 2.0

I have tried to understand Library 2.0 but I have had some difficulty doing this. I have made several attempts to read the site and have looked at other peoples' blogs but I still don't get it. I have decided to move along with other things on the '23 things' program as time is running out.

Photo on Wiki

Today I put a photo of the 'dog next door' to me on the wiki. I had help from both Tony & Andrea as I found it a difficult thing to do.

Del.icio.us

I have looked at del.icio.us on the web & for recipes & dogs. One dog site was for cute photos of puppies.
I think this site would be useful for personal use but I can't see any benefits for my work.