Week 6 #13

Del.icio.us:

I am not sure that I 100% understand what del.icio.us really does. I understand that it is a way of tagging information but when I looked at the del.icio.us site, it seemed like a lot of random, unrelated blogs. I will try to spend more time to understand the relationships better.

I have browsed the iHCPL del.icio.us site. It was interesting what add-ons people recommended using with things such as flickr.

I do think the HCPL del.icio.us account that has reference tools bookmarked is very useful. I often forget what tools to use for infrequently asked questions.

Libraryelf Week 5 #12

Library elf. Well, I have signed up for those nifty reminders. Since HCPL does reminders it may be a redundancy but since I am NOT fine free, every little bit helps. I will see how I like the additional reminders and may increase the NAG factor which was an option. I'll let you know how I feel after a few weeks.

LibraryThing Week 5 #11

I like LibraryThing. I might get around to entering all my books. Not that I really care who else has them. I buy them for my enjoyment. It would be interesting to see how they are cataloged and may help me find similar items in the stacks. I will try to make time to get my collection cataloged.

Avatar Week 5 #10

If all goes well, I will have an avatar on this blog when I publish this post. This was fun. I used the Yahoo avatar on the recommendation of some co-workers but plan to try other sites when I get time. I am trying to catch up this week since I fell behind over the last 2 weeks.

This is an interesting activity but it is more time consuming than we were led to believe it would be. It takes more time to assimilate the NEW information that I am learning. I do want to take some skill away with me at the end of the 23 things.

Week 4 # 9

I have added feeds a number of different ways. I used the bloglines front page which allows you to make some begining choices. Of course, I ended up with stuff I didn't want so I had to delete them. I then tried some of the other tools. I was most successful with Feedster. I found a podcast which had some great craft ideas. I am still confused by some of the other tools. I think that I don't really understand the type of information they search. Or perhaps what they search is not something that I am interested in coming to my computer everyday.

If anyone can direct me to feeds that include information about children's books particularly new books or crafts suitable for groups of young children, I'd be really interested.

Week 4 #8 RSS

Well, I finally feel like I know what is going on with RSS. I set up my bloglines account; that was the easy part. I subscribed to a couple of iHCPL blogs. Some people have really cool looking blogs. I wish I had the time and the creativity to create something as inviting. I did add feeds from NPR. I know that I will really enjoy them.