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Wiki

2008-09-22T15:47:00.003-04:00

I have been consumed by the almighty wiki since February 4, 2008 at 3:58 p.m.

They are fun and challenging to build. Once one learns the art of formatting the challenge becomes fun. Come next week I hope my co-workers feel the same way.

Library 2.0

2008-09-22T15:31:00.002-04:00

"Kate Sheehan makes some interesting observations about the cultural awareness of librarians. She also touches on an unfortunate truth about Library 2.0:

It’s easy to become enamored of social networking sites and Web 2.0 toys to the point where they seem like a panacea (cure-all) for everything that’s wrong with your library or your job. Slap a wiki on it and call me in the morning. The most successful uses of the newest tech tools have recognized that they’re just that: tools."

--Library 2.0 Debased by John Blyberg

Delicious is divine

2008-09-22T15:26:00.002-04:00

I like the idea of keeping all my bookmarks in one place rather than having bookmarks on my CML computer then have another set of bookmarks on my personal computer. This is something I will most certainly use.

Twitter

2008-09-20T15:26:00.002-04:00

A co-worker just explained to me the benefits of Twitter. Could be useful tool to communicate with other CML staff.

Username is blahblahblog

Library Catalog

2008-09-20T15:18:00.002-04:00

LibraryThing is nice, but I like Shelfai better.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/blahblahblog

Sodmagnableaker, Liverpool

2008-09-20T15:11:00.002-04:00

I love the fish and chips! I cam across a online text generator that gives out unique names of British towns. So lift a pint to salute Sodmagnableaker, Liverpool.

http://www.generatorland.com/generators/british_town_gl.php

2008-09-12T14:11:00.007-04:00

http://www.ipl.org/div/blogs/browse/blog-ref50.00.00/

Really Simple Stupid

2008-09-03T14:31:00.001-04:00

I was a little nervous when I started reading the Bloglines Tutorial for the RSS feeds. I thought the process was going to be convoluted, but I was very happy when it turned out to be extremely simple. I was suprised to see how many site have RSS feeds to use. I signed up to my favorite news, athletics and hobby's web sites so now I can be updated on their latest happenings.

Neon Blue Moon

2008-08-26T15:50:00.001-04:00

blue moon
Originally uploaded by killbyte

Flickr Color Pickr is very cool. Seems to be a lot easier than Adobe PhotoShop. I probably should have picked another picture.....now I'm thirsty. :)

Flickr’s blogging tool is surprisingly easy

2008-08-26T15:34:00.000-04:00

Wow. I am pleasantly suprised how easy it was to post a picture from Flickr to my blog. I was expecting to jump through a bunch of hoops, but I was able to complete the task in a few easy steps.

Sullivans Island Sunset

2008-08-26T15:27:00.001-04:00

Sullivans Island Sunset
Originally uploaded by joel8x

Jealous! My girlfriend and I have visited Charleston and Sullivans Island three times and as an avid photographer I have taken many pictures of this lighthouse, but not one at sunset. The next time we are in Charleston I have to try and take this shot.

Let's start this blog off with a tall tale

2008-08-11T09:27:00.000-04:00

I am not a huge fan of the NBA, but I was interested to watch a story on 60 Minutes about Yao Ming. He has set up a foundation (http://theyaomingfoundation.org/) to help rebuild the schools in China that were destroyed by earthquake and since that region of China is earthquake prone the schools will be rebuilt earthquake proof. Kudos to Yao!