This is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end!

Well, I made it. I did all the tasks, understood and enjoyed most, but most important I earned that day off! Right on, baby!

This was a great learning opportunity that the library encouraged staff to do, I really appreciate that the library is investing in staff learning.
Learning new things is always good, and the more we know about the web the more we can assist the public.

I hope the library continues to provide these types of programs for staff.

Some of my favorites --
Youtube
BlogLines
MySpace (already had an account)


Least Favorites --
Facebook - boring!
Instant Messaging
Twitter - YUCK!!

Killin' the Twitter bird but Tumblin' with Tumblr

Wow, almost done! Yeehaw.

So, I checked out Twitter and hated it! What the heck? No one wants to know that much about someone unless they are a stalker! Why would anyone waste their time logging on to that site, writing down the lame everyday activity they are currently doing and think that someone else in the world wants to know that they just had a cup of Joe? No thanks! Isn't there any mystery in relationships anymore?

Now, the Tumblr site I really liked? A lot like Bloglines but quicker to tag. I like that if I find an interesting website I just click the button and wham! it is on my Tumblr page. Very nice!

Videoland!

I added an awesome video to my blog about Cookie Monster in the library. A true classic.

These video websites are great, it is so nice to be able to find the most obscure things and add them to your blog, myspace page or whatever. The only thing I get tired of is the videos of scantily clad girls. It gets old.

YouTube and Sciencehack are my favorites. When I searched the other sites for videos every one of the videos I chose were videos from YouTube, so why use anything else? I'm sure there are reason, features or ease of use for uploading, but for my purposes YouTube works well.

Podcasting from the edge

Well, after a bunch of tries I finally got a podcast to play here on my computer at work. I have listened to podcasts before at home and though they are interesting, I just don't use them much. I did discover that I can listen to yoga podcasts on my ipod and I will start doing that for home practice. I did not find anything interesting to listen to about libraries so I ended up listening to Laura Bush read a story to school kids called "Mrs. Pickle." It wasn't very good, poor kids.