The Mac

Mungo Jerry

# 23 Summary

Yay me! I have come to # 23! This has been a lot of fun ! I was nervous in the beginning...I had no experience with most of the "things". I found that as I moved along some of them were very easy after all...especially when I actually read the directions. Some I doubt I will use because of using something else. I really liked doing this online and at my own pace. No pressure! YouTube I really like and I had a ball playing with the avatars. Rollyo wasn't one of my favorites. I think if any of our patrons were to ask me questions I might be able to hold my own. (As long as it's on one I liked.) I would take this again if offered because one can never learn enough.

# 22 Audiobooks

I went into Project Gutenberg because I'm tired of setting up accounts for every little thing. So many books but I wasn't crazy about the selections. I did see what appeared to be ALL of Laura Lee Hope's books...Bobbsey Twins, Bunny Brown, etc.. Easy to use, though.

# 21 Podcasts

I searched theough podcast.net. Amazing how many podcasts there are on so many topics. I listen to podcasts on Sirsidynix a lot. I didn't want to do a podcast because I've done the narration on Photostory and HATE the way my voice sounds. You need someone who sounds like a guy from New Jersey? Pick me!

# 20 YouTube

He's STILL annoying after all these years!!

# 19 Web 2.0 awards

I spent entirely too much time on here. I tried Guess the Google and didn't do well. I looked at the music catergories and I really like Pandora. There's so many to choose from...some were familiar and some I've just leaned while doing 23 things. It was really neat.

# 18 Zoho 30 boxes etc

I had lot of fun with this. I see why it was mentioned that some people like these web based apps better than microsoft office. I'm finding it much easier to use. 30 boxes is really easy. Altogether I think they're much more user friendly.

# 17 Learning 2.0 Sandbox

This was fun. I didn't understand part of the directions of entering my blog name. JB helped me out...I even learned how to "steal the lock" and passed that info on to PN. I added Chinese food because I wasn't sure Frozen thingys were considered FOOD...even though I saw someone had added ice cream..coffee ice cream. Yum!

# 16 Wikis

This was a really neat "thing". I've listened to Meredith Farkas podcasts through Sirsidynix and she truly is the "Queen of Wikis". I found so many interesting ones on here on all kinds of subjects. This was one I got really excited about...until I saw it was a year old:http://www.yalibrarian.com/wordpress/2006/07/nintendo-wii-at-your-library/
Maybe we should think about using wikis in our system.

# 15 Library 2.0

I just read Rick Anderson's "Away from the icebergs". A scary thought that his circulation is down by 55% but does it make a difference that he's at a university library and not a public one? I understand the "just in case collection"...it takes up a lot of room in the stacks for just-in-case. Since we're having to heavily weed before renovation I've found we can't have one of those collections. "The machine is us/ing us"...wow...that was almost faster than a single bullet...it's amazing to see where we started and where we are now...and where we're going!

# 14 Technorati

2nd life must be gaining in popularity.

http://infoisland.org/2007/07/20/machinima-weekend-on-teen-grid/

http://www.technorati.com/blogs/http://www.boingboing.net

I'm finding all kinds of neat stuff in here and I'm amazed at the amount of blogs.
Another one I don't think I'll use too much, though.

# 13 Del.icio.us and tagging

I set up an account and looked around. Funny thing, though. Nothing interested me. Must have been the wrong time of day or something. I DID find Mungo there. I keep hearing that song (have been hearing it forever) and decided to see just what they looked like.

# 12 Rollyo

This was okay, but I don't think I'll use it too often.

# 11 Library Thing

By the time I got done adding to this, it looked like I had a million books on it. Yep, I did. This is neat.

# 10 Online Image Generator

If you can see my Frozen Thingy girl who is really drinking Coffee...a whole buncha fun. I could've stayed on there playing for HOURS!!

# 9 Merlin

This is great for keeping track of all the trainings and workshops that are going on. I'm amazed at all the technology!

Huh

Regina should never have told me about meez.com. It's awful hard to get my work done now. Play? I can play!

# 8

I already have RSS feeds...must have been from another training . I keep adding and deleting different ones. After watching a sirsidynix meeting on gaming with Aaron Schmidt and Sarah Houghton, I subscribed to their weblogs...walkingpaper.org and Librarian in black.

#7

I had no idea that the digital camera could take short videos. What a lot of fun. Looking at Flickr and others, I can see how hours will go by. There's so much to see and do.

Gaithersburg DFH

Here is the Dogfish Head Ale House in Gaithersburg.

ALA the night of the first day

After having to eat our lunch on the floor (we DID have trays) at the Convention Center, we stopped to eat that night here at The Dogfish Head Grill.(http://www.dogfish.com/) Pam's son Brian came and met us. He lives about 4 miles away so it made it a nice Great food, good company. Lisa is showing the crab dip which was better than delicious! No wonder we were there for hours!

Uh OH

I just looked at whats coming for Week 8: SPREADSHEETS. I really REALLY hope this has nothing to do with Excel. Excel and I do not get along. We never have. We never will.

23 Things

Week 1 Thing 1: About this program
I thought this was pretty much self-explanatory. I’m still a little nervous, though, because it’s learning something new. Well, onward we go…..


Week 1 Thing 2: Pointers from Lifelong Learners
7 &1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners

I really never thought about learning in this way. The concept of never too old, too young, etc
IS true! I feel like I’m learning all the time.
Hardest for me will be Habit #4: Having confidence in myself to learn. I think of it as a test and if I wasn’t nervous I‘d be overconfident.
Easiest for me will be Habit # 7 ½…Playing is FUN and the easiest way to learn!!