Week 9, Thing 23

I FINALLY MADE IT!!! I can't believe I am finally finished! I learned a lot in the past several weeks. I especially liked Flickr with all the different pictures there are to view and download, as you can see by my Redskins picture. I also liked LibraryThing, which makes it possible to organize my favorite books and the books I have read. I really enjoyed creating an avatar. I think Google Docs is one of the most useful tools I explored. It is a site I would use. I didn't like Wikis or Technorati. They were just too confusing. If this program was offered in the future I would not choose to participate. It was very stressful and I feel there was just not a lot of time to work on it. It was definitely an experience I won't forget.

Week 9, Thing 22

I explored Overdrive audiobooks. Even though I don't listen to audiobooks the site was very easy to use. I did explore some titles that interest me, but I would still rather read a book.

Week 9, Thing 21

I explored podcasts and decided on Podcast.net. I found a site called Rachel's Reviews and I added the RSS feed to my Bloglines account. I was not very impressed with the podcasts. The sites were so outdated.

Week 9, Thing 20

I explored YouTube and found it to be a site for entertainment. I did find this site with giraffes because I like them.

Week 8, Thing 19

The Web 2.0 Awards site that I liked was Biblio. I like that you can look for used and out-of-print books. This seems to be a very useful site. This site would come in handy when looking for a book that we can't find in our system.

Week 8, Thing 18

I explored Google Docs because I allready had an account with Google. I really like that I can create a document from any computer and then log on some where else and retrieve my document. You don't have to have a program on your computer to use it. This is actually one program that I would use.

Week 7, Thing 17

They say it's easy to do, but I needed help to do this exercise. With help, I created a login account on the Maryland Libraries Sandbox and added my blog to the Favorite Blogs page.

Week 7, Thing 16

I looked at some of the different libraries Wiki's. I liked the Book Lovers Wiki from the Princeton Public Library the best. It is kind of neat that anyone can just add or edit information on a wiki.

Week 6, Thing 15

I read some of the perspectives on Web 2.0. I liked the one "To better bibliographic services". It mentions the different ways library services should change. That is the one that interested me the most. It said there are ways to navigate items that interest you.

Week 6, Thing 14

Well, I've explored Technorati. I thought Boing Boing was definitely a very strange blog site. They said it was the most popular blog in the world. I also looked at Engadget. It's different. I don't think I would ever use Tehnorati.

Week 6, Thing 13

I did not care for Del.icio.us. It just seemed too confusing. I don't think I would ever use it.

Week 5, Thing 12

I liked Rollyo. It's nice to have similar searches in one place.

Select...Travel SearchSports SearchSearch The Web

Week 5, Thing 11

I created a LibraryThing account and added some of my favorite books. This has been my favorite thing so far. It was really easy to use. I was also able to link my LibraryThing catalog to my blog with no problem.

Week 5, Thing 10

I played around with some of the image generators. I liked the avatars on the Meez web site. I also created my own avatar which is posted on my blog

Week 4, Thing 9

I added the MERLIN site to my RSS feeds. I explored a few of the other ways to find feeds. I like the Topix site. I was able to add my local news to my feeds. The Syndic8 site was a little too confusing.

Week 4, Thing 8

I set up my Bloglines account and also subscribed to several newsfeeds. Although I needed help and it was confusing, I did understand how to do it by the time I was finished. I subscribed to several sports newsfeeds. I subscribed to one so that I could keep updated on news about the Redskins

Week 3, Thing 7

I really like digital cameras. I don't own one yet, but I have been looking at them and I hope to get one soon. I take a lot of pictures and it will be so nice to see the pictures when I take them instead of waiting to have them developed.

Week 3, Thing 6

Las Vegas
Originally uploaded by GomezPlus7

I have looked at some of the Flickr mashups and 3rd party sites and found one that I thought was really neat. It was the Flickr Postcard browser. I found this picture of Las Vegas on that site.

Week 3, Thing 5

Washington_Redskins
Originally uploaded by TroyCorbinz

I picked this picture because I am a huge Redskins fan.

Week 2, Thing 4

Well this is my second blog and I am still confused, but not quite as much as I was when I first started. I don't know alot about new technology, but I hope when I am done with the 23 things I will have learned enough to teach other people about what I have learned.

First blog

I just set up my first blog. Redskins are number 1!