Week 12 Wrap-Up

First and foremost, a hardy THANK YOU to the KCLS Crew that put this together.

I dragged my virtual heel at logging my progress - but the lessons were quite accessible and rewarding. Too many new tools and discoveries to say this was my favorite. I initially looked at the lessons peripherally, then moved on, then came back, repeat.

I will spend more time going over the tools/sites and only time will tell which ones will stay in my 2.0-2'lbox.

Keep up the great work - any effort to keeping us in the loop as far as emerging tools/products - web-borne or hardware - I LIKE!
("Me Talk Pretty One Day")

Week 9 Search Engines, Web 2.0 Library 2.0

I choose Rollyo for it's user-friendly and intuitive layout (ie: Dashboard). This one's a keeper. Hope I'll remember to keep playing/tinkering with this tool. Now I know where to go for my fix of string theory searches.

Rick Anderson's point about libraries shifting away from the “come to us” model of library service rings true with the development of better OPECs and down-loadable resources and the ever growing offerings of paid databases via the library website. Absolutely, the mountain needs to go to Muhammad.

Week 8 Catch-up and Play Week

RelaxAndCatchUp, aah - I Like. done.

It's terribly nice to see the South Park and in Springfield versions of myself and my fellow comrades!

Week 7 Wikis

Whew! So much information @ my beckoning. Library Success: A best practices wiki - a sprouting spring of knowledge.

Joining the collective - Done.

Times waits for no one - no favors has he. Please pardon my hasty entries -- I'm entering these blogs wiki-wiki. mmm, I can almost taste the finish line.

Week 6 Tagging, Technocrati, Folksonomies

Can't say enough about Del.icio.us - the medical library I used to work for uses it, I use it on occasion - another great way to observe trends/emerging tools... folksonomy - whoWoDaThunk!

LibraryThing - I Like. I found many books on procrastination! Great browsing/social tool.

Week 5 MySpace and Social Networks

Libraries on myspace -- my initial reaction was: WHATthe?!
Staying relevant to our user (esp. youngsters) and being present in where the user is a very good reason to at least test the (virtual) water. Go KCLS!

OK, myspace: http://myspace.com/jacklibr3
so many people - so little time...mustfinishbloggg
Hope I've done this right (Don't know how to change my AIM??)

Learning 2.0 Week #4: RSS & Newsreaders

Bloglines rules. Glad it was recommended. The feeds are easy to set up and use. Now that I've had a few weeks to play with it, I would recommend this rss option to many of my family and friends that have specific information needs: car, politics, local news, outdoor etc...

I've used Stephen's Lighthouse and librarian.net in the past for all things libraries, it was an easy choice for my rss feed...

#23
You Tube's very user friendly. Simple layout tabs: Videos, Categories, Channels and Community keeps content clean and accessible. I've used this to find everything from Will Farrell's videos, to my friends surf/skate videos and new product reviews. Videos load much faster then real streaming videos of past. I LIKE.

#24
Podcast.net
Found some public library related podcasts - useful and relevant. It's a small world after all.

#25

Way to go KCLS for providing Overdrive! Interface great for browsing; ie: by what's new, fection, non-fiction etc... Also one can search by subject in advance search. I like.

Week 10 part 1.0

#22 (See Prior Blog)

#21 Google Lab - what can I say...



Google Ride Finder - For the Seattle area, I was able to locate Yellow Cab locations with real time info. Doesn't go anywhere from there ( Usefulness - Very Little, at this stage).



Google Trend - Nice. I searched for two random terms bio diesel and love, google trend gives chronological (nice chart) and break down of regions, language and city where the search was originated. The results are funny and surprising - try it!



#20 Online Software



google Docs - used it to collaborate a project with my co-worker. Nice. We had a to do list which we created and marked off (useful for keeping people in the loop & project mgmnt.)



zoho is quite a find. For comparison I tried the zoho sheet. equally user friendly - I also found some ready made templates, one which converts temperature (keeper).

#22 - Choose Your Own Adventure

Adventure du Jour is farecast at http://farecast.com/ . For air fare shopping, this site rocks! The layout and the presentation of the information is so intuitive that the site feels second nature.

Choice features:

-Color Coded Tip and Chart (Gives the direction of the current price, coming down or going up)
--Confidence level of their tip, in %
-Price range by airline
-Flight Duration
-Quality - Redeye (flights) etc..
-Airline comparison (by market share for the route!)