Friday, March 30, 2007

Thursday, March 29, 2007

WEEK 9 (THING...23)

FINALLY! I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER GET HERE!!!!! BUT UMMM.... WELL, LETS SEE.... THE FUNNIEST, AND MY FAVORITE DISCOVERY WAS YOU TUBE AND THE FART VIDEO I SAW AT THE LIBRARY. IT HAS NOT AFFECTED ME, I BELIEVE IN ANY OF MY LIFE LEARNING GOALS... BUT I GUESS I COULD SAY I COULD REALLY ACCOMPLISH SOME STUFF IF I REALLY PUT TIME AND EFFORT IN TO IT, LIKE THIS. YOU COULD TAKE AWAY ALL THOSE NEW ACCOUNTS I HAD TO CREATE FOR THIS PROGRAM! NO UNEXPECTED OUTCOME, THOUGH.... DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE WHEN IT COMES TO DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND I DON'T WANT TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS AGAIN, BUT I GUESS I WOULD IF I HAD TO.

WEEK 9 (THING....22)

I EXPLORED OUR SJPL'S EBOOKS. I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THIS... I ALSO EXPLORED THE OTHER SITE A BIT MORE. INTERESTING... YET I'M NOT REALLY A COMPUTER PERSON SO I WOULD RATHER READ A REAL BOOK IN MY HANDS.... LETS JUST SAY I GOT INFORMED.

WEEK 9 (THING....21)

THIS TOTALLY CONFUSED ME. YET I DID TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE PODCAST DIRECTORIES, ON BOOKS, AND ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL. WHEN IT GOT TIME FOR ME TO ADD THE RSS FEED TO MY BLOGLINES ACCOUNT IS WHEN I GOT COMPLETELY CONFUSED!!! I MEAN I KNOW I HAVE AN ACCOUNT THERE. ONE OF THE MANY NEW ONES I HAVE OPENED JUST TO TRY AND FINISH THIS LEARNING 2.0 ACTIVITY BUT, AND IT LOOKED FAMILIAR, BUT I COULD NOT REMEMBER MUCH. THEREFORE I TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO ADD THE RSS TO MY ACCOUNT. I LIKE TO GO TO BOOKSTORES AND LIBRARIES WHEN IT COMES TO BOOKS. I DON'T REALLY ENJOY GOING ONLINE FOR BOOK RELATED STUFF, SO NOTHING WAS ALL THAT MUCH USEFUL FROM WHAT I WAS EXPLORING.... BUT STILL ITS A NEW THING TO LEARN....

WEEK 9 (THING....20)

I EXPLORED YOU TUBE AND I SAW SOME VIDEOS, BUT IT WAS SORT OF INTERESTING BECAUSE THE COMPUTER HAD NO SPEAKERS, OR EARPHONES CONNECTED SO I WAS JUST LOOKING AND NOT LISTENING BUT IT WAS STILL PRETTY COOL BECAUSE I SAW THIS GREAT VIDEO FOR LIKE OVER THREE MINUTES LONG. IT WAS HILARIOUS. IT WAS RATED WITH FOUR OUT OF FIVE STARS, AND IT WAS ABOUT HOW THIS KID IS WALKING AROUND (EVERYWHERE, STORES, NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN A LIBRARY!) AND HAS THIS FART MACHINE IN HIS POCKET AND LETS IT OUT. IT WAS SO FUNNY SEEING THE EXPRESSIONS ON SOME OF THE PEOPLE, YET SOME IGNORED HIM. EVEN THOUGH I COULDN'T HEAR I LAUGHED.

WEEK 8 (THING...19)

I GOT AN ACCOUNT ON LIBRARY THING. I ALSO ADDED SOME BOOKS, MORE THAN FIVE.... YET I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO LINK IT ON TO MY BLOG. SORRY.... IT WAS COOL TO SEE THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS ONLY ANOTHER PERSON HAD IT ON THEIR LIST. THAT'S A SHAME SINCE I REALLY LIKE IT, AND PROBABLY OTHER PEOPLE WOULD TO IF THEY JUST READ IT.

WEEK 8 (THING...19)

I GOT AN ACCOUNT ON LIBRARY THING. I ALSO ADDED SOME BOOKS, MORE THAN FIVE.... YET I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO LINK IT ON TO MY BLOG. SORRY.... IT WAS COOL TO SEE THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS ONLY ANOTHER PERSON HAD IT ON THEIR LIST. THAT'S A SHAME SINCE I REALLY LIKE IT, AND PROBABLY OTHER PEOPLE WOULD TO IF THEY JUST READ IT.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

WEEK 8 (THING...18)

I GOT AN ACCOUNT FROM ZOHO WRITER. I TRIED IT OUT AND I BELIEVE ITS JUST SORT OF LIKE MICROSOFT WORD, DID NOT SEE TOO MANY DIFFERENCES. I ALSO WENT ABOUT EXPLORING SOME OF THE OTHER ZOHO SERVICES AND THEY ARE ALSO SIMILAR TO WORD PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE ZOHO PLANNER.... I REALLY DON'T SEE THE POINT IN STARTING ALL THEESE NEW ACCOUNTS WHEN THERE ARE ALREADY PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH ALREADY....

Saturday, March 24, 2007

WEEK 7 (THING...17)

I ADDED MY BLOG ADDRESS TO THE WIKKI, AND I ALSO ADDED MY FAVORITE BOOK, AND WHY IT'S MY FAVORITE.....

WEEK 7 (THING....16)

OKAY, SO I THINK WIKKIS ARE A PRETTY NEAT. JUST ABOUT ANYONE CAN ADD INFORMATION TO IT, IT MIGHT WORK WELL IN LIBRARIES IF EVERYBODY ADDED SOMETHING EVERY SO OFTEN TO KEEP IT GOING. IT SEEMED LIKE A SORT OF NEWS LETTER TO ME. YET IT REALLY ISN'T SINCE THERES DIFFERENT PEOPLE WRITTING STUFF ON IT. BUT, YES I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE COOL IF WE HAD ONE.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

WEEK 6 (THING...15)

I READ A FEW OF THE PERSPECTIVES AND THEY WERE MOSTLY ABOUT HOW LIBRARIES SHOULD NOT LAG BEHIND, THAT THERES SO MANY NEWER RESOURCES THAT HAVE POPPED UP IN THE LAST FEW YERARS, ALSO THAT CUSTOMERS ARE NOT GETTING OFF THE BAND WAGGON. LIBRARIANS SHOULD BASICALLY TRY TO LEARN AND TEACH NEW RESOURCES THAT HAVE STARTED UP. THE FIRST ARTICLE "AWAY FROM ICEBERGS" DID GET ME TO START THINKING THAT A LOT OF THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE, SOME CUSTOMERS ARE UP TO DATE IN ALL THEESE NEWER ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND ARE EXPECTING MORE FROM LIBRARIES, SO WE SHOULD GET OR STAY UP TO DATE AND NOT COLLECT STUFF LIKE "JUST IN CASE" RESOURCES. I THINK LIBRARY 2.0 IS GROWING AND WE SHOULD START TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.

WEEK 6 (THING...14)

I EXPLORED TECHNORATI, EVERYTHING IS STARTING TO SEEM TO BLEND IN TO THE SAME THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO TAGGING AND EXPLORING ALL THOSE NEW SITES THAT ARE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR. EVERYTHING IN THEM IS SOMEWHAT RELATED. I WENT IN TO TECHNORATI AND TYPED IN A KEYWORD SEARCH OF LEARNING 2.0 IN TO THE THREE DIFFERENT SEARCH FIELDS (BLOG POSTS, TAGS, AND BLOG DIRECTORY) AND I GOT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RESULTS.... MY THOUGHTS ABOUT TAGGING RIGHT NOW ARE THAT IT CAN BE USEFUL IF YOU LEARN HOW TO USE THEM WELL AND UNDERSTAND THEM.

Monday, March 19, 2007

WEEK 6 (THING...13)

I CANT SAY THAT I SAW THE DEL.ICIO.US TUTORIAL VIDEO BECAUSE OUR LIBRARY STILL DOES NOT HAVE EARPHONES WE CAN USE TO LISTEN TO IT. BUT I DID EXPLORE THE SITE FOR A WILE... AND YES THERE WERE A LOT OF RESOURCEFUL THINGS ON THERE. I ALSO EXPLORED THE SITE OPTIONS AND CLICKED ON SOME BOOKMARKS THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY BEEN BOOKMARKED BY A LOT OF OTHER USERS AND I SAW THE COMMENTS AND TAGS THEY ADDED TO CATEGORIZE THE REFERENCE. I THINK ITS A USEFUL RESEARCH TOOL, YET I DON'T REALLY SEE MY SELF LEARNING TO USE IT.... I WOULD RATHER KEEP TO WHAT I DO NOW. LIBRARIES OR BETTER YET LIBRARIANS, CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TOOLS BY USING THEM WHEN RESEARCHING INFORMATION FOR CUSTOMERS.

Friday, March 16, 2007

WEEK 5 (THING...12)

EXPLORING ROLLYO....
i really did try to put up a link to my little search roll thing, as you can see at the bottom of my blog, but it just was not happening. i got some help from a coworker who had already done it but for some reason it was not coming up right. we probably missed a step. but atleased i tried for quite a long time!!!

WEEK 5 (THING....11)

OK, MY "DISCOVERY" FOR THIS ACTIVITY WAS THE WINNER WEB SITE NEWSVINE.COM, FROM THE SECTION PEER PRODUCTION NEWS OF THE WEB 2.0 AWARDS. I'M SO GLAD I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS SITE. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. ITS LIKE THE NEWS PAPER, PLUS MORE INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS IN THIS ONE SITE. IT HAS SPECIAL SECTIONS JUST LIKE THE NEWSPAPER. THE HOME PAGE HAS ALL THE GOOD TOP STORIES OF THE TIME, AND THEN THERES A MORE SECTIONS LIKE WORLD NEWS, POLITICS, SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT, SCIENCE AND MUCH MORE. I REALLY LIKE HOW ITS ALL ORGANIZED TOGETHER. (WAY MORE ORGANIZED THAN SOME NEWSPAPER SITES I'VE BEEN ON) I REALLY CANT PUT DOWN SOMETHING I DID NOT LIKE SINCE I HAVE NOT FOUND ANYTHING TO DISLIKE UP TO THIS POINT. ITS VERY USEFUL TO KEEP INFORMED WITH WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, IN THE WORLD, WHETHER IT BE IN POLITICS SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND EVEN NEWS OF THE WEIRD.... HM... FOR ME IN PARTICULAR THIS SITE IS GOING TO BE USEFUL TO KEEP UP WITH WHATS HAPPENING AND FOR MY POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS! I COULD REALLY SEE THE USE OF THIS SITE AT THE LIBRARY. WILL DEFINITELY START RECOMMENDING IT TO MY FRIENDS!

Thursday, March 15, 2007

WEEK 5 (THING...10)

I HAD LOTS OF FUN PLAYING AROUND WITH THIS EXERCIZE!!! IT WAS REALLY COOL. I WANTED TO PASTE THE IMAGE I CREATED ON MY BLOG BUT I COULDNT FIGURE OUT HOW...! SORRY. I WAS ALSO TOLD I DIDNT HAVE TO. THIS WAS THE MOST FUN YET:) I DID THE COVER OF THOSE BOOKS FOR DUMMIES. IT LOOKED GREAT AND WAS VERY HILARIOUS WITH WHAT I CAME UP WITH FOR THE COVER! (TITTLE, ETC.)

WEEK 4 (THING....9)

LIKE I SAID IN MY LAST POST I ALREADY GOT ALL THE FEEDS I COULD MANAGE TO READ...... DID THAT!

WEEK 4 (THING....8)

OK. IM STARTING TO FEEL LIKE I'M NEVER GOING TO FINISH, LET ALONE FINISH ON TIME. I SET UP MY ONW NEWSREADER ACCOUNT. I DID THE BLOGLINE ACCOUNT THING AND GOT A LOT OF FEED. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IM GOING TO FINISH GOING THROUGH, LIKE, A COUPLE OF THEM.

Saturday, March 10, 2007

WEEK 3 (THING....7)

OK, SO I WAS AT THE STORE THE OTHER DAY, AND UMM WELL I WAS THINKING OF CHECKING OUT THE PRICES ON THE OLD CD PLAYER WALKMAN PRICES (YES, I'M THINKING OF BUYING ONE INSTEAD OF THE IPOD, AND YES I DO OWN A COMPUTER) AND WELL THEY HAVE GONE DOWN SOME. BUT ANYWAYS I GUESS MAYBE I'M JUST CHEAP, BUT I HEARD ON THE NEWS THE OTHER DAY THAT IF YOURE THINKING OF BUYING AN IPOD, TO THINK AGAIN BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT SNATCHING OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT OF IPODS. ACCORDING TO THEM THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN SCHOOL KIDS THAT HAVE THEIR HEADPHONES ON WILE WALKING TO SCHOOL. HMM... MAYBE THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE THEM ON SO LOUD, SO IN CASE SOMEONE TRIES TO ROB THEM OF THEIR PRECIOUS HIGH TECH EXPENSIVE LITTLE GADGET THEY CAN RUN SCREAMING FROM THERE.

Monday, March 5, 2007

WEEK 3 (THING....6)

I'M EXPLORING THE TRADING CARD MAKER.... WE SHALL SEE HOW THAT GOES.... TO BE CONTINUED........


ok, so i explored trading card maker and i was at it for a wile but i guess i just wasn't in to the challenge or i just did not get it! either way. i would have liked to make a sort of poster though, like the site mentioned i could with help from one of my flikr pictures.

WEEK 3 (THING...5)

OK SO, I EXPLORED FLICKR. AND LET ME TELL YOU, BOY DID I EXPLORE IT A LOT!I SOME HOW GOT AN ACCOUNT WITH THEM AND UPLOADED MY OWN PICTURE THROUGH MY PHONE. (DON'T EVEN ASK, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I DID IT.) IT TOOK ME DAYS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. IF YOU ASKED ME TO DO IT AGAIN I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO IT, SO ANYWAYS CHECK OUT MY PICTURE.... I THINK IT HAS A TAG WITH MY NAME ON IT OR SOMETHING, AND YES I THINK I KNOW WHAT TAGS ARE!

WEEK 2 (THING....4)

I ALREADY REGISTERED MY BLOG. YES, BUT UMM, WELL I JUST HAD TO CHANGE THE TITTLE. THIS FEELING CAME ON... AND ITS PROBABLY GOING TO BE COMING ON AGAIN. IM STARTING TO FEEL IT :) I REALLY HOPE THATS NOT A PROBLEM. IF IT IS, THEN.....

WEEK 2 (THING...3)

OK, SO THIS LITTLE EXERCISE IS TO SET UP MY OWN BLOG AND ADD A POST, WELL, WILL YOU LOOK AT MY BLOG. IVE ALREADY DONE THAT. TOOK ME LONG ENOUGH THOUGH. ITS ALREADY MARCH. BUT HEY, I CAN HONESTLY SAY I HAD A LATE START. I HAVE WITNESSES. OK BUT ANYWAYS, I'M SUPPOSED TO ADD A POST, YES WELL I'M SO GOOD THAT I ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE POSTED. J/K.

Thursday, March 1, 2007

MARI....


You have new Picture Mail!
Originally uploaded by gall_mari.
OK SO I THINK I KNOW HOW TO POST THIS? LETS SEE HOW MANY TRIES IT TAKES ME?

WEEK 1 (THING....2)

WELL, EVER SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS ON HERE, I FINALLY MANAGED TO UPLOAD SOMETHING ONTO MY FLICKR ACCOUNT. I REALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW I DID IT, BUT I DID. IT TOOK MY A PRETTY LONG WILE... SO N E WAYS, I THINK I'M GOING TO TRY AND POST A PICTURE ON TO MY BLOG NOW. I WONDER IF IT WILL TAKE ME AS LONG? AND AGAIN, WHY DO SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED...?

Monday, February 26, 2007

Flickr

This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

WEEK 1 (THING....1)

I HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT I'M DOING... AT LEAST I FIGURED OUT HOW TO POST SOMETHING! I DID SET UP MY BLOG, I TRIED TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS BUT I JUST DID NOT GET IT. WHAT A SURPRISE... THEESE THINGS... THEY JUST MAKE THEM SO COMPLICATED TO SOME OF THE REST OF US SOMETIMES! YEAH I HAD TO GET A LITTL E HELP IN SETTING UP MY BLOG TOO, WHAT A SURPRISE TOO, HUH....