week 8 post 18

One of my favorite items was the Lego Toilet Paper Dispenser--actually listed as a science-technology project. MySpace was listed as the "Glam" Hollywood social network with more subscribers than the "Geek" Facebook which has more loyal fans in the Newsweek article. I am not really fond of social networking. I don't like to write for strangers although I do see why many people do. I noticed the Ning broadway site has the most members. I enjoyed seeing the Xanga t-shirt messages. My favorite site was the dog/cat one. I noticed that there were a lot more dog listings than cat listings and wondered why. I also saw a Newsweek article mentioning FaceBook and donations or giving. This may be the future for helping out some causes.

Week 7 Post 17

Technology is not my favorite subject. Horizon is down right now and has been for hours so catching up will take a long time! It is much easier to read print on the computer versus writing on paper. Since i taught years ago and had to read written (by pen) themes I now appreciate Word. E-mail is better and faster than snail mail, but I still enjoy the newspaper versus news on-line.

Week 7 Post 16

The Wiki-Wiki shuttle is used at the airport in Oahu, Hawaii. It is quick as the Wikipedia is--short little paragraphs of information which are really helpful most of the time or when patrons want quick answers.
I'm not comfortable editing another person's thoughts unless the information given is incorrect. I suppose I'm glad not everyone feels that way because I enjoy reading book reviews, etc.

week 6 post 15

I'm older and remember when Harris County got their first computer programs such as Alice and Utlas. Boy, times have changed. I realize we have to change with the times into the library as computer-not books- based. But articles have commented on the fact that more paper is used than before the computer age--seems if a memo is more than 1/2 page long people print it out to read later. Lot of people have the written page mentality still.
We still have book talk meetings and lots more requests for holds.
HCPL still does not allow the public to request online for interlibrary loans. I'm sure they will soon. And books from Montgomery County libraries are still not available to most of the public.
So far the questions to librarians online is not used much.
These ideas are great but guiding all the patrons to use online facilities will always be needed.

week 6 post 14

I'm amazed by how many people choose to write in their blogs when English teachers have struggled to get students to write. Maybe it's because people can write (even anonymously if they want) what they want to write as in personal diaries, to pen pals or secret pals.
The 3 searches brought up different numbers of entries, of course, and some professional, informal or photo allowing responses. I don't understand why people would want to be published all over the world(claiming), but I guess everybody wants to "write the all-American novel" as authors of published books do.
It was interesting to note that some entries or responses were in foreign languages--a great opportunity to practice your language skills.

week 6 post 13

I enjoyed the tag Society-Culture the best. By limiting subjects you can read only about ideas you are interested in. I see possibilities for doing research on specific topics.

week 5 post 12

This would be helpful if you had several well-used cards and lots of items checked out frequently. For me the check-out slip is sufficient. I don't like all the e-mail notices reminding me of new holds or soon-to-be overdues. I just have to delete them.

week 5 post 11

Click here for my LibraryThing. This might be useful as my memory of previous books read is sometimes hazy.

week 5 post 10

I like the animated ones the best.

week 4 post 9

I appreciated the staff suggestions for RSS feeds the most. It's difficult to come up with ideas when I'm struggling just to understand new computer programs.

week 4, post 8

RSS feeds were not listed the way I expected them to be.