Wikis

I am not too inspired about how I feel about wikis. I think they are great way of putting information together. I love Wikipedia especially when it come to pop culture references--anything that is "new".

I am thinking a lot about moving to the new library and wondering if I should set up a wiki for the staff to use as we gather information about the move.

Sooo many books

Due to fellow employees being way ahead of me on Discover 2.0, I have actually had a GoodReads account for about a year. It appeals to my list making sensibilities. For years I have kept a paper list of what I have read. However I don't carry that list around with me. What I like about Good Reads is that I can access it anywhere and call up the title of that good book I read a month ago but can't remember anything about. I did dutifully sign up for librarything, but I won't use it since I am comfortable with my Goodreads account. In fact I noticed that Goodreads can be added to my facebook page so I may be doing that!

Technorati

This is another one of those sites that overwhelms me. I am not interested in following blogs--even blogs of my friends---I try to read them--but I forget.

And I tried to search for Learning 2.0 under keyword (516 hits--and no I didn't go through all of them). Under tags there were 737 hits--and I didn't read those either!

MMM delicious

So this was quick and easy because I already knew about del.icio.us. Learned about it last spring--had it set up and already have stuff on there. I do like it and I need to remember to use it more. I especially like the fact that I can log in anywhere and see my tagged websites.

Sometimes life is too busy for fun and games

Haven't had time to work on Discover 2.0 in over 2 months. Today there was a bit of a breather so I thought I would do the next step. It was the one on playing around with images. I did all the steps. It was amusing, and I can see the value but it felt too much like playing during a busy work day.

I have been wanting to explore the idea of doing a writing workshop with teens--and using websites to create journals. Someone told me that Creative Memories does such a thing. It would be cool to have teens tell their stories--use websites to download pictures, manipulate pictures to illustrate their writing. So I will remember all these things and maybe someday I will be using it.

Here is my fortune cookie picture--just for fun.

Resistance is futile

All right. I did it. I signed up for Facebook. I decided to do Facebook because it seems a little safer to me. I liked the idea of networks. I figured the friend I asked to join would be a work friend. But when my network popped up one of the first people I saw is my oldest and best friend. I was surprised because she isn't someone who I would think would be on Facebook. We already email each other but this is kind of fun to have her zipping me short little emails. And then I asked my kids to befriend me. Marisa, the older daughter, has responded--has sent me several emails that make me laugh out loud--and she insisted I put up a picture. It's fun because even though she lives 10 minutes away from me---this gives us another opportunity to communicate.

Now if the other one would befriend me. . .I don't expect it because she is working hard to establish herself as a grown up and separate from her life from ours. She just doesn't want me to know how much she parties. . .

Here is my facebook connnection; http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1269996551.

Social networking wallflower

I have really mixed feelings about this. I know just enough about My Space and Facebook to feel like the nerdy underdeveloped 7th grader who wasn't allowed to listen to rock n' roll. I know about My Space and Facebook because I have 2 twentysomething daughters for whom these sites are extremely popular--and as they say addictive. I also know that they don't me looking at their sites. But I have---because a friend's daughter lets me look at their sites through hers. And it feels like spying--and I have only done it a couple of times.

Enough about that---even after all reading I just did on social networking--I still feel a vague apprehension. It feels overwhelming. However like the first time I used the Internet over 10 years ago and couldn't see the value in it---I am sure my mind will be changed on this also.
And hey--I may have been the wallflower in 7th grade, but I did know all the Beatles names.