I think I may have added about 6 RSS feeds to my Bloglines account. Is that where they are supposed to go does anyone out there know? I still don't know if I'm registered with my multitype. It looks like no one has been added since last Thursday, if I'm reading the listing right. [I have since discovered that I've been listed--thanks!]
But I still think it would be more helpful to put RSS feeds on my Blog page, which I still don't know how to do. I'm moving on to the the Flikr thingy until I can get some answers about RSS feeds.
Ok, thanks to Aurora, I understand feeds now and realize why I may not want to put them on my Blogging page. I guess I'm not that interested in listing a lot on my feeds page. I just can't keep up with more than the 6 or so that I have.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Still on Thing #3
There seems to be an awful lot of going back and forth to accomplish these "things" and I still don't have an RSS thingy. Will that show up on my Blog page if I do it right? I'm assuming it would, or does it show up on my email account? When I thought I had one it asked if I wanted to save it or post it. I don't want to do either. I want it to be on my blog. I obviously don't get it yet.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thing #3
Holy Cow! You mean RSS means "Really Simple Syndication"? That's crazy right? Who knew? I've had too much liquid refreshment to understand more than that right now so I'll have to learn about Thing #3 another day. Signing off for the day...Tigerlily
Thing #2 Library 2.0
While trying to complete Thing #2, I got sidetracked and decided to see which blogs were registered on my area's blog--SELS. My blog is not even there although I've registered. I suppose someone is in charge of adding the registered bloggers and probably can't do so over the weekend. Plus I opened the Austin 23 blog and it did not allow me to leave or go back to the list of SELS blog participants. I had to close out completely. Other SELS blogs did not do this to me. So that was a little annoying--kind of like when a pop-up appears and won't let you leave its site unless you close out.
Anyway, in reading about Library 2.0, I too wonder how it is serving the baby boomers, which will be (are?) the biggest demographic and which some seem to be forgetting. I'm not quite a baby boomer--well maybe the very tale end. Are the 60-year-olds out there excited about the Internet? Are they "webcamming" with their children and grandchildren? Are they using databases and email? Are they social networking? Because if they're not, they are still using the library in the conventional ways--they are checking out books, audio cds and movies. They are using meeting rooms and going to library programs. Soon they will want information on retirement, estate planning, health, travel, and long-term care facilities. Will libraries be helping them through conventional methods or through technology? In my own library, there are lots of patrons of that age who can't use computers but who are coming in to look into travel options, new careers, legal, tax and medical information, hobbies. Some want to learn how to use the Internet but not many. So although 2.0 is important for the younger set and the future of libraries overall, we can't forget the older set--either we get them involved and comfortable with wikis, podcasts and email--even online catalogs, or we make sure we can serve them in the conventional way--because they could make up the largest group of our patrons if we don't scare them off with library 2.0.
What has been your experience with baby boomers?
Anyway, in reading about Library 2.0, I too wonder how it is serving the baby boomers, which will be (are?) the biggest demographic and which some seem to be forgetting. I'm not quite a baby boomer--well maybe the very tale end. Are the 60-year-olds out there excited about the Internet? Are they "webcamming" with their children and grandchildren? Are they using databases and email? Are they social networking? Because if they're not, they are still using the library in the conventional ways--they are checking out books, audio cds and movies. They are using meeting rooms and going to library programs. Soon they will want information on retirement, estate planning, health, travel, and long-term care facilities. Will libraries be helping them through conventional methods or through technology? In my own library, there are lots of patrons of that age who can't use computers but who are coming in to look into travel options, new careers, legal, tax and medical information, hobbies. Some want to learn how to use the Internet but not many. So although 2.0 is important for the younger set and the future of libraries overall, we can't forget the older set--either we get them involved and comfortable with wikis, podcasts and email--even online catalogs, or we make sure we can serve them in the conventional way--because they could make up the largest group of our patrons if we don't scare them off with library 2.0.
What has been your experience with baby boomers?
Thing #1 still
I'm still dinkin around trying to figure this out. I have no idea if I'm registered with 23 Things or not. It took me 5 tries to get back into my blog--don't know why--I thought I knew my sign-in and password. Don't know how I finally got in. Like I said originally, I have so many usernames and passwords I can't keep them all straight.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Thingy #1
The main reason that I hesitated to sign up for 23 Things is because I already have more usernames and passwords in my life than I know what to do with. Even though it's exciting to learn how to use all of these new devices, programs and gadgets, one has to wonder if life is better now with them or if we are losing something by not speaking to eachother face-t0-face. (And yes, I do have a web cam). How many of us have emailed a co-worker about a work related question or comment rather than walking the ten feet to ask her/him in person?
Still, I have officially blogged (I think), so Yay!
Still, I have officially blogged (I think), so Yay!
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