It's fun to see who has finished the 23 Things project. Keep going everyone. I just re-did my Page Badge after seeing other finishers' blogs. I thought, "How did they get that picture on their badges?" So I went back to my page to see how to make the badge and made one with my picture on it. Once you've tried one of the 23 Things, it's a lot easier to try it again. And maybe you'll even do it correctly the second time!
The PLA convention was great btw. And because of the Twenty-three Things program, I wasn't reluctant about going to the Technozoo session. And I actually knew what the presenter was talking about most of the time!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Post 23 Things Blogging
Whoa! I haven't blogged for a while and 1. I forgot my sign-in name and password and
2. I had to think about how to start again (new post). So if any of you are still working on your "things", don't wait too long between postings or you may forget how. But maybe I'm the only one who has this kind of memory loss! I frequently try to teach patrons what their library pin number is in case they ever want to request their own books or use our Internet stations. I ask, "Do you know your pin?" Nope. So I tell them and give them a hint so they will remember next time (i.e. "the last 4numbers of your phone number.") The next time they come in I ask, "Do you know your pin?" Nope.
But I do understand how they feel. Too many things to remember, too many numbers, too many passwords, too many sign-ins, too many phone numbers.
Anyway...
I've been taking part in the discussions on my 23 Things web page. The discussion about "How do you find time to complete the 23 Things" is interesting. Some people do them at home, some at work. Some libraries feel that the 23 Thing project is important enough to allow their employees time to complete it on the job. Some libraries don't have the technology to allow them to complete it. Some participants don't have time at work. Some don't have time at home. But I think what is most interesting is that so many people are trying it from all over the state. I didn't expect that many would try it. So Yay! And Happy Easter!
2. I had to think about how to start again (new post). So if any of you are still working on your "things", don't wait too long between postings or you may forget how. But maybe I'm the only one who has this kind of memory loss! I frequently try to teach patrons what their library pin number is in case they ever want to request their own books or use our Internet stations. I ask, "Do you know your pin?" Nope. So I tell them and give them a hint so they will remember next time (i.e. "the last 4numbers of your phone number.") The next time they come in I ask, "Do you know your pin?" Nope.
But I do understand how they feel. Too many things to remember, too many numbers, too many passwords, too many sign-ins, too many phone numbers.
Anyway...
I've been taking part in the discussions on my 23 Things web page. The discussion about "How do you find time to complete the 23 Things" is interesting. Some people do them at home, some at work. Some libraries feel that the 23 Thing project is important enough to allow their employees time to complete it on the job. Some libraries don't have the technology to allow them to complete it. Some participants don't have time at work. Some don't have time at home. But I think what is most interesting is that so many people are trying it from all over the state. I didn't expect that many would try it. So Yay! And Happy Easter!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Blog Etiquette
I just read something the other day about what makes a good blog, and blog etiquette, so I haven't been blogging.
For one thing, you're supposed to keep your blogs brief, which I haven't been doing, and even if I wasn't blogging for a project, I probably still wouldn't write brief blogs.
It seems to me that many people like to blog just to hear themselves talk, so to speak. I think that I could easily fall into that category once I got started. Bla bla bla---blog blog blog.
So I'll be back if I have any more library 2.0 stuff to talk about. And I'll try to be brief.
For one thing, you're supposed to keep your blogs brief, which I haven't been doing, and even if I wasn't blogging for a project, I probably still wouldn't write brief blogs.
It seems to me that many people like to blog just to hear themselves talk, so to speak. I think that I could easily fall into that category once I got started. Bla bla bla---blog blog blog.
So I'll be back if I have any more library 2.0 stuff to talk about. And I'll try to be brief.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Thing #18, Youtube again
As you can see, I am still blogging as promised. It's funny to be writing all of this to maybe no one, and at the same time, maybe everyone. But's it's a nice way to keep a journal. Maybe someday I'll start another private blog just to journal about private stuff! Anyway...
Well I wasn't going to make my own movie or put it on Youtube, but then I remembered that several family members have so I thought I would add my "Mickey" movie just for fun and try to improve upon it someday, and I realized that I already have a Youtube account. So I was all ready with my movie and everything but the Youtube site isn't working. So I'll check later. I actually had been on my site earlier checking out my family's videos that I had forgotten about and that led me to check out how easy it is to upload videos. But I'm not going to make my "Mickey" clip public because it's not any good. (See below).
Well I wasn't going to make my own movie or put it on Youtube, but then I remembered that several family members have so I thought I would add my "Mickey" movie just for fun and try to improve upon it someday, and I realized that I already have a Youtube account. So I was all ready with my movie and everything but the Youtube site isn't working. So I'll check later. I actually had been on my site earlier checking out my family's videos that I had forgotten about and that led me to check out how easy it is to upload videos. But I'm not going to make my "Mickey" clip public because it's not any good. (See below).
Saturday, February 23, 2008
ELM Databases For All Minnesotans
Say, this is my first political blog.
I normally try to avoid library politics but I do want to add my support to a piece of legislation that would make taxpayer supported ELM Databases accessible to all Minnesotans, not just those whose libraries are members of a regional library system. My library is a member of a regional system so it already receives ELM Databases. But there are Minnesota taxpayers whose libraries don't receive ELM Databases as they should. (East Grand Forks, Taylor Falls, Crosby, Hendricks and Clarkfield.)
Please consider supporting this legislation (ELM Access Bill) so that no one is excluded from receiving access to these important taxpayer-funded databases.
I normally try to avoid library politics but I do want to add my support to a piece of legislation that would make taxpayer supported ELM Databases accessible to all Minnesotans, not just those whose libraries are members of a regional library system. My library is a member of a regional system so it already receives ELM Databases. But there are Minnesota taxpayers whose libraries don't receive ELM Databases as they should. (East Grand Forks, Taylor Falls, Crosby, Hendricks and Clarkfield.)
Please consider supporting this legislation (ELM Access Bill) so that no one is excluded from receiving access to these important taxpayer-funded databases.
Digital Day
Well, today I decided to goof around with "as many different things that I'm not good at" as I possibly could, with varying degrees of success.
I started out trying to download a video from my actor son in NY. He sent it to me via email last night. No success with it last night. Said I needed Quicktime. I had Quicktime. Some compressor thingey wasn't working. Emailed it to my other account and forwarded it back to my first account but on our desktop computer instead of laptop. Today I opened it after it told me that my Quicktime settings there were playing with some other applications and did I want them to do what I wanted them to do with my son's video clip.(Not in so many words but you get the idea.) I was finally able to see the clip which I am not allowed to show you because someone may steal their idea for a sitcom (delusions of grandeur?). Anyway, I opened, I saw, it was cool, and now I'm waiting for an 8MB one to open in my email.
So THEN I decided to put a counter on my blog--one for my bday and one for Christmas. They appeared on my blog page but didn't work, so I removed them. Will try that again someday. It's easier on Facebook, they just do those things for you.
Then I decided to try taking a short movie of my dog using my camera, which I've never done before--well once I did accidentally take a movie of my foot but I forgot how to do that. So of course my dog was not cooperative--he thought I should be taking a still shot so he stood still mostly. Then it took me some time to figure out how to replay it on my camera. Then I had to download (or upload) it into my computer which took awhile. Then I tried to upload it onto this blog page, which was my ultimate goal. Didn't work. My next trick was to upload it to my Ning 23 Things on a Stick web page, which worked. So I embeded it and transferred it to this blog--trying to do it a couple of different ways, and I finally was successful, more's the pity. Now two groups of viewers have to suffer through watching this poor little film.
I started out trying to download a video from my actor son in NY. He sent it to me via email last night. No success with it last night. Said I needed Quicktime. I had Quicktime. Some compressor thingey wasn't working. Emailed it to my other account and forwarded it back to my first account but on our desktop computer instead of laptop. Today I opened it after it told me that my Quicktime settings there were playing with some other applications and did I want them to do what I wanted them to do with my son's video clip.(Not in so many words but you get the idea.) I was finally able to see the clip which I am not allowed to show you because someone may steal their idea for a sitcom (delusions of grandeur?). Anyway, I opened, I saw, it was cool, and now I'm waiting for an 8MB one to open in my email.
So THEN I decided to put a counter on my blog--one for my bday and one for Christmas. They appeared on my blog page but didn't work, so I removed them. Will try that again someday. It's easier on Facebook, they just do those things for you.
Then I decided to try taking a short movie of my dog using my camera, which I've never done before--well once I did accidentally take a movie of my foot but I forgot how to do that. So of course my dog was not cooperative--he thought I should be taking a still shot so he stood still mostly. Then it took me some time to figure out how to replay it on my camera. Then I had to download (or upload) it into my computer which took awhile. Then I tried to upload it onto this blog page, which was my ultimate goal. Didn't work. My next trick was to upload it to my Ning 23 Things on a Stick web page, which worked. So I embeded it and transferred it to this blog--trying to do it a couple of different ways, and I finally was successful, more's the pity. Now two groups of viewers have to suffer through watching this poor little film.
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