Hop on the 2.0 bus

Hop on the 2.0 bus
Originally uploaded by mspman51

This image generator stuff is still confusing. Here is my feeble attempt.

Thing 18 web 2.0 award winners

I chose Ask.com blog. It's an obvious choice, because I love learning new things. I didn't look for any particular information, but explored the entire site. The 'spotlight' section was neat. Today's spotlight covered the Pillsbuty Dough Boy. He's really getting old! Today's birthdays covers more than just the 'for the moment' celebrities. By the way, Brendan Fraiser is now 40. There's also today in history.

Thing 23 Summary

Overall, I think Learn & Play was a good experience for me and others. I was fascinated by the way it brought our staff together--every day they were talking about Learn & Play and helping each other. I liked it, too. My biggest challenge was finding the time to explore the different 'things'. I was too busy at work and had other obligations when at home.

I would like to continue with the 'things' I did not complete, so I hope Learn & Play will remain up for a time. While the prizes were somewhat of an incentive, I am more driven by having the opportunity to learn some new things. I would probably have never explored blogging, online image generators, twitter, librarything, and the other 'things' had it not been for Learn & Play. That's the really beauty of this endeavor.

Even if Learn & Play does not stay active, I will take my log (which I printed off) and learn about those other 'things', as well as go back to some of the others.

Thing 12-Twitter, or Twittering

OK, Twitter was neat. Since I am dropping AOL, this seems like a good substitute for AOL's instant messaging. I invited several of my friends to 'twitter' with me. So far, three have done so. The only thing I do not like about Twitter is the space limitation, but on the other hand, the same occurs with AOL IM's. So what am I complaining about?

Thing #11-Library Thing

This one was easy and fun. For some time I've been organizing my books and recorded music in a database. The really neat thing about Library Thing is that I can organize my books, have a picture of most covers, and more. It's also neat to see who else might have read the same titles. You can see what I've added to my library by going to mspman@librarything.com. Happy reading!

Thing #10

I tried it, didn't like it, but will try again. I had trouble working with online image generators.

Thing #9 Library Related RSS Feeds

I looked at several library related blogs but really what I saw at Internet Public Library. First off, I really IPL and have looked at it for years. The IPL blogs are organized ture to 'library form'. Everything is in subject order with subcategories within each subject. The two I most liked are IPL Blogging 101 and the Entertainment and Leisure category. Check out Blog Flux to get articles on blogging. An example is "Finding your blogging voice". In the Entertainment and Leisure category, I focused on Gaming, particularly Wii (since I just bought one).

Another interesting blog was the one from ALA midwinter 2007. It was a compilation of blogs. Even OCLC had a blog here.