Week Eight: Cloud Computing

Using Google Documents, I shared the banned books document, "Forbidden Books," with several 23 Things Kansas participants. While this was an interesting exercise, I have some reservations about sharing any documents that contain personal information.

Week Seven: Microblogging

I am now following 23thingsks, van2010games, and SaintsNews on Twitter using debbyhw as my Twitter handle. I find it challenging to think of tweets to post but I have enjoyed following Iran during its election.

Week Six: Tagging and Social Bookmarking

I enjoyed viewing some of the websites that other people had tagged using delicious. As our library will be using KOHA on Nexpress, I searched for information on KOHA. I had fun seeing what some other people had chosen.

Nelsonville Public Library in Athens County, Ohio was shown by two different social bloggers. Clicking on their names revealed quite a difference in their interests. Stillpoint had also chosen Mannahatta, a site that provides information about New York City in 1609. Stephenzone had a link to Tonganoxie Public Library. What a small world!

Week Five: RSS and Feed Readers

I decided to use Bloglines as there was a good deal of information about it in the instructions. Once I set up an account, I chose to view the feeds of Abstract Art, Dictionary.com Word of the Day, New York Times home page, PC Magazine, Remembrances on NPR, Rotten Tomatoes, and Salon.

Week Four: Photo Sharing

Having chosen this photo, you may be able to tell that I am more than ready for spring! I hope the groundhog feels the same way.

Week Three: Online Meetings

I viewed a portion of Brenda Hough's webinar on Wimba, "Introduction to the Kansas Creativity Group Archive." I found it to be interesting. It is somewhat frustrating, however, to see the message that the Java that is on the computers at Leavenworth Public Library is a newer version than the one that is running.

The webinars that I choose to view are the ones in which I have a great interest. It helps when I have the time to be able to view them away from the Reference Desk. I am motivated to be able to see a demo through a webinar of a new piece of software, such as Illuminar.

Week Two: Online Communities

As I already had a Facebook page, I asked a couple of 23 Things Kansas participants who I had not friended to be my friends for this exercise. I'm hoping to share my online experiences with them. I enjoy using Facebook to keep in contact with friends and family around the country. I did link my blog to it. I like the way we can connect our various online pages.