..........or is it? After all of these new and wonderful websites to look at, now
i need to go back through them! The first thing i have to say is Thank You
to Sarah for being patient while i crawled through this experiment, and also
to the rest of Staff Development for giving this project to the FRL employees
to learn from! Goodreads seemed to be one of the easiest sites, and most useful,
to grasp. Youtube is a household name now, and i can't wait to sit to look more into
Podcasts as well is the flickr mash-ups. It took me a while to get rolling on this project,
but thinking back on the "7 1/2 habits of successful lifelong learning" portion, i know
that i can do this at my own speed and time, and i can learn on my own! Thanks again,
Sarah!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Netlibrary
I love this idea! I'm not one for audiobooks, but working
here, i know how popular they are with patrons who listen
to books on tape/cd while driving to work, to the nearest
city, or on 12 hour car rides. But, as i said, i do love this way
of exploring knowledge. I tried to search for a very rare Jack
London book to no avail, but after typing a subject such as French
in, then i got somewhere. For me, the best thing to download
audiobooks for is for something like this - foriegn language. What
better way to learn? It would seem helpful to have guidebooks as
well, for setting up things such as....computers! Just popped into
my head that my computer has a recording studio built in that
is going to take me months to figure out. So, i did a search on
Netlibrary and found some e-books on the software i'll be using.
No audiobooks, but i have no trouble reading........................:)
here, i know how popular they are with patrons who listen
to books on tape/cd while driving to work, to the nearest
city, or on 12 hour car rides. But, as i said, i do love this way
of exploring knowledge. I tried to search for a very rare Jack
London book to no avail, but after typing a subject such as French
in, then i got somewhere. For me, the best thing to download
audiobooks for is for something like this - foriegn language. What
better way to learn? It would seem helpful to have guidebooks as
well, for setting up things such as....computers! Just popped into
my head that my computer has a recording studio built in that
is going to take me months to figure out. So, i did a search on
Netlibrary and found some e-books on the software i'll be using.
No audiobooks, but i have no trouble reading........................:)
Podcasts
My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-4ecec647817007071958c177a557f762}
Ok, i don't know if that will work (i guess i'll find out!). I really don't listen to
much radio at all - neither commercial or web radio. However, i love the fact
that you can go to sites like the ones listed on this exercise, or npr, or kcrw
and listen to archived radio shows. I'd love to start checking out the old
time serials as well. My eyes are always so tired when i get home at night
that i barely look at a book much less a computer. Time is always the enemy
it seems............
Ok, i don't know if that will work (i guess i'll find out!). I really don't listen to
much radio at all - neither commercial or web radio. However, i love the fact
that you can go to sites like the ones listed on this exercise, or npr, or kcrw
and listen to archived radio shows. I'd love to start checking out the old
time serials as well. My eyes are always so tired when i get home at night
that i barely look at a book much less a computer. Time is always the enemy
it seems............
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Youtube!
Oh, how i love this site! Music videos that MTV never played, old tv commercials, sketches from SCTV, television specials and episodes..........i could go on. Ok, i will. It is a very useful site for anyone who is trying to break into showbiz. Good in the aspect of exposing one's art, music, movies to the general public - thumbing their nose up at major corporations, labels, executives.
Again, putting art in the hands of those who created it in the first place! Anyways, i chose to post this video.............actually, i can't seem to get it working. Well, off to the land of Thing 21 now.....:)
Again, putting art in the hands of those who created it in the first place! Anyways, i chose to post this video.............actually, i can't seem to get it working. Well, off to the land of Thing 21 now.....:)
Pandora
I found out about this site just a week ago from a patron who was passing through town. He was wearing a Beatles t-shirt which caught my attention, so we started chatting while he was on the computer. He showed me this streaming radio station called Pandora. Very cool, but i've never listened to streaming radio at all. Anyways, this was listed 2nd under the best rated internet radio sites................coincidence? I don't believe in them for the most part. Someday when i have nothing to do and actually have internet access at home, i'll check this out more often. It amazes me to find semi-obscure bands from 30 years ago on a site like Pandora - and like other sites, it will recommend similar bands to you. Cool!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Thing 18
Well, of course any way that a document, spreadsheet, etc that can be shared
by many users is a good thing, especially within a working environment. In these times of laptops, people who work from home, people who work while on "vacation"..............generally for anyone who depends on a computer and shared information at work, it is a necessity to build a document that can be accessed by anyone at anytime. I did a simple "note to self" document to remind myself of something i need to get started on at home (don't know if it'll ever happen, but it's in my google docs!). Since i associate the word "spreadsheet" with Big Business, i really don't know how the public would benefit from sharing them. With pretty much everything on this list of 23 things, it is a positive thing!
by many users is a good thing, especially within a working environment. In these times of laptops, people who work from home, people who work while on "vacation"..............generally for anyone who depends on a computer and shared information at work, it is a necessity to build a document that can be accessed by anyone at anytime. I did a simple "note to self" document to remind myself of something i need to get started on at home (don't know if it'll ever happen, but it's in my google docs!). Since i associate the word "spreadsheet" with Big Business, i really don't know how the public would benefit from sharing them. With pretty much everything on this list of 23 things, it is a positive thing!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Wiki (again)
Well, when i first looked into adding something onto the FRL wiki
site, i was a bit overwhelmed. I was afraid of blowing it up - or just
making some horrible mistake. I think reading too much about the
html codes and language scared me a bit. Then, my lovely co-worker
Amy pointed out that i had done half of it already. Once i started to breathe
again, it was easy! I'm interested in learning some code language, but
that will take some time! I'm just relieved i didn't blow anything up.
site, i was a bit overwhelmed. I was afraid of blowing it up - or just
making some horrible mistake. I think reading too much about the
html codes and language scared me a bit. Then, my lovely co-worker
Amy pointed out that i had done half of it already. Once i started to breathe
again, it was easy! I'm interested in learning some code language, but
that will take some time! I'm just relieved i didn't blow anything up.
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