Thing #11 – Library Thing – My Favorite Thing

My favorite “thing” so far! I want to tell all of my booklover friends about it. How wonderful to be able to keep a list of the books you have read and share it with friends. I come from a public library background and often get requests from friends and family for [...]

Thing #10 – Image Generators

Wow! What fun! All very easy to use and so very many out there. Lots of possibilities in the library like messages on the workstations about taking care of books, due dates, etc. Kids could use these generators to make slides for powerpoint presentations. — hand sign made with [...]

Thing #8 – RSS

I am so new to RSS feeds that I am not yet sure what I like about it. My son uses Google Reader to track news about the technology he uses in his work. But I am still a bit overwhelmed by it. Google Reader is easy to set up and I [...]

Thing #7 – Google Tools

I discovered some very useful tools during this exercise. I set up an alert for new mystery books – we’ll see how that works. And I set up a shared document with a fellow librarian. It is a list of favorite books contributed by students. Our two schools are merging so [...]

Thing #6 – Mashups

I mentioned to a friend that I was going to learn about mashups and she mentioned the blending of two songs to make a new song. My son spoke up and said that I was going to learn about a different mashup. So, imagine my surprise when I read that the blended song [...]

More power words

My newest entry into my journal of quotes or passages from books comes from Odd Hours by Dean Koontz. Life lessons from the supernatural? See what you think:
“Loss is the hardest thing,” I said. “But it is also the teacher that is the most difficult to ignore.”

Thing #5 – Flickr

I have heard about Flickr from friends who mostly use it to share photos and create physical products like calendars. Like all of the other activities so far, my brain feels stretched. Lots of learning going on!

Thing #3 – blog and avatar

I feel that I still have a lot to learn about blogs, but each time that I go in to post or edit, I figure out new things. So much is trial and error for me. I also wish that I had chosen blogger instead of WordPress, but I think it will work [...]

Thing#2 – easiest

The easiest habit for me is teaching others which seems to come so naturally that I sometimes don’t even realize that I am doing it.

Thing#2

The hardest habit for me is setting goals. I sometimes can’t “see” the big picture.