THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS

THING from the Addams Family


The name LIBRARY 2.0 reminds me something I would like to forget - studying. There must be another name we can use to describe all these groovy things we can implement to make visiting the library an enjoyable experience for all those Milleniums. Or are we trying too hard? Maybe we librarians will become known as "Try hards" and forever scorned by those under the age of 21. I agree with somebody in one of the many pages I read that libraries need to think long and hard about effort versus result and have a considered strategy for introducing techno whizzo library services with definite outcomes in mind.

However I must say I did enjoy some of the "Things" where I could be creative and interactive and feel like I wasn't totally someone who was scared to try something new. I may stick to blogs and use Flickr as I see them having an application in my life particularly when travelling.I have fallen in love with iGoogle and love looking at maps. Also I say bring on blogs and wikkis etc in the library pages.
Overall Jason did a marvellous job setting up this course and it will have lasting benefits for all of us.

A fishy story

I have created my iGoogle home page and it is lovely, I have fish swimming around and a fishy top banner. I love being able to have a list of things to do and see what the weather is in Zagreb. Amazing.
Here is my banner:

Google-eyed

Gosh I do love Google and I particularly dote on Google maps because I hate not knowing where I am in the world. Here I am:


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Facing up to it

Just to prove that I know how Facebook works I have cut and pasted this email from the Facebook team after my foray into the world of social networking where I asked my daughter if we could be friends and she replied to me (see below) I remain convinced that social networking will not become my hobby unless the age demographic changes!

"Bridie wrote on your Wall:

"hi mumma"

To see your wall or to write on Bridie's Wall, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=1312840074#wall

Thanks,
The Facebook Team"

Telly Tube -ies

Maybe its on You Tube that I am known as Bellter. Anyway I did sign on to create an account but had nothing to put there. I have enjoyed a number of videos that others have made - does that count? Can't wait for Facebook

Flickr flack

I have signed up for yet another account Yahoo after already Googling, Facebooking and Blogging. How will I keep track of all these user names? I would not have thought I had a common moniker but it appears that I have, so I had to come up with a number of variations on a theme . The one I like best is Bellter (not sure where I used it though! ). I have also uploaded 3 photos onto Flickr which seemed to take a veeerrry looong tiiime.

www.flickr.com Go to teziebel's photostream