By the Way

I love bcpl.info (our homepage) because it has a wealth of information that is helpful for me to share with patrons when I am working on the Information Desk, like using our Research Databases for finding the Maryland Library for the Blind phone number, as well as using for other things like when patrons need information about the local community.

So great job to the people who make our little homepage!

Week 6, Thing 14

Technorati sounds like it should be the title of a Red Hot Chilli Peppers song, or was somehow slipped into Anthony Kiedas lyrics' sheet, I think.

Anyway, in order to really connect with other blogs on this big thing called the World Wide Web, this seems like a great way to do it, especially if you are seeking an audience and looking for people to read your blog. I liked how the information was organized and the website was visually appealing for me, and pretty easy to navigate. I liked reading other blogs outside of 23 Things category for a change, like the Harry Potter spoilers, since we are all waiting for the book tonight at Midnight. Some of the other bloggers out there are pretty funny, however I doubt I would look to a blog for medical advice, religion, or politics. However, if I was reading other blogs for pleasure, I definitely would use Technorati to search and read.

I do not know if I really want to jump on the bandwagon however for the 23 Things Project and signing up for HTML tags and Technorati though, because I do not think many people outside of the branch I work at look at this humble little blog. Maybe I will make tags and change my "old fashioned" ways eventually.

Anyway... Happy Harry Potter Release Eve!!!

Week 6, Thing 13

Okay, I've looked at del.icio.us. and I can say openly that I am confused. When I went to view the 12 minute tutorial on Maryland 23 things... I found that there was an error http://www.library2.0.ottergroup.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/19/1772390.html saying that it could not be found, so needless to say, the tutorial was not very helpful.

I like the idea of tagging, don't get me wrong, and Blogger seems to make it very simple, but frankly I just am too lazy to go back and tag all of my previous entries. But I probably will one rainy day.

From my understanding it appears that you can use programs like del.icio.us for saving your "favorites" list of web pages and access it on any computer which is handy, but as far as me checking out what other people look at, frankly I do not have enough interest or time to do so... maybe if I was completely bored I would be "wow... cyber_guy likes to look at this too! what a great person I can Instant Message and discuss our love for..." But maybe I'm misunderstanding the whole point.

Anyway... I do not feel like a fan of this program.

Week 5, Thing 12

Rollyo seems like a simple enough device to use to create a search engine that will provide easier access to things you are looking for. I did mine based on shopping so I would not have to go to each individual site anymore to find a cardigan sweater. The only thing I did not like about Rollyo was that there were basically no directions so you just had to jump into the deep end, which by week 5, was okay, but I would have liked a bit more guidance. I hope to go back and create more search engines and hope that mine will help others who love to shop! Let me know if you have any suggestions for sites and I will gladly add them.


Here is the link to my Rollyo! Check it out!
http://rollyo.com/katems/found_it/

Week 5, Thing 11

I officially love Librarything! It is great to be able to catalogue books I have read and record them somewhere because normally, I never remember the titles... or the authors to recommend to someone. I also appreciate how it matches up with Amazon so I can recall the books by the cover as well since I am a visual learner. This is a really neat site and I cannot wait to go back and add more books to my "shelf."

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/katems

Week 5, Thing 10

From Yahoo Avatars... I picked the dress because it reminds me of Lucy Ricardo.