Blog about Technology

The capabilities of the internet are quite awesome, but with that capability comes problems as well.  I see people trusting the internet implicitly because such an overarching presence seemingly must be authoritative when this is far from the truth.  Although more information is readily available, the problem is more information is readily available!  Inaccurate information, too many logons and passwords, increased identity theft risks ... these are a few of the drawbacks that come with increased access and speed of retrieval.  When the powergrid goes down or servers are compromised, will the new generation know how to kick it 'old school'?

To complete this assignment, I've posted comments on several others blogs.

Video Sharing

OK (maybe against my better judgment), here is a book review for y' all. 

and, I can't resist posting a link to this hilarious video: Your Life Work -- The Librarian. It is an episode of US Government film series on careers from 1946. I'm not embedding it because it is 10 minutes long!

Photosharing

Book Bench

"Jordan Rose, vice president Randolph Rose Collection, has a seat on one of the company's latest bronze sculptures . . . ."

I am intrigued by book furniture ... so often I wish I could buy the things I see on the spot! Another group on Flickr you should check out is Reading in Public.  The Marin Poetry Chair and San Luis Obispo Reading Chair are two more of my favorites.  Click here to see my Gallery.

Book Bench photo taken June 11, 2009 by ALA The American Library Association

Wikis

I like the video example of how wikis can be effective for group collaboration. This approach would assist library staff in working on projects or sharing information. I am skeptical of wikis for factual information ... as with any source, authority and currency are key ... but some of the "how to do it" wikis are very useful as a source of information.

Vote to Renovate Nowell Park in Joliet

Microblogging

I am signed up for Yammer at work and I am @libmaven on Twitter.  Twitter really runs the gamut from annoying incidentals to interesting facts, links, or photo posts that people share.  I especially enjoy following publishers, authors and other book bloggers who often feature links to book contest on their blogs.  It is a great way to keep up on upcoming books or news.  I follow some famous people for fun: Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Fry, Scott Simon, Barbara Walters, et cetera, as well as some other people I don't really know because there tweets are witty or interesting.

Technorati

This is a fascinating site. I found the statistics and demographics very interesting. It surprised me that the Huffington post came up as number one. I guess a lot of people check it ... I don't because it seems to regurgitate other news sites. I'm not sure I agree that "authority" should be based on the number of other blogs that link to a blog. I am in the process of "claiming" my blog but am having connection problems from here at home and seem to get kicked off a lot! I will redo the tagging later with a more reliable connection.

JPL Discovers Update

So I have completed three exercises:

1. Lifelong Learning: the Habits and Steps are handy to keep in mind as we go forward.
2. Blogs: I have created this blog to track my progress and recorded it with jpbb1903@yahoo.com
3. Technorati: an interesting snapshot of what we are all doing here on the web!

A Great Photo from the ALA Conference in Chicago by egmontgal

Talk Like a Pirate Day: September 19th

Welcome to Office 120

So here I am in my office, ready to start our Library 2.0 training!