28-Rollyo...me no likey

I guess I'm not the target audience for Rollyo. I did not find that it was anything I am interested in doing and I don't see how it would help me. I like my delicious and that's about it. Maybe because I don't do a lot of searching on one particular subject. That seems to be the appeal of Rollyo. If I'm searching for something I suppose I could go to Rollyo and see if there is someone who's already done the work for me. As for what we could use it in the library for, I suppose if we had reference questions that came up frequently we could create a search roll with useful sites that could be added to and that way there'd be a start for the next person who gets that reference question. Anyway, that's the first thing that comes to mind.

26-Image Generators

All this stuff is so much fun to play with. I loved all the choices on the bighugelab site. Who comes up with all this stuff?

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25-Podcasts surmized

My thoughts on podcasting...um, well I think they are a wonderful and unique tool of the techno age. That said, I see over-saturation in their future.

As for the library sites that are using podcasts to reach out to their customers? I think the Denver Public Library's site is way too cool. They seem very connected to their community and I love the interview with Harry and the Potters.

24-Podcasts

Ok, so I happened to know a little bit about podcasting before I started this exercise because my husband hosts one of his own. So, I am very familiar with having to tip-toe around the house while recording is going on. It is so easy to put your voice out there these days. He literally started with his laptop, a computer mic and a ton of free software. Everything that someone would need is all out there online and it's all free. I used Podcastalley to search and found so many podcasts it's crazy. With all the blogs, podcasts and wikis out there you'd be hard pressed not to find someone out there talking about whatever it is you're interested in and if by some miracle there isn't anything out there it'd be so easy to start talking about it yourself and connect to those peopel who have been dying to talk with someone about their love of Chewels chewing gum. In one way I guess it's good that we can so easily connect with people who share common interests and find new things that interest us as well but I wonder about having so many voices out there...when's the saturation point?

23-Videos

This is too easy, I love it. I chose this video because I did a search on "books" and this came up and I love Robert Sabuda books!

22-Flickr tools...the fun never ends

Spell flickr is fun, albeit I did need advice on how to paste the code in so it would show up on the blog. I have no idea how any of this stuff works but I'm learning and isn't that the point really?

21-Flickr Power

Ok, after readnig the two posts by Micael Stevens my mind is all-a-twitter. I can see the importance of protecting children by alowing the filtering; however,it has been my experince that the library community does tend to go for the worst case scenario first when deciding about whether or not to use new technology. Bad instances will happen but those will probably be few and far between and we can't prevent all bad things from happening. Some people are going to circum-navigate filters, rules and protocol for their own means. The bad tends to leave a stronger more lasting impression unfortunately. Why can't we have our cake and eat it too? If we can turn off the filtering for children with parental supervison and afults why can't we advertise that customers can access these sites with that caveat. I know that people in my library system, myslef included, are finding the new filtering is saving us from having to replace so many computer chairs, if you know what I mean. I think because of this nice change of events there has been a reluctance to tell people that the filtering can be turned off for adults or those children with parental supervision. Maybe I don't know enough about the law and there is some part of it that says we can't "advertise" that the filters can be turned off. But if there is nothing preventing that then we should use it to our advantage with some careful signage/advertising that will attract teens and adults who would like to use social networking sites like flikcr and others-IMHO. As for tagging, yes it is important for the site and many others in finding things and even people you may or may not be looking for.

Additionally, just by browsing the flickr posts that Michael Stevens listed I found my mind racing with a lot of new ideas for programs and acitivities just by seeing what other libraries are doing. I believe that is one of the many benefits social networking sites can provide to all..idea-generating/sharing.