Thing #13

My only question is . . . who in the world has time for this? I cannot imagine sitting down to the computer or holding my phone and typing in every little thought or movement that I make. I was reading some of the stuff people post about themselves and I just can't believe it. Who in their right mind cares if I'm running late for work or what I'm listening to on the radio right now? I like to keep in touch with my friends who don't live close by, but I don't need to know every little thing that they do every second of the day. If they want to tell me something about themselves, they send an email or they call. It seems like these days people have a real obsession of recording and sharing every thought that crosses their minds. Do they have a practical or legitimate reason for using this technology or is it just for fun? I don't mean to be overly negative or have a bad attitude, but this one is especially hard for me to understand.

Thing #12

www.librarything.com/home/paperbackqueen

I'm not really sure why anyone would want to go to my LibraryThing account, but here's the address just in case.

I thought it was fun and I spent a lot of time adding books to my library, but there's no way I would ever be able to keep up with it. The part I liked the best was seeing other readers' recommendations based on the books I've already read.

Thing #11

When it comes to technology, I'm torn. Sometimes I really love it and find it so useful and helpful. Other times, it drives me nuts. The things we are learning about through 2.0 are interesting, but time-consuming. I just don't have the time to sit in front of the computer and work with flickr because I have so much else to accomplish throughout the day. I don't really appreciate the bloglines because I don't feel that it's necessary for up-to-date information be sent to me at every moment. If I want something, I go looking for it. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I'm not very fond of blogs either. A lot of people are worried about sharing personal information, but I don't worry about that because I don't think that many people are going to be very interested in what I have to say. My problem is that because I don't think I have anything interesting to say, a blog seems like a waste of time. However, when it comes to technology I do not want to be left behind. I want to know what's out there and wish I had to the time to figure it out so that I wouldn't feel like such an old woman who can't keep up with the advancing world!!

Thing #10

This stuff is a lot of fun and very intersting. I just wish I had more time to play around with it. I don't have a computer at home and my time in front of the computer at work is very limited. I'm also getting interrupted a lot, so I will often start something, but I have to leave it and when I get back to it I've forgotten what I've learned up to that point. Time is and always will be an issue for me!

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Thing #9

I have really enjoyed learning about Flickr. I could waste a good portion of my day with this stuff. Currently, the only practical use I see for it in the library is for creating displays. I'm not in charge of creating any displays, so I wouldn't be using it, but I think the people who do might find it very helpful for creating unique and creative displays around the library.

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AWESOME!!! It only took two hours, but I have finally figured this out. I really don't know how I would use this in the library, but on a personal level I think this would be very cool to have access to. I am very excited that I was able to figure it out. Hopefully when someone asks me how I did it I will be able to remember.

Thing #6 and #7: Bloglines

Setting up my bloglines and subscribing to different sites was fairly easy. Unfortunately, I accidentally subscribed to an entire bunch of sites that turned out to be full of junk news, so I had to spend some time cleaning up that mess. While I think that people who tend to spend a lot of time on the web searching and reading may find bloglines very useful, I really do not. I don't have any "favorite" sites and don't feel the need for information to come directly to me. I don't spend a lot of time at the computer and if I do it's for a specific purpose. Again, I don't see this as being something that would be very useful to me in either my personal or professional life, but I did think it was interesting to learn about it and know that it is available.