Monday, October 29, 2007

YouTube

In a way, watching YOUTUBE was sort of like watching "America's Funniest Videos," complete with laugh track. Frankly, the site bugs me. I guess it is the influence of my mother, who used to get upset with me when I was a kid, and was sitting around the house reading when she thought I should be helping her clean. The thing was, she was right--I was lazy and had WAY too much time on my hands. And that is what I think of YOUTUBE. The YOUTUBIANS have way too much free time! Why aren't they doing other stuff instead of making nonsensical movies for their own and other's enjoyment? That is not to say that I didn't enjoy watching some of the stuff. I was particularly enamored of "Funny Dogs" volume 1. Since I am a dog lover, and have two dogs that need their own sitcom, I loved watching that.
How could libraries use this? If you wanted to schedule a tour of your library for people who had never been inside your branch, you could do a virtual tour and then run it on YOUTUBE. That way the uneasy feeling of not knowing where things are that spook a lot of first-time customers would vanish.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Web 2.0 List

Loved Biblio.com. Great place for me to discover hard-to-find books at terrific prices! Did an experiment with looking for difficult-to-locate Perry Mason books, and voila! There they were. Going to use this again!

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Zoho

I have just investigated ZOHO. It was interesting; I have always wondered how people put in those smiley faces in their "writings;" now I know! Now that I've found this, I will definitely use it in the future.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Wikis

I have looked at a number of Wikis, and have found it interesting that all can post to them. It seems as if the "it takes a village" philosophy also applies to technology!! What I had trouble with is I was constantly wondering about the validity of the entries, and how "expert" the wiki-writers were. Where Wikis would be helpful is particularly in the book review area--I found interesting the opinions of others relating them (liked the BooksLoversWiki).