And it's a wrap!

Mary, Mary, thanks for not being too hard on us <3 So when do we start 2.1?

Truly, the most difficult assignment for me was setting up this blog. Once I got past that, the rest went much smoother. I am curious to see how many of the participants will continue to post, and how much more these tools will be used on the job. I really liked the format of this program and would love to participate in more training exercises. It was very user friendly and I liked that it could be done at home. I never would have found the time to do this while at the library.

Web 2.0

Woo-hoo! One thing that I learned from this exercise is that I am more 2.0 savvy than I believed I was when we started. In my bookmarks at home, I have no bookmarking- too much info to process (and already a little ADHD;) However, I
already had used biblio.com, mango, Google Maps, wiki, Donors Choose, flickr, Yahoo answers, Zillow (I have a house listed now if anyone interested;), threadless (I have been shopping there for years!) as well as Etsy, facebook and reddit (both of which have our current squirrel dilemma posted) and YouTube.
For this exercise, I checked out hair mixer for fun and because I have so little hair and it has so little color. However, I had to pass as I had no usable images to play with. Moved on to Food category. ImCooked way to involved for me to find it useful. The written recipe and an image of the final product is all I require. I did enjoy playing around on urbanspoon and found the layout user friendly and info current.

Online Productivity

This would be of real value to people who travel a lot or who do not have their own computer. No worries about forgetting the thumb drive.

OnlineBookCommunities

Once upon a time in xangaland, there was an author who started stories and his contacts added events until he decided to conclude them. Some of the finished projects were truly inspired and ever so creative. Now wouldn't that be a book for authonomy!
As an avid reader and a person starting to run out of brain storage, I started keeping a book journal several years back(pre library thing,etc). The idea started when I began checking out books that I had already read. With so many new books up for consideration, I thought keeping the journal would help me sort out old from new more efficiently. While googling for book journals, I discovered an article about a girl/woman who had documented every book she had ever read. What a legacy to leave for one's family! As a person who dabbles in family history, I thought that kind of journal would rank as high as old letters for revelations into who an ancestor was. As of 2000, I had four different book journals and a booklist running on xanga. I decided to consolidate all the years and titles into one larger journal. I still have booklists all over the internet and I have just posted six current reads to my new Librarything account. http://www.librarything.com/home/LindaAtkinson
I like seeing what other people are reading as a source of curiosity and future recommendations. However, the offline book journal is the ultimate list. I keep it next to my current read; no password required :-)

Social Bookmarking

Did a search, clicked the link, and came up empty twice. Truly, I prefer just googling. I am very selective with my sharing at any rate, though, I can see how businesses and libraries could benefit from this tool. 

Beware the Vook

While listening to this week's NYT Book Review podcast, I encountered a new threat to the printed word- vook. A vook blends a book, high-quality video, and the power of the Internet or iPhone into a complete story. While you read, you can watch story-enhancing videos, and/or connect with the author and your friends without switching between platforms. I am strongly opposed to someone else interpreting characters and plot lines for me with video. I NEVER see a book-based movie without reading the book first. However, I can see the pull for those in the media business. Online versions cost ~$6.99 while iPhone versions are even less costly at ~$4.99.
“I don’t think we are compromising the written word,” says Mr. Inman at Vook. “People will continue to read, just in new ways. Books are finally coming online but they are very one-dimensional. I think we can experiment and do this better.”
However, I have to wonder. What if  Stevenson had given in to the urge to give Jekyll and Hyde a Twitter account? Would that classic have been written?
I subscribed to the NYT Book Review podcast through iTunes. I prefer to listen there than through Google Reader which I most likely will lose after Library 2.0. I love to surf and I love the visuals. While Google Reader is easy and a good idea, it isn't really my thing.

Google Reader

Done! I subscribed to many of the places I already had bookmarked. It was a very simple process. I have to wonder why I didn't do this sooner. Yay for Library 2.0 showing the way!