Twitter May 25/10

I looked at the information about Twitter. I am sure glad that there is a limit of 140 characters that can be used. It isn't something I plan on using. I can see the fascination of it appealing to people however I wonder if it will create a generation of people that have to be connected to feel alive. They are ignoring their surroundings so much that I wonder what will happen to our culture and our planet.

Library Thing May 17/10

I went in to Library Thing. I found it very easy to navigate and it would be a wonderful site to keep track of the books you have, read or plan on reading. I liked the recommended titles because they shows a wide variety of titles to consider. I will be suggesting this website to our customers to help them keep track of their wishlist.

Online Productivity Tools May 10/10

I looked at Google Calendar and Google Docs. I definitely liked Google Docs. I liked the variety of templates, how easy they are to use and they are free to us. I do see these free online tools replacing expensive software like MS Office. I will be using Google Docs in the future.

Flickr & YouTube May 03/10

I use YouTube on a regular basis to see what I'm interested in. I find it very easy to use. I can put in a subject heading or be very specific on what I want to see.
I have looked at Flickr and I do find wonderful pictures of what I am interested in. By using a general subject heading I find a lot. I do wish that the people would put a heading or something about the picture so that it tells me went and where the picture was taken.

RSS April 26/10

I found the RSS feature interesting. I was successful in setting up my RSS feed. I used the second suggestion of our our blog masters. I think this will make information-gathering more convenient for me.

Google Universe April 19/10

I like using Google. I use the following features Web, Images, Videos, Maps and News. So when we were asked to explore it I found it very interesting.
I chose Google Books. I found it very easy to use and it gave me a lot of titles in a subject search and good information. Sometimes it was a snippet, sometimes there were reviews and sometimes the entire book was online to read.
I found the entire book online on Morgan horses published in 1857. The New York Public Libraryhas the original book. I knew about this book as it had been listed in bibliographic notes about Morgan horses.
I would definitely recommend this site to friends and colleagues. I wish that more out of print titles on many subjects were online for everyone to read or download to their computers.

Social Networking April 12/10

The two questions this week were:

1) Why do you think social networking sites are so popular? What are the main appeal factors?

OR

2) For you, is Facebook useful or a time-waster.

I have created this Facebook profile with a lot of help from my coworkers. Yes I know more now about setting up a Facebook profile and I will be able to help customers who want to set up a profile. It maybe very useful and enjoyable for a lot of people and I can see its appeal. It helps to keep some people feeling like they are a part of society and that someone cares about them. I personally don't need to know what someone is doing every minute of the day. So I would say that for me it would be a time-waster.