Wiki Wiki Whatever Week 7, #16 & #17

What do I find interesting about wikis? Really not much. I guess that's because we have been using them here in the reference department for quite awhile. Wikis can be used for any number of things: Groups to share information ( like our refwiki here at Alden ), They can be used as a place to share subject related information(there are some wikis here in ref. that have been set up by subject bibliographers)or just a place where people can share any info about anything they want. One wiki I look at a lot is CPDL.org. It's a wiki that has public domain choral sheet music available for you to download.

As for setting up and editing wikis, I find the process to be somewhat difficult. It certainly, in my opinion, is a process that is not very intuitive. I found that the materials that were presented were not that helpful. I would have used the help page but didn't see one ( if there was one it certainly was not visible). I'm the kind of person that needs detailed step by step information.
The process certainly was vague in a lot of places. I will be editing wikis as little as possible unless I have detailed "step by step" information on the process.

Learning 2.0 Comments Week 6#15

Once again I find these types of assignments in Learning 2.0 superfluous. I don't wish to share my thoughts with every damn Tom, Dick , or Harry.

Here it is anyway.

In the Iceberg article by Anderson, He makes some valid points about library use. Although I tend to agree with most of the points he makes, one thing I disagree with is "his come to us" statement.
People are still coming to the library. They may not physically be coming to the library but virtually coming to the library (they may not recognize that they are coming but they are). There are many resources owned by libraries that people can access for free that they would otherwise spend a lot to purchase. So therefore, They are still coming to the library, They just don't know it.

As far as what Library 2.0 means to me. It just demonstrates that there is a great big world out there and there are many ways accessing it and organizing what take from it.

Technorati Comments Week 6#14

What a hoot. It's really cool how you can find what's been blogged about. A great sandbox to play in!!! I like the the different ways you can search not only for blogs but pics and etc.. I'm much happier with this assignment. Unlike the other sources we've had to look at I found this easy to use and very intuitive. Although fun, I'm not sure I will ever use it again.

Comments on del.icio.us Week 6#13

OK, here are my comments on del.icio.us. I find that it is really useful for the portability of your book marks. I see you can not only store your own bookmarks but have the capability of of seeing bookmarks that other people have shared. I really have no use for this at this time. I find the way it works is not very intuitive. Until it's easier to use I most likely will not use it. I also find this is very useful for folks that can't live their life away from their computer. Frankly, life is too short to sit your ass in front of a computer all the time.

Rollyo ( I don't think so ) Week 5 #12

It is definitely not very intuitive and because of that fact I will never use it. I understand what it does and I think it could be a very useful tool for pulling together all of your related web sources.
It took me forever just to figure out how to use it. Then after looking at things others have rolled. I thought that the information was too cluttered and not as easy to discern the results as it should have been.

LibraryThing (What the Hell) Learning 2.0 Week 5 #11

Can I tell how useless this is to me. I'm sure there are people that love to futz around with this type of stuff but I'm not one of them. My book shelf works just as well as this thing. As if I have the F#@!ing Library of Congress in my house, please give me a break!!! What I read is my own business. I don't really give a tinker's damn about what other people think about the books. If I want to do discuss a book I sure as hell don't want to do it online. I can see where some people (and they really need to get a life) would like this but I am not one of them. Anyway here is a link to my LibraryThing page.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/disneyac513

Sign you will not see at a Disney park (Learning 2.0 Week 5 #10)

OK you definitely will never see this sign at Disney. I created it using a Disneyland Sign Generator. It can be found at http://www.addletters.com/disneyland-sign-generator.htm

Week 4 RSS Assignment (#8 & #9)

I find that feeds can be useful for keeping current on any news type event. I'm a drum corps fan and it's an easy way to to keep track of the nightly scores throughout the Drum corp season. I'm also tend to be a little bit of news junkie so I have set up feeds from my favorite news sources. Although very useful, I will probably not continue to use RSS very much after Learning 2.0. (#8)

I found that the easiest way to get a feed is to look fer the icon on you favorite sites. Most of the search tools I found to be "too much". It was definitely information overload. It was wading through a lot a crap to find what you want. Of all the search tools that were mentioned I liked Technorati the best. I really don't know why. Perhaps it was the catchy name. It was the most appealing odf the ones I looked at. (#9)

RSS is definitely for the person that lives their life sitting in front of a computer.

Beverly Sills 1929-2007

I was saddened by the passing of one of America's greatest sopranos. Beverly Sills has probably done more for the popularity of opera in America than any other artist in the field of opera. She proved through her actions that opera was not for the snobbish upper class of our society, but for all to enjoy. She appeared on television with many popular celebrities and at one time, I have read that she filled in for Johnny Carson on the "Tonight Show". I remember the first album of her music that I owned was selections from La Traviata. The album was definitely one of the reasons that I became so interested in opera and singing. Although she had been retired from singing for many years, she worked extensively in the field of opera. She was the general director of the New York City Opera for several years, has been the chair of the Lincoln Center and served as chairwoman of the Metropolitan Opera.