Thing 23--Learner's permit

My training wheels are off. I think I've accomplished what I set out to do when I titled my blog. I may not be in the technology fast lane, but I feel capable of merging on to the tech superhighway. I look forward to taking a more scenic route next time for more in depth exploring when an ODC isn't the major focus of my work time. Thanks for the opportunity!

Thing 22--Audiobooks

As a selector, I know we strive to have a wide variety of titles and content in the Overdrive collection, given the constraints of budget, publisher availability, copyright issues, ect...In looking at the recent LJ, a columnist brought up the point that we, as librarians, are too meek and accomodating. Should we have refused to subscribe to Netlibrary/Overdrive until IPod issues were fully addressed and accomodated?

Thing 21--Podcasts

Recently, I listened to Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell and wished for more books like it--history with zing, humor and immediacy. Vowell combines dry, sarcastic humor with those tidbits of history I miss discovering and connecting to the history we are making today. Readers Advisory expert help needed, but in the meantime I found a podcast of an interview with her from an Atlanta radio station which helps ease the separation. I don't see an RSS button, but I found it through Yahoo podcasts which any librarian on number 21 can find:)

Thing 20--You Tube

Thing 1, being 14, has made sure I have a great appreciation for You Tube. Maybe not the politically correct or educational aspects of You Tube, but I definitely know it's potential from teaching basic rugby to catching up with Mr. Bean. But it's the music videos that keep him coming back...bands from Germany to Australia have caught his eye. The best marketing tool for Indie bands at the moment. Myself, having recently finished Kitchen Duty at work have a great appreciation for one of the oldies of You Tube--Terry Tate Office Linebacker. Warning: some offensive language, but if you're ready for football season and have seen the kitchen in Elkton on a Monday afternoon you might like.

Thing 19--Web 2.0 award winner

I should have been looking for an app to keep my list of "to be explored more later" sites I've picked up from these 23 Things. Instead, I swerved immediately into the travel section and looked at RealTravel for more on Northern Ireland. I guess no "real people" go there as there was only one whiny post from some people who obviously veered over the border by mistake. Now maybe if we were to add London to our itinerary...

Thing 18--Google Docs

Let's just say some of us have never ponied up the money for Excel at home and can see the benefits of spreadsheet availability for that once in a blue moon school report assignement or (gasp!) finishing a work project at home. One more to investigate later.

Thing 16 and 17--Wiki

The library centered Wiki examples seem pretty dead--nothing in the Materials Selection part of the Library Success Wiki. My librarian need for source authority cringes at Wikis so I'm moving on to the next thing.

Thing 15--Library 2.0

In reading two of the articles, my thoughts settled on missions and goals and costs. The Stephens article started with promoting patron driven services and materials, but later stated technology should be reigned in by institution missions and goals. Are these also developed through direct patron input? I think the "something for everyone" argument leads to nothing of substance for anyone. We are long past the library as warehouse model, but who's involved and how do we decide the best use of limited resources in Libary 2.0?

Thing 14--Technorati

Intial disappointment--the tour version I watched showed the wonders of technorati included a book feature, but when I looked at the actual site I couldn't find it (and I still can't find it with a second look). But then I branched out and looked at the Top 10 and found myself spending 10 minutes (which is an enternity in the world of ODC) browsing Lifehacker. Practical, diverse, new to me stuff...I think I'll browse some more. Good site for those of us who don't enjoy browsing the web looking for serendipity.

Thing13--Delicious

Would save a lot of room in my web links. The 'magic middle' as the apex of authority still evades me. I looked at others delicious pages, but still have a hard time trusting the authority of someone who calls herself "dragon lady". I may never feel totally comfortable in the 2.0 world.

Thing 12--Rollo

In July my life was consumed by hosting a teen from Northern Ireland, so I thought I'd use Rollo to start work on planning how I would consume his family's life next year. I made a search roll easily, but tried to edit it as BBC news was like Kudzu taking over all the results. My edits were saved, but just like Kudzu the BBC wouldn't die. I suppose I need to just create a new roll to keep working on my travel dreams...

Thing 11--LibraryThing

Looking at the recommendations for the titles I put in my library, I think this would be another R.A. site to offer. I had read a majority of my recommendations, but a few of the others are on my "when I retire and the book is out of print" reading list. The Librarians who love LibraryThing discussion group is the largest, but the topic "alternate call numbers in the 050 field" made me click out in a hurry. Link to my mini-library http://www.librarything.com/catalog/nb0011

Thing 10--Generator

I didn't realize how far I'd gone wrong in life, until the generator told me that "waiter" was my perfect job, but what do they know in Australia anyway. I'll try and add the picture generated of my fulfilled waiter-self.

Things 8 and 9 RSS Feeds

Since I have never thought of creating a blog, it makes sense that I have never taken the time to view many (except Erica H.'s--always a good laugh there). Since creating my bloglines account 3 weeks ago, I've looked at it a total of one time--right before creating this post. I need to be more creative with Topix.net and it's keyword search for work-related topics. I found it gave me a nice mix of articles on one of my favorite non-work topics--Italian soccer player Fabio Cannavaro (the one on the right). Could be just as fun and voyeuristic as People magazine...

Things 3-7 Tech post

I am not one for randomly exploring the Internet, so I followed the given links and successfully added a picture with a sayings bubble. Pretty neat, but I find myself slightly disturbed at being able to look at other people's photos and actually not that interested (but then I'm not interested in reality TV either). I like technology that makes my life easier, such as email, and that doesn't add layers of complexity or content overload. For example, Thing 1 pointed out a YouTube post on the basic rules of rugby which is interesting and helpful as long as I'm not the one spending hours surfing just to find it...

Thing 1 and 2

It seemed appropriate to have kids as my blog theme. Not only do I have a Thing 1 and Thing 2 at home, but they know as much about technology as I do about chocolate (that's alot). Thing 1 is always showing me the "coolest" on YouTube and Thing 2 just created a Powerpoint in the 2nd grade. I need much more than 23 things to keep up.

As to the 7 1/2 habits, I skipped through the slides, reading the sidebars, impatient with the slow narration, so I heartily accept responsibility for my own learning. I think Habit 6, if slightly reworded, is my challenge. I can find the technology that answers my question, but how do I apply it (or find the time to apply it) to help with my workload?