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...