Thing 29

I had a lot of fun doing this-no messy paste, easy editing and manipulation of images... I think it's bringing out a bit of creativity that I didn't know I had. Definitely going to use this one.Used Photobucket and also posted to flickr. I had another one with birds and flowers but I accidentally deleted it. I'm having a problem posting a new one that I did directly to my blog from scrapblog. I've had to upload the photos to flickr and post from there. Anyone else having a problem?

Ricky Gervais --Comic Genius

Ricky Gervais and David Bowie David Brent Office Dance Ricky Gervais Comic Relief

Thing 3 Habits of Lifelong Learning

I listened to the tutorial in the beginning but forgot to blog about it because I wanted to get started. All of the habits are important but to me the most essential is a positive attitude. I learned that years ago from observing my mom who was unafraid to tackle anything and I try to emulate her. One of the reasons I enjoy being a librarian is because I am able to constantly learn new things just by helping patrons. It's the best of both worlds. The best way to learn is to teach and by helping patrons learn to use library resources I become more proficient myself.The great thing about learning is that one thing leads to another and you end up learning a lot more than you intended. For example, because of all the downloading I've been doing, I've learned the importance of a good spyware program and anti virus program.

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Thing 26 The widgets are coming!

Everytime I log on to my blog a new widget appears. They are multiplying and threatening to take over my blog if not the world. They are like blog weeds and I must learn to control them for the health of the rest of my blog. It won't be easy because they are so darn cute but I must be strong. Any suggestions are welcome.

My first attempt at scrapbloging

Between you and I, I could care less

I hope you cringed when you read the title of this post because those two phrases are among the most misused by supposedly educated people. Since this is my blog, I decided it's a good place to air a few pet peeves. The correct phrase is "between you and me". I tried to come up with a mnemonic to remember the correct phrase but I couldn't, so just repeat it 10 times and it's yours forever. (That's what the nuns told me.)I did come up with a rhyme to remember to use "I couldn't care less" instead of "I could care less". Here goes: I could care less means I care a bit I couldn't care less means I don't give a ___. Since this is a Library blog you can fill in the blank. Between you and me, I hope this helps but I couldn't care less.

Three Cheers for Mr. Bookman!

Thing 24

Since I didn't have a doc to convert to PDF, I copied one , saved it to Word, downloaded Acrobat Adobe, and voila Zamzar did the rest. I also converted a Youtube video, also quite easy. Added the convert button to my links and I'm good to go. Two thumbs up-- useful and easy to use.

Thing 22

For months I've been meaning to download an audio book on my home computer so that I could be more knowledgeable in explaining to patrons how the process works. Unfortunately Once I got home it completely slipped my mind. Now thanks to #22 I've finally done it and it was quite painless. I was pleasantly surprised to see that many people are taking advantage of the service...several of the titles I wanted to try were unavailable. I haven't transferred the book to my MP3 player because my player is loaded. A second one will come in handy. I also downloaded an e-book for practice even though I personally prefer reading in bed. This exercise has been a motivator in more ways than one.

Thing 23

I've used more resources and explored more websites in the past few weeks than I have in the past five years and it's been a joy. I feel enriched not only professionally but personally. I'm now able to do things that I wasn't even aware of before. I thought tag was a kid's game,flickr... an eye movement, RSS feed...say what? I was of course aware of blogs and wikis but hadn't a clue as to how to create them. I also have developed a lot more self-confidence because I was able to complete tasks that were often intimidating at first glance. In doing the various exercises I also became acquainted with a number of other resources that I want to explore. The most important single thing that I've learned is that the more I learn the more there is out there to learn. I also have to mention how inspired I was by reading the blogs of my co-workers and thank them for the clever ideas that I incorporated into my blog. I'll take responsibility for the corny ones but it was always the process that concerned me most. I'm now going to continue working on the rest of the tasks and perfecting the skills that I've acquired. I've noticed that I'm spontaneously using many tools now when searching the net... technorati1, del.icio.us, furl, RSS feeds and flickr, to name a few. Adding buttons to my web page for the various sites makes it so simple to utilize the resources. I have no doubt that this experience will increase my ability to help our library patrons use technology. I'm looking forward to participating in Library 2.1.