Thing 13

I created a igoogle. I like the ease of adding in new widgets and changing the layout. Pageflakes is very similar to igoogle, but I will use igoogle because I also use the calendar in google. I have not often used a calendar or an organizer, I mostly keep appointments in my head or on notes. I still like the ease of using paper. To do list and remember the milk will be helpful because of the reminders. The google calendar seems to have a nice feature of sharing you calendar with friends. Plus the reminders are a nice benefit. I like it because I can keep track of personal events as well as work, outside of work applications.

Thing 12

I like digg, I wasn't aware of reddit.com and I think I will go to reddit first from now on. There are less adds and the content seemed a little more unique.

Are these sites helpful? Well up until now I was not aware that Tim Burton is doing his take on Alice In Wonderland, and this is terrific news! Even better news, Johny Depp may be playing the Mad Hatter. I really don't think this makes me a more productive librarian, but I will have some good news for a few friends of mine next time we go out for drinks. I joke, but it is a good way to stay in touch of what people find most relevant, most interesting, or most important, as well as entertaining.

Thing 11

I have been using my del.ic.ious. account for a while now. I also set up a Furl account, but only use the del. account. Firefox has great plug-ins for del. so you can have have your tags at the left of your screen in an different pane so while you scroll through your tags the page your are on is not disturbed. It is very helpful with reference because I can access many different tags, websites, without a bunch of clicking and windows popping up everywhere. And of course it is helpful in keeping track of useful websites on any topic. We have two accounts for our school, but they are not used by everyone, it seems to work best for individual use.

Thing 10

Wiki is not really new to me, I have added to wikis before. In fact, at my current employment we have a private wiki for the librarians. We share fun facts, websites, discuss and post news. It is easy to set up, easy to use, and a good way to stay up-to-date. I think people should be open to use them, not afraid of losing control over content.

That said, no wiki should be considered an academic source, it is more of an open source than a peer reviewed source, and it should not be used in an academic setting to gather information. No instructor will allow a wiki as a source at the school I work at. Most students know this as well. The MN150 Wiki was a pleasure to read.

Thing 9

I liked Zoho writer better than Google docs from the start. There seems to be more functionality and formatting options, I like the tagging option best. All the formating options are right at the top (I am tired of drop down menus) no drop down menus and that is a plus. Google docs is just fine, I have used it before. It is nice to have different options, rather than always using Word and attaching docs to emails. The option for public or private is nice as well. But it leaves a person all that more connected to the Internet, I do not have Internet at home, Internet access can be intermittent, at best, for those of us who rent and live in older buildings, program like this is not very practical in this situation.

Thing 8

eFolio Minnesota is a wonderful tool. Marketing yourself on the web is a great way to enhance a career and get a foot in the door. Plus it is free and easy to set-up and maintain. I recommend this site to most people newly graduated or job searching, in fact a friend recommended the site to me three years ago. Feel free to check out my site, I have not updated it in quite some time however http://janetmceathron.efoliomn1.com/

I don't use the picture sharing or social websites much, but they are all pretty user friendly and intuitive. I have used Google docs with a committee at work and was not fond of the program overall because of the formatting and we found it a challenge to keep track of editing.