#23 of 23 Things

WOW!! I did it!! It took me two times, but I did it. I have to admit I rushed through the last 4 or 5 to get done, so I will definitely go back and look at those closer. This was so fun and educational. I really learned alot about different tools on the web. I enough impressed my daughter and some of things I learned and that is pretty good when you can impress a college student about something on the computer! Ha! Well, like I said I will definietely use these tools and I will go back and look some of the Things closer. Thank you to everyone involved.

#22 of 23 Things

I found this whole experience very educational. I already use some of the tools every day and others from time to time. I will definitely go back and look at all of the 23 Things again. Some of the tools I will use for personel use and some for work. This was really all very fun.

#21 of 23 Things

I joined Gather and Ning, I was already a member of Web Junction. I really liked Ning. I joined the 23 Things on A Stick group. I think I will go back to this often and join in conversations, etc. And also see how everyone else did on this 23 Things and what they thought about it.

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#20 of 23 Things

I have set up accounts on MySpace and Facebook. I go to Facebook almost everyday. My contacts/friends are my daughter and her friends and also some of my son's friends. I use it for personel reasons to keep up with everything. I also went to some library groups on Facebook, did not join. I had a MySpace page before, but could not get back in - so set up a new name and low and behold it found my old one. I do not go to or use MySpace very much, as you can tell, I forgot the name. I do not know if these sites would work well in a library or not. Maybe if I knew a little more about each site, they may work. I have not looked at these sites in depth. These sites and fun to play around with and a good way to keep in touch with people you do not see very often.

#19 of 23 Things

I checked out Yahoo Podcasts and Podcasts.com. They were both easy to search for what I was looking for. I did have problems trying to get CNN podcast downloaded to by blog, so I just gave up, spent too much time on it. I did sign up for Podcast.com and know they will send me emails and updates, etc. I think I will use this from time to time and may explore into it a bit further. This one was also fun.

#18 of 23 Things

I looked at YouTube and Yahoo videos and Google videos. I thought they were all OK sites, as far as searching for what I wanted to look at. I downloaded the pandas just because I like pandas. They are so cute. I think you could use learning videos on library web sites. Make your own video about your library and put it on your web page. I think you could videos for almost any reason on your school/public library web sites. This Thind was fun.

Panda video

panda @ Yahoo! Video

#17 of 23 Things

I have worked with ELM many times. I have gone to workshops that they have put on. It is a wonderful site to find anything you need. Great for students working on papers for school. Or just to find information in general. I use this site from time to time. It is great!

#16 of 23 Things

I think this would be wonderful for teachers and students. Help get everything organized and keep track of the timeline for when it is due. I would pass this information on to my daughter in college. I think she would love it. I also, think you could use this in the Public libraries, alot of students and teachers use the Public libraries as well as the school libraries. I will come back look at this again.

#15 of 23 Things

I am not very good at games on-line or video games. So this one was hard for me. I did set up an account on Second Life and walked around for a while. Just trying to walk around was hard for me. It took a while to down load it on my computer and was very slow as I was in the game. I am not sure how this would work in libraries. I hope to come back to this again and see if I can get it to work better for me.

#14 of 23 Things

I set up an account on LibraryThing. I did a little exploreing through the site. I could see where this would be a wonderful site for librarians and avid readers. I may go back to this site and look at it more after my 23 Things are done and add more to my account.

#13 of 23 Things

I set up an iGoogle page, and My Yahoo page, and also PageFlakes. They are all very similar. I do go to the iGoogle page ever day and the My Yahoo page from time to time. It is nice to have everything that you want on one page. I also go to PageFlakes about once a week. I do not think I will make any of these my home page.
I do like the calendar tools. I have a calendar set up on my Yahoo page with Birthdays on it and it sends me an email when a Birthday is coming up in a few days and also the day of the Birthday. I tried the To Da List and Remember Milk list tools. They were very easy and great tools, but I am a paper and pen person, with lists in my purse and at home on the counter and also sticky notes around my desk. For me it is easier to grab a pen and paper and quick write a note, then to go to the site and have to enter it in. I guess it would be something I could try. Backpack was fun to go through and could really be a great place to keep everything you need for an event, trip, meeting, etc.
I tried 30 Boxes, I thought it was too confusing. Also, looked at Stikkit. I have used Zamzar and this is an easy way to transform you files, worksheets, from one format to another.
This was a fun and educational Thing to do.

#12 of 23 Things

I went to all four of these sights and read some of the articles. I also did the tours/intro for all four of them. I set up accounts in all four also. It is a very fast and easy way to see what the top stories are for the day. Also, if you have favorite things you like to keep up with, you can customize your personal page on the sites and look up articles/news on your favorite topics, etc. I think this would be a good tool for libraries to have. Students need to write a report on the current events, they just go to one of these sights and it is right there for them to read and write a report about it.
I may use these sights from time to time. They have alot of information on one website, and it can be personalized for each indiviuals likes.

#11 of 23 Things

Tagging and Del.icio.us. I did do the tagging on my Flickr pictures. That was fun and now when I want a certain picture for a special reason, I can bring it up by tagging a certain subject, etc.
I also played around with and added a del.icio.us button to my tool bar. This is a fun and exciteing tool. If I have certain topics, or interests, I just add them to my del.icio.us account with my del.icio.us button. And they are up to date. This was a fun and educational Thing for me.

#10 of 23 Things

I watched the video and I explored other Wikis. I do not know if I would ever have a use for a Wiki. I did go to wikispaces.com and set up a Wiki for myself. Just to try it. Like the video shows, a bunch of people from different areas who need to plan a meeting, trip, etc. this would be great.

Just a Joke for fun!

A young fellow in the midst of cutting up in the library, was approached by the librarian.
"Please be quiet," she said, "the people around you can't read."
"They can't?" said the boy. "Then what are they doing in the library?"

#9 of 23 Things

I looked over both Zoho writer and Google Docs, they seem to be about the same. I could see where this would be usefull for anyone who may do some work from home and pull up their documents online. Rather than carry them home with you. Just pull them up on your computer at home and work on them, making changes and saving it, etc. I could see school students doing this also from home. To do their homework on-line and print it out at home or at school. If there were a time where I knew I would have to work on a document from home, I would use these and I think it would be great. Thing #9 is done.

#8 of 23 Things

This one was fun. I did a picture trail, as seen below. The pictures I used are my personal pictures. My dog, backyard, pictures of my daughters trip to Washington DC. and others. I have looked at Big Huge Lab before, that looked like it could be fun too. I looked over and took the tour on eFolio Minnesota, this would be great for students, educators, and career seekers. Setting up your own personal portfolio and have it on the web for job seekers and employers that are looking for the perfect person for their business. Done with #8 of 23 Things.

#7 of 23 Things

Communication tools. Email - I have a few email addresses I keep track of. Work email, a couple personal emails, and our family email. I use my emails most days. Easy way to keep in touch with my daughter at college and my close friends who live around the US. I wish my parents had a computer and I could communicate with them by email, but I do not think they would know how to work a computer. They are not into all the new technical gadgets. The phone is good enough for them. Ha! In my work emails I have sent complete files and documents as attachments. Instant Messageing (IM) - I use IM for talking to my daughter. I have also used it on some web sites when I am ordering something and need help finding it, or have questions about it. It is nice to get your answers right away and not have to wait for a reply by email or the telephone. I have not ever been in a chat room. When IM with my daughter and she needs something she can not find, I have sent web site addresses and I have also sent her pictures. She has also sent me pictures and web sites by IM. My daughter and I have done live picture feed from her computer to my home computer. We both have cameras on top of our computers. After she got settled into her dorm room, she took the camera and went around the room so I could see what it looked like when it was all in order. So that is a really fun thing to have, I can see her as if she is in the room with me. Text Messageing - I have sent messages to my daughters cell phone from my IM account. I however have not mastered the text messageing on my own phone. I need to sit down some day and just learn it. Web Conferenceing - I have watched a few web seminars and I have also taken a short course on Web Junction on learning Access. It is really an easy way to learn something new and you can do it when you want and where you want. I really enjoyed that. So again, I use email and IM most days and I really enjoy using them. They are so much faster and you can answer your emails when you get the information you need and when you have the time. So now #7 of 23 is done.

#6 of 23 Things

OK, I think I did Things 4, 5, and 6 kind of all together. I did alot of playing around with Flickr - added fun pictures, banners, my own pictures, etc. I cropped my pictures and added them to the blog. I then framed a picture and added it to the blog. I then made a banner, in motion, and added that to the bottom of my blog. So, now I am done with Things 4, 5, and 6. Also, I changed my avatar today. Think Spring!! That warm weather has to get here soon!

#5 of 23 Things

More fun with Flickr. I did alot of playing around with Big Huge Labs and Flickr. I added the picture Think Spring and framed it, also added it to my Flickr account. I have had fun playing with photos, changeing the size, color, brightness, sharpness. I did some of that on KK's poem picture before I added it to my blog. So now I am done with #5 of 23 Things.

#4 of 23 Things

OK, I am back to work on the 23 Things some more. I watched the video about Flickr and I set up an account and had fun looking at all that Flickr has to offer. I downloaded a bunch of my personal pictures to the account. And I also tagged them. I felt kinda weird letting the public look at my pictures, so I set them up so that only I and my family and friends can view them. The photo below is one that I have on my account and loaded it to my blog. This one was fun! SO #4 of 23 Things is now done.

KK's Poems

poems
Originally uploaded by dlkeena

My daughter writes poetry and has had 3 poems published. She does alot of writing and does alot of journal writing.
I have done this from Flickr and putting it on my blog. I set up an account and added pictures from my computer. On the one shown I edited it. Cropped it, added sharpness, and a few other things. This was fun.

#3 of 23 Things

I do not know why but, I had a tough time with this one. If I would have just gone ahead and read all the information for Thing #3, then did it, I would have gotten this one done alot faster. I worked on this for 2 to 3 days. But once I read everything and did as follows, it was easy to do. I set up accounts on Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader/view/#overview-page and on Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/ and also set up an email on Google. I also setup an IGoogle page and for my personnel favorites, etc. I did alot of roaming around in all that Google has to offer, and what all you can do. In IGoogle I have all the things I like to look at right on one page. Clock, calendar, current weather, current news, and also my Google Reader is on the page, so I can go right to it. Google Reader I added 2 Blogs and Google news site and 4 other sites that I thought I might be interested in. I can change it whenever I want. It is easy to add and delete sites on your Reader.On Bloglines I added 3 Blogs and Blognews. And this is also very easy to add and delete sites or blogs. Just follow the directions on each site. My preference would be Google, I seem to understand and move around better/faster then the Blogline.
This is a fast and easy way to find everything you are interested in or want to read and get caught up on in one spot when you put all your website/blogs on one page and pick the one you want to read. So I am finally done with #3 of 23 Things...

#2 of 23 Things

Today I watched the video by Stephen Abrams and read the Blog post by John Blyberg and also, read the "The Ongoing Web Revolution" on Web 2.0. The Web truly has changed over the years and the on going knowledge out there to be found and things to be tried, like the 23 Things.
John spoke of how he enjoys IM (Instant Messaging), I do this all the time and I love it. I can talk to my daughter whenever we are both on-line, in real time. She is away at college and it is so nice to have a conversation/typing back and forth with no long distance charges or text charges on cell phones. I have also been on web sites where you can get IM help with placing an order or need information about something. This would be a great asset for the Reference Dept. in a Library. I do believe some already have this. So, going on now with the 23 Things, this should be fun and yet challenging. Number 2 done.

Getting started in 23 Things

It was fairly easy to get started. I just followed along on the http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/ website. I first set up my blog on https://www.blogger.com/start just following the instructions. Which all went pretty well. I then set up my Avatar from http://avatars.yahoo.com/ which was really fun, going through and picking out what you want your picture to look like and you can change whenever you like. I did have a tough time trying to get it to my blog page, but after searching around the site, I found you have to export it to the your blog site. I had also downloaded it to my computer desktop, not knowing for sure how I was going to get it to the blog page. Also, had to pick out my template (background) on the blog page. Then I did my first blog (seen above) and took a while to figure out, when I am done you have to click Publish Post (Orange button) to get it to your blog page. I then had to go back to the 23 Things on Stick site and register my blog site. It was fairly easy and fun. So, I think I am now done with 1 Thing of 23 Things.

23 Things on a Stick

Today I started the 23 Things on a Stick. I work in the Northern Lights Library Network office, I am the manager. It was fairly easy to get started, so far. I had fun designing my Avatar. I have a chocolate lab dog and so that is why he is on the picture and here in Minnesota it is very cold and snowy and so as of today I liked the winter scene. I really enjoy working on the computer everyday and so I think this 23 Things on Stick should be very knowledgeable and entertaining.