#23 Is this really the end, or just the beginning

It's definitely just a beginning for me. I feel like I have dipped my toes into a new river, I've hardly touched the surface, I"m quite overwhelmed by what's "out there", but I'm confident now that none of it is beyond my reach, I just have to be open to learning.
I have discovered that a lot of these technology tools are pretty simple to use, thanks to a lot of behind the scenes hard work and handy interfaces.
I think the most important thing I've learned is how quickly it can all get away from you, I really hope I keep my finger on the pulse from now on. I don't have to be a technophile, but its fun to be a part of the communities online and to be able to do all the fabulous things I now can do, like blog and add graphics, rss feeds, audio, video, widgets. Thanks for the push in the right direction!

#22 Audiobooks (or "The end is in sight ")

I'm listening to the "Rime of the ancient mariner" by Coleridge (with a female american accent!). I'm not sure that our older patron are going to come by downloading eBooks, so I don't think we should dig a mass grave for our talking books just yet. However for the more technically adept this is a fabulous tool. I'm going to get my teenagers onto and see if it sparks more interest in their English homework. AT 15, having a poem read to you is far more enticing that reading it yourself especially if it's on the net.

#21 Podcasts, Smodcasts!

I'm mighty impressed with myself. I had a look at http://podcastalley.com and found the 'Library Geeks' podcast. I clicked on "If you want to see the RSS or XML file, click here." When I clicked on the link I was given the option to embed a widget through http://www.springwidgets.com/. It was too easy.

# 20 You Tube

I have seen You tube before, its great for pieces of nostalgia, like theme songs and visuals to old TV shows. I love this mum singing all the cliches mums say to the William Tell Overture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W95Y8hNQiH8
But back to work, You tube has fabulous possibilities for accessing video of conferences, speeches, anything really, which can be used an information resources. It also acts as public information annoucement as seen in this Sesame St video ("Don't eat cookies in the library") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJlkplvYdgA

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

I looked up social networking, which seems very relevant to library use, in the sense of providing a community space. Facebook.com is called a social utility tool. I have been using it for a few weeks now and have been amazed by getting in touch and touching base (in a highly superficial way) with people I hardly ever see, even old school friends.

#16 Online Productivity apps

Mission completed!

Welcome

This is ZoHo writer. It looks pretty friendly. I like the look the the Notebook app too. Lets see if I can successfully publish to my Blog.