INSTANT MESSAGING - MEEBO

For people who work at their computers all day, this would be a great way to communicate. As for me I wouldn't use this at home because I'm not on the computer that much. I could see using it in the library for reference questions but you might get so many you couldn't answer them all. I know that some of the library staff use IM and like it, I just haven't tried it yet.

More on RSS

Some of the searching tools were helpful in giving me ideas. However, I'm not one to sit and surf the web without a purpose in mind. I found Google blog search difficult. When I searched for "gardening" it was too broad, and I couldn't always find the RSS icon. At first I liked Topix.net because the first page was easy to read and understand, but after playing around with Syndic8.com I liked it too. I'm still learning about all this internet stuff and didn't realize there was so much more than paying bills and email!

I'm not sure if RSS would be good in the library. I don't know how many people even know about RSS or how to use them.

I think RSS "Really Simple Syndication" is a great idea. I wish I had known about it earlier. Mashups and blogging really aren't my thing, but this I can use. I think it's great to have all your news come to you in one place and not spend hours searching the internet looking for it. I will definitely pass this information on to others. I used google.com/reader because I have Gmail and can use them together.


One site I enjoy www.npr.org

Love Libraries

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Originally uploaded by Blogging Nana

I found working with mashup very trying. I tried several different ones and finally figured out how to do it. I liked Spell with Flickr and Flickr Sudoku but will have to work on them later!
For this one I used Trading Card Maker.