JENN'S.....

I"M FREEEEEE

2008-02-18T16:29:00.000-08:00

lol just joking. I am leaving 2.0 and now digging my heads deeper in my textbooks for good grades lol. What can i say about 2.0 besides that it was long. It was super informative, it brought me up to speed on the never slowing down world of technology in 6 months we will probably be seeing 3.0 that how fast technology is blooming.
I am beyond thrilled that i am done just because i can focus more at the tasks at hand but i enjoyed the process. I enjoyed learning new things that i never thought i would be doing and i have took somethings with me that i will be using in my everyday life like my RSS feeds.
if there is another program i am pretty confident i would participate but it just depends on my everyday life.
its good to say hey i have completed the 2.0 program that my job has provided me it reminds that i am blessed with the chance but i can't promise that i will miss writing these blogs we will have to wait and see.
Good bye 2.0 thanks for an intresting ride
Jenn

The 2.0 journey

2008-02-18T16:18:00.000-08:00

Learning 2.0 was cool. Something i thought were benefical other things i think i will be ok without but i am thankful to know them. my alltime favorite discovery as i have stated in a previous blog was one of the newer blogs we finished. LIBRARY THING is like the best thing since sliced bread to me because of the simple fact that being in school i can't ever find the time to read so i basically just say wow that looks intresting and remind myself to write it down so that when i have free time i can pick it up. It never happens that way because i forget to write the titles down and then all i can describe is the cover which really sucks. Library thing is like a little notebook but online and i can check it ANYWHERE how awesome is that!!!!!
I won't say that 2.0 assisted in my lifelong goals directly but a huge goal in my life is to become a renissance woman, i want to know everything about everything and having 2.0 in my life has brought me closer to accomplishing that goal. 2.0 wasn't hard just time consuming but once you get into an excersice you lose track of time. I love that 2.0 showed me how to make my life more computer based. The computer was already my life line but there are things that i can do know like post you tube video's that i wasn't sure how to do before 2.0 came into my life.

ROLLYO

2008-02-09T12:30:00.000-08:00

i am not impressed with Rollyo, i can understand how some could be but i am, ever so loyal to ask.com i have used them ever since high school and i just will always use it. I can see how rollyo allows you to do a more pinpointed search but i am just set in my ways on my search site. I was going to make a rollyo but i did not want to waste the space for someone else to do it. I do believe that search sites help your everday computer time espically if you are looking for something but just like people have a favorite brand of car i think that alot people have their prefrence in search engines.

Library Thing

2008-02-09T12:24:00.000-08:00

I loveeeeee Library thing. If i haven't had a favorite as of yet i do now. I shelve books and i am one of those people who love to find the "hidden gems" on the shelves. With school the only thing i have time to read are my textbooks , emails and the occasional gossip magazine or if i see an intresting easy reader. I like to read the easies not because i have a story time or anything but i love to see some of my favorite books redone or for instance all the different stories of cinderella it just makes me feel good lol. But i always say that i should take a piece of paper and a pen with me when i shelve because i always find things that are intresting or i say omg i soooo wanted to read this and forgot the title. Library thing helps me keep what i want to read in order that way i no longer have to forget the title and know i can also be helping someone who may have wanted to read the same book and forgot the title.
I put the library thing widget on my blog because it will keep the info fresh in my memory and if there is a chance that i do end up forgetting i will be able to log on library thing and my list will be there i don't have to worry about keeping a piece of paper when i can know just see it and put it on my list. I needed something like this for a very long time. :)

2008-02-09T12:07:00.000-08:00

Of course since i loved the Flckr Montager so much i had to use the mosaic maker as my photo generator of choice. What i dedided to do was use the same pictures i used for flickr and just make it into a mosaic because they are ohhh so pretty. Mosaics always remind me of tiles
i thought it would only be right if i incorparted both to show my computer savviness ( just joking) i think that i actually have to have a account with the mosaics maker so i couldn't save it but the pics at the bottom are just some of my choices. again if you need a pic me up and need to see eye candy by all means go to my flickr blog.

1. Johnny Depp, 2. Kevin Bacon, 3. Johnny Depp, 4. keanu Reeves, 5. Hugh Jackman, 6. Jared Leto, 7. Hugh Jackman, 8. Cillian Murphy, 9. Jared Leto, 10. Johnny Depp, 11. Chris, 12. Johnny Depp, 13. Jared Leto, 14. Johnny Depp, 15. James, 16. Johnny Depp, 17. Johnny Depp, 18. keanu Reeves, 19. Heath Ledger, 20. Johnny Depp & Charlize Theron

Manchester Public Library

2008-02-09T11:48:00.000-08:00

I have noticed just alone as a clerk who sees the teens come to their youth meetings that these teens are with the times. From what i see all the teens know how to use the computers they know what music they would like the library to own as well as what genre of books they want to read.
I chose Manchester Public Library catalog because when i clicked on the link i saw teen matrix and i thought wow its about the kids and i like that because i remember when i was a kid i loved going to the library always wanted to work at a library so it impressed me.
Know as i said before i like the podcasts becomes someof them are usually in a radio type format but what manchester had that i like was a videocasts that actually had teens who spoke of their favorite books so like a podcasts but you can listen and be visual at the same time.
To me podcasts are excellent for our customers who can not see very well and are looking for new books on disc they can have a little summary given to them. Also for customers who do nothing but read and run out of titles at least with the podcasts they can weed out what they like and don't like.
It is just life you have to change with the times. I have said that in so many blogs the world is evolving and its now you are either up for the train ride or if you want to stick with the wagon. at somepoint things run out and you have to go out and buy something new to replace it thats the way technology is as soon as you buy something, something bigger and better comes along. I know it gets fustrating but as i continue to do this 2.0 i am learning things that i never thought i would like listening to a hockey game over the computer and then blogging on it.

Podcasts

2008-02-09T11:20:00.000-08:00

Podcasts are intertesting they remind me of radio interviews or radio shows. i was unable to look at podcast.net and podcastalley.com because of the city's blocking but i have a general jist of what they are. I know that almost everyweek we listen to a podcast before we start the new assignment of the week and i find it helpful because its almost giving you a little summary of what you are going to uncover this or that week.
I actually as i write this blog about podcasting i am actually listening to a live podcasting of the New York Rangers Vs Philly Flyers game that is going on in Philly. It is amazing that i can actually use what i am learning in 2.0 to something that i love. what i also noticed is that nhl.com which i used for my RSS feed also has del.i.cous as well.

YOU TUBE

2008-02-09T11:08:00.000-08:00

so i had to choose something of great importance to me HAHAHA of course i had to pick something related to hockey being that i have been so busy and though i tivo some of the games i never get to watch them lol. what i like about you tube is that you can even get commercials that you would normally see on prime time tv and i happen to love the NHL Allstar commercial for the 2007 games it is so funny. if you have the time even if you aren't a hockey fan you will laugh your socks off. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-02-07T16:45:00.001-08:00

this is my pick

FLickr Montager

2008-02-07T15:55:00.000-08:00

wow the 3rd party Montager was absolutely gorgeous it reminded me of the old marilyn monroe and elvis pictures that used many pictures that made one big picture of the person. to me i think that is such classic amazing work to see something done that way. Know being that i love the mosaics i dedcided to do one of my own. It didn't make a picture of a celebrity but i did a search in the tag box for eyes and it created a small mosaic it is so sparse that i won't bother to even show it to you all but it was nice to actually try it. it was also nice that you could click on the tiny picture and where allowed to see what that small piece looked like. All things dealing with pictures i find intriguing i really did enjoy this assignment.

Flickr....

2008-02-07T14:52:00.000-08:00

I enjoyed looking around flickr the image were so clean and crisp and colorful. I had no idea what to do so i asked around to some of coworkers to see what they had used for there flickr assignment. Donna had plam trees , Erin had a little girl with baby blue eyes and Tracy had holiday sox i did a couple of searches checking out hockey pics and food and then i thought eye candy. Everyone loves eyes candy and i thought what type of eye candy would be appreciated and low and behold like the mini google of pictures Flickr had these eyecandy pics that can make someone salivate. So i know as you read this your like what is this crazy girl talking about well my friends you will have to find out what i mean by looking for yourselves. Flickr how you have captured my heart. Please go and see what someone on flickr created and if anybody wants to agree with me please comment. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheyda/sets/72157602195274348/show/with/1571565446/

and in first place on WEB 2.0 classifieds and directories

2008-01-31T09:44:00.000-08:00

CRAIGS LIST!!!! I love craigs list, know it isn't the prettiest flashiest sight around but it is soooo simple to use. I have used craig's list to inquire about buying a new car, apartments and even some extra work to make some extra cash on the side. Its like an encyclopedia of whats what but right now. It is constantly updated and whats good about it is that it is not only state wide but world wide. Being that i am from NY and i constantly thinking about going back i look at the jobs at the apartments and even the events that are happening there as well. Craig's list just has everything we already have the internet in front of us but craig's list narrows down the area you desire right at your finger tips.
Know there are some concerns with craigs list like a couple of months ago a girl was applying for a job and when she got there it was a false add and the guy killed her my advice is always bring someone whith you even if they are just sitting in the car waiting for you to finish the interview or going to look at a car with you. can't ever trust anyone so just be careful i still love craigs list and always look on it because it is a great source of info.

Technorati

2008-01-31T09:37:00.000-08:00

I was unable to get to the keyword search that contained the pull down tab for blog posts, tabs,blog directory etc so i just used the main search box and typed in Learning 2.0 i got pages and pages of hits. I didn't indepth look at technorati because i am not an avid blog reader. But i do understand how it can be helpful to the people who read and write blogs all the time. The tagging on technorati makes it simple to pretty much read all that you only want to read without having to waste time with stuff you don't care much for.

taggin, folksonomy, del.icio.us... OH MY!!!!!

2008-01-31T08:45:00.000-08:00

has anybody been going through this web 2.0 information saying man i wish i would have thought about that first. Well for me besides myspace del.icio.us is the other creation i wish i would have come up with. There have been so many times that i have been over at a friends house or on my cell phone talking about a new website i have found or using someone elses computer and i forget what i website is any i can't do anything because the website is bookmarked only to my computer at home.
This is like having a cell phone you can go anywhere with it. I tend to be on the run alot and always forget until like the day before ohh the bill is due... and then i can't remember the darn website just looking at a couple of tags on del.icio.us made me want to start an account and start saving websites because i know that there are some people that have the same problem as me.
Honestly with the way this technology is going we will soon be able to things with just a thought. I am for social bookmarking its is so much easier to find things when there are other people looking for the same thing.
I don't really consider myself lazy but keep bringing on the new technology because it is making my life so much simpler. I love it!!!

MYSPACE

2007-12-14T09:30:00.000-08:00

Yes I advocate MYSPACE have for almost 2 years and my closest friends are on there. ALL 5 of the best friends of my life my little sister just everyone i can think of. When i first started myspace i was all about fixing the page adding pictures let's just say that i had more time on my hands then i do now. So in honor of my blog i sent out some friend requests and changed my song and default picture. It is really simple so simple that my little sister in Africa has her own page and refuses to email me anywhere except for myspace. I have friends from high school and even some people who go to the weekly hockey games out here. It just feels good to have something that can keep me connected to everyone and does not involve me picking up the phone or writing a 3 page letter. Its awesome and everyone should just jump on board it is soooo easy and you know what when you see how good the page looks when your done you have something to be proud of cause you did that all by yourself!!!!!!

Social networking sites are really about ...?

2007-12-14T09:10:00.000-08:00

Social Networking Sites (SNS's) are good. They are like when you were in 1st grade when if one person messed things up and didn't do what they were supposed to do then everyone suffered the consequences. Well that is what happens with everything there is nothing perfect in this world and some people decide to cause chaos. I was talking with Diane today about having a myspace page for each library. As i have said in almost all of my blogs this is a world of change, it's a world of technology that booms everyday. SNS's are like having pen pals except you can talk to each other on the web, you can see pictures you can even im them. To me its the same yes you get alot of smut comments and you have the people who curse and put images that don't really need to be seen but don't punish yourselves and everyone else because it is a good way to connect with people around the world that you know or that you have no clue. How are you going to know if you have met your best friend or your soul mate if you haven't met anyone in the world. I am sure that if you have ever moved in your life you had to leave behind a friend. For example me and my best friend have known each other for 16 years i left NY 5 years ago we don't talk on the phone much because we are always busy but we stay connected through myspace.
I think that library should promote a page in one of the SNS's because they closely relate to the teenage community. We want the kids of this generation who are completely computer literate to have everything accessible to them to give them the best life and opportunities possible. I rather them be on myspace reading about what events we have and what books are coming out than on the street doing nothing.
Times change and we just have to change with them or we will be left behind in the dust.

Adding to a Wiki

2007-12-14T08:53:00.000-08:00

Adding to wiki is as easy as pie. All you have to do is edit type as if you were in a word document and save. Its just as if you were writing a paper except you only have to do however much you choose. The VBPL Reader's Advisory was very easy to add to and it was fun to look at because i am a blurb woman. I can read the blurb on the back or the jacket of a book and be drawn in so seeing others writing about there favorite books was fun for me. I posted Octavia Butler's Kindred i read it in high school and enjoyed it. It was something different than the regular reading for high schoolers. Adding to the wiki was a piece of cake it was point ,click type and save. To me people that come to the library come for reference but they come for the easiest reference to them. also i feel that if someone learns about something and they really enjoyed learning that they will continue their research on there own time. The operative sentence being on their own time and with wiki you can change something at 6 am or add something at 12pm. It is just so easily available to people and honestly the easier the better. I am all for library's and change. When i was young i thought all librarians had buns, pointy noses, a line skirts and just shushed shows how wrong i was library employees are full of people with knowledge that they can share whether it is on the library wiki or a wiki of there choosing.

Wiki,Wiki,Wiki

2007-12-14T08:32:00.000-08:00

I have known about wiki's since last year. I enjoyed the ability to look something up so quickly almost like a search engine and have massive amounts of documents pop up. It reminds me of the encyclopedia Britannica except that you can beg to differ if you see that something is wrong or you can add any tidbit of whatever extra you happen to know on the subject. Funny story having to do with Wikipedia. My husband Jason came off of an 8 month deployment this year. We went to visit his brother in Pennsylvania any who when the three brothers get together they talk about hi tech gadgets and computer programs etc. So Jason was telling Ruben about Dubai a stop he made on his trip Ruben had never heard of it so he goes ok i am gonna wiki it. I knew what he meant but Jason just had this look like what the heck is wiki we explained it to him and till this day if he doesn't know something or wants to find something out he says I'mjust gonna have to go and wiki it right now lol i guess you had to be there lol
Anyway wikis are awesome totally feels futuristic when i was young i couldn't imagine anything so top notch as the stuff we have now. It makes it easier for the people who already know how to work a computer and it aides that people who are just learning.

IM and Libraries

2007-12-05T11:32:00.000-08:00

I can bear witness that IM is a life saver. I spent most of dating my husband over the IM we lived in the same city, we saw each other everyday at school but we both HATED talking on the phone so IM saved us cause we could be watching a tv show, eating a sandwich or doing homework and still be able to have a conversation that didn't have any akward pauses.
I think that since technology has evolved so much since the 1990's when IM just began to start that libraries and all facilities should have IM i love when i have a problem on a website and i want an answer then and there that the website offers a chat now with customer service rep best thing ever invented since sliced bread and i don't have to wait on the phone for 2 hours to speak to someone.
I know that some people prefer the human contact however IM is perfect if you are too busy to speak with a human. To me a person who IM's a librarian for refrence material can do more than one thing and the librarian can help then and there. This is the new age it's understandble that some have not grown up with technology however it has been a lifesaver for me and i do honestly belive that the more broadcasting that IM's promote that more people will begin to IM the libraries. It's awesome to go into a library and get refrence but to me it's soooooo great to sit in your pajamas and not worry about doing your hair and get refrence.....

Searching for RSS

2007-12-05T11:16:00.000-08:00

So RSS searching is kind of like searching google or ask.com. You type in what you want in my case JOHN TRAVOLTA (yes i am a travoltian) and 2 feed came up on the syndic8 search. I feel that was the easiest way for me to find out what I wanted and it was at the tip of my finger tips. I tried topix.net as well and honestly i have been searching for things that hold an intrest for me. Some of the things i looked up on topix.net were for one of my favorite authors Beatrice Small i didn't get any hits about her but i got plenty on the NHL which is my favorite thing when i have free time. I found scores, injury list articles on the players it was awesome. The other way i have been looking for feeds is by just logging on my everyday websites and searching for an RSS feed a couple of them had it some did not but i am sure that soon everyone will get hip with the times and have RSS feeds on there page. It just makes everything easier for the everyday busy person.

RSS

2007-12-03T11:43:00.000-08:00

RSS should have standed for Really Super Simple because i have information at my fingertips that normallyI would have ran a search to find out. Because of these RSS feeds I found out that my favorite hockey player Bruno St.Jacques was reassinged to the anahiem ducks and I would not have known that because when i went searching it took me 20 minutes just to find out anything. RSS feeds are very useful and i was skeptical at first that alot of websites wouldn't have a feed and they did. I can get the latest updated news, who got traded to what team from the NHL feed, if red lipstick goes well with pale skin from cosmopolitian magazine and arts and crafts from Woman's day. RSS is a smorgasbord of new information that keeps you up with the time. Technology is constantly changing you can mail your mail from your home, you can send flowers across the world with a simple click, The web has so much to offer and with Web 2.0 being given to us to help utilize everything at our fingertips, life is becoming easier on the everyday workaholic.

Learning 2.0

2007-11-19T12:49:00.000-08:00

I cannot imagine that there is no one else out there who is learning 2.0 and wanting to pull out their hair even if just for a second. The idea of web 2.0 sounds awesome but its the getting to understand it all that makes me a little impatient. I am the type of person who wants the straight to the point this is how you do it so I can memorize it and get on with it. I know that sounds horrible but it helps. To me learning 2.0 is something that will teach me knew things not only on the computer but maybe even patience.
I was overwhelmed with all the reading that was given it was like a workout session. to bad no pounds came flying off. I have been fortunate to grow up with the learning of the World Wide Web and it was right at my fingertips whenever I needed it. I remember going through dial up and now having DSL. Technology is always changing and you have to get on that learning train so that you won't be left out. I think in the long haul after we are done with our training i know at least i will be able to sit back and change with the times as web 2.0 runs its course on history.
VIVA 2.0

the 7 1/2 habits

2007-11-16T09:10:00.000-08:00

I have to say that even with all that I am doing in my everyday life my easiest habit is playing. Wether is be to songs that I play of Guitar Hero 3 or simply filling my basket up at the dollar store that is my idea of playing. It is a great way to relieve stress and take you away even if just for a little while from your everyday challenges.

My hardest habit would have to be is having the confidence in myself to be a comptent , effective learner. I would one day be able to say that i am a Renissance woman. I love learing but i get fustrated when I don't get everything as well as other people do and I beat myself up if I don't understand something. I know its not very effective but I want to just be a know it all not like OMG i know that you don't type of person but a know it all for my own peace of mind.