THing 18

Love this Youtube video - "Medieval Help Desk"

Also, here is my own video of my darling Gidget.

I enjoy using YouTube and it has inspired me to try my hand at movie making. I have a long ways to go!!

Thing 17

Well, I "created" a webpage using EBSCO page composer. It was not clear to me at all how it actually becomes a webpage. I was able to add text, photos, search box, articles, etc. and could download to my computer, but what exactly makes this a web page.
I could see where this would be useful in an assignment or a specific subject area, IF it could actually be seen as a webpage on the INternet.
I also investigated NetLibrary. I have an account but have not used this resource much. This helped to understand some of the features. I love the Notes. ALthough I would not use this much I will definitley recommend it to library customers.

Thing 16

This was very interesting and I can see where it would be a great help to serious college students. I no longer work a reference desk on a regular basis, but the high school kids I have dealth with are in way too much of a hurry to go through all the material on the RPC. The U of MN Assignment Calendar would be a much better choice for them.
I think iw would also be great to be able to adapt it so that our program librarians would have a sense of the steps that need to be taken for successful programs.
Good thing.

Thing 15

Games : while I appreciate this opportunity to learn more about gaming in libraries, I'll never get it. When I was a teen I had pinball, Pong, and Donkey Kong. And while I really enjoyed playing these, they did not define me like online games define many teens today. I can't even imagine, as a teen, sitting in my dark basement for hours and hours with a headset on "connecting" with my friends as my nephews do. Needless to say they are overweight, socially (in real time) inept, and slugs.
I find Second Life to be interesting but wasn't sure what the point of the Second Life video tour was. My reaction is "So what?" But i do see the appeal that this would have on the CMPL teen webpage. Unfortunately our library system is light years ( billions of lightyears, probably trillions) away from every having the expertise, pemissions, or interest to every do this.

Thing 14

Linrary Thing good. Wish I had this amny years ago to keep track of all the books I've read. Maybe I'll try to add a few titles every day. It would be interesting to see how many I could remember.
This would be very helpful in the library- when you're doing reader's advisory stuff you could keep lists and share with customers. Pretty cool. Sure beats actually talking to people.
I even managed to add the widget with zero frustration.

Thing 13

This was an interesting subject. My Yahoo is my home email and I've never really explored any of it's other features. I like the calendar and will probably use it from now on. Am not sure who I would share it with but it's nice to know that I could if I wanted to.
I thought that the PDF Converter and Zamzar would be very useful in my library environment. I can't try the PDF converter now because the files I want to try converting on on my library shared drive, but I'll give it a shot when I get to work.
Also really liked the Lifehacker. I've put that on my favorites list to check for new information. Very useful. Musch better than the "popular" news of the social media sites in the last thing.
toodles

Thing 12

Hummm, I'm not liking these. I don't think that I want to rely on all the Internetites out there to decide what is "popular" news. Digg: You won’t find editors at [Digg]… provide[s] a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online.”
One could just as well say about libraries, "You won't find librarians at the library.. but people can collectively determine the value of books and content and can change the way people consume information." Wow, we'd have buildings full of Danielle Steele and James Patterson.
Although I don't always trust the news, I figure that editors, journalists, etc. are the experts. And what about this from Digg: If your submission rocks and receives enough Diggs, it is promoted to the front page for the millions of our visitors to see. So this is some weird competition to see who can find the most obscure news feature?
Examples of "popular news"
Jimmy Kimmel's Video Response to Sarah Silverman: "I'm F*cking Ben Affleck!"
In Case of Headcrab Infestation [Pic] (chidori.animecrew.org)
10 Signs Your Pastor is Getting Pissy
How is this useless drivel supposed to help me at the reference desk? I must be missing something here.