My thoughts on the Library 2.0 experience

I think that this was an awesome thing and kudos to the 2.0 Team! I enjoyed this immensely and will continue to use most of this. None of the items on the checklist were difficult to do and Good Reads and finding feeds are addictive. If there is a 2.1 I will definitely be participating. I now understand 2.0 and can see that it can be an useful part of library services.

Facebook

I have mixed feelings about Facebook. When I went in to create an account it asked what college I went to and if I was an undergrad or graduate. It then posted me as a graduate student at Armstrong when I specifically filled out my employment status. It seems that it is mostly for the younger crowd. I've noticed that the public computers in the library are filled with young people looking at Myspace and Facebook. When I was in college if I wanted friends I went out and got them or met them for coffee and had a real conversation. Anywho, it seems that that is the way the world operates today and it's sad. I created the most basic of pages in Facebook and will probabaly never use it. Just more of my ramblings.

Del.icio.us

Found some good sites about food- will add more as time progesses

http://del.icio.us/Megwitz

Web 2.0 Awards

The sites in here are too fun! I could spend hours digging through these. I found things that I didn't know exist. I'm normally not an internet cruiser, but finding some sites in the list such as Threadless and Goowy I'm gonna do more playing on the net. Also, I can see how some of these sites are considered winners. They're very easy to use and fun to play in.

Wiki Tiki Tavi

To me, wikis are like the grocery lists of the internet- ever changing and serving a specific purpose. The idea that anyone can come along and change the page make this the ultimate community spot. I think I may have my next family reunion in one since no one can agree on anything anyway!

Crystal Ball

In some of those readings I realized how much the internet has changed in the past few years. It's gone from cruising sites to connecting with the rest of the world. Makes you wonder what else they can do and what's next. And, of course, how will this affect librarians? Virtual libraries and virtual librarians will become more and more common almost making stand alone libraries obsolete, but that's just a doomsday scenario there. There will always be a need for libraries!

Good Reads

I'm signed up for Good Reads- please be my friend!

Image-Ine

As ya'll noticed, I got a groovy new picture on my blog from the generator site. Will change as the mood strikes, keep watching!

Flickr

Gots me a FLickr acocunnt but ain't got no pictures yet-- coming soon!

Feeds

I signed up for lots of feeds in Google feeds- mainly food, news, and fun.

My first blog!

Here's the first in a series of ramblings by me.