03/12/2008
LibraryThing -- okay, I'm hooked! I had looked at this before and wondered hmmm, would I use it? So now with the assignment to add a few books I did so ... then I added a few more ... now I'm trying to remember all the books I've read over the years .... agghhh!!! :))) Okay back to Earth ... I'll just try to keep up with what I'm reading now and add as I go ... and IF I happen to remember a title from back when then I'll add that too.
So off to the right you should be able to view "Book Titles in My LibraryThing" ... a few random covers should appear. And there should be a link to my catalog otherwise just click here on my catalog.
Here's an example of LibraryThing in use that came across a listserv e-mail this morning from the U of MN libraries. One thing I wish it could do is link directly to their catalog as an option vs. only to Amazon.com.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Thing 13 -- Online Productivity Tools
03/12/2008
Customized homepages -- I hate to sound like a broken record (okay I'm old enough to know this cliche!) but this is another thing on my to-do list ... hmm, maybe I should try one of those online to-do list tools! Anyway, I've looked at both iGoogle and PageFlakes prior and had not yet implimented one into use. I have also looked at and considered Netvibes. After looking at each I'm still unsure as to which I think I'd really like since a lot of the customization tools are similar. An option for me is to try one out for a week or two, then switch to another and then switch to the last. Then decide which I overall find more pleasing and useful.
Calendars -- Good idea but I think I'll stick with coordinating my schedule at work & home via my e-mail system. Maybe this would be more useful for groups of people?
Lists -- I'm not sure I'd use this type of feature. So far my brain is an information soak for my to-dos and I still love real paper sticky notes. Maybe the day will come that my brain won't have the remembering capacity but then I might not remember to add something to the online list or I might not remember that I added it to the list or I might not remember that I have an online list .... hmmm, I'll wait and see.
Backpack -- Again I'm not sure this would be useful to me ... at least not at this point in time. But it does look like a very useful tool especially for people who travel for work and give presentations. Maybe it will be come useful to me once I'm in grad school (if accepted!).
Customized homepages -- I hate to sound like a broken record (okay I'm old enough to know this cliche!) but this is another thing on my to-do list ... hmm, maybe I should try one of those online to-do list tools! Anyway, I've looked at both iGoogle and PageFlakes prior and had not yet implimented one into use. I have also looked at and considered Netvibes. After looking at each I'm still unsure as to which I think I'd really like since a lot of the customization tools are similar. An option for me is to try one out for a week or two, then switch to another and then switch to the last. Then decide which I overall find more pleasing and useful.
Calendars -- Good idea but I think I'll stick with coordinating my schedule at work & home via my e-mail system. Maybe this would be more useful for groups of people?
Lists -- I'm not sure I'd use this type of feature. So far my brain is an information soak for my to-dos and I still love real paper sticky notes. Maybe the day will come that my brain won't have the remembering capacity but then I might not remember to add something to the online list or I might not remember that I added it to the list or I might not remember that I have an online list .... hmmm, I'll wait and see.
Backpack -- Again I'm not sure this would be useful to me ... at least not at this point in time. But it does look like a very useful tool especially for people who travel for work and give presentations. Maybe it will be come useful to me once I'm in grad school (if accepted!).
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thing 12 -- Digg, Mixx, Newsvine, Reddit
02/29/2008
Okay so more ways to read articles online ... do I have the time? Sometimes yes, sometimes no, sometimes just glancing at the good old newspaper(s) seems to work. I think it's one of those things where you catch an article title online, click on it, read it, and then somehow you're off onto another topic and time has flown by.
I read this article "I'm the Idiot Who Bought an HD-DVD Player" that was linked on pg 2 of Digg this morning. The topic caught my eye because I had very recently been asked if my DVD player was HD or Blu-ray. I bought a new DVD player about a yr ago -- shortly after I purchased a HD TV. After reading this article I think that I'm luckier (for now that is) than the author, Josh Levin, because I have the plain old regular DVD player/recorder which I bought to transfer my videos ("home movies") to DVD.
I looked at the other sites -- Mixx, Newsvine, and Reddit. I didn't like the "look" of Reddit and would not consider this a choice. Mixx I think is on par to Digg. Newsvine looked more like what I consider the "traditional" online news sites such as the New York Times and ABCnews.com.
Okay so more ways to read articles online ... do I have the time? Sometimes yes, sometimes no, sometimes just glancing at the good old newspaper(s) seems to work. I think it's one of those things where you catch an article title online, click on it, read it, and then somehow you're off onto another topic and time has flown by.
I read this article "I'm the Idiot Who Bought an HD-DVD Player" that was linked on pg 2 of Digg this morning. The topic caught my eye because I had very recently been asked if my DVD player was HD or Blu-ray. I bought a new DVD player about a yr ago -- shortly after I purchased a HD TV. After reading this article I think that I'm luckier (for now that is) than the author, Josh Levin, because I have the plain old regular DVD player/recorder which I bought to transfer my videos ("home movies") to DVD.
I looked at the other sites -- Mixx, Newsvine, and Reddit. I didn't like the "look" of Reddit and would not consider this a choice. Mixx I think is on par to Digg. Newsvine looked more like what I consider the "traditional" online news sites such as the New York Times and ABCnews.com.
Share tools -- I read this article on the New York Times online "A Lifetime of Pain, and She Still Will Not Complain" by Paula Kamen. The article was of interest to me because my daughter has suffered from migraines for years. I used the "share" tool on the NYT site and posted this article directly to my facebook acct. This was very easy & seamless to do and offered an area to comment before the actual post went to my facebook site.
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