Returned from ALA

I've just come back and have so much to digest. All my programs were great and the exhibits were incredible. Once I get my feet back on the ground, I'll post some highlights.

RSS & Bloglines

Today I created a Bloglines account (see link below) and entered some feeds. I have had experience using RSS through my Yahoo!Mail account so am looking to see if Bloglines will add to my experience or be another place to look since I already use the mail account heavily. So far it looks like I will have the same functionality so right now it doesn't look like it will help me out any other than by sharing my interesting feeds with my readers.

http://www.bloglines.com/public/jonesjennifere

I did figure out the one thing I was really curious about - that this blog has an RSS feed. Blogger already had this feature easily accessible so you can add me to your Bloglines or other account and keep up with my current posts.

http://mdpubliclibrarian.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

After adding feeds from sites I already knew, I went on to #9 and added in MERLIN. This site will definitely take some exploring but hopefully the RSS feed will help. I also searched Technorati and found my own blog (pretty neat) and then searched on Pride and Prejudice to see what was out there. Wow, there were 50 blogs! I found one that I added as it had some recent posts and some funny video montages. I also found a great Mashup of Harry Potter and Pride and Prejudice. It's worth it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sge5pUSJIRY

Mashups

Trading Card
Originally uploaded by jonesjennifere@yahoo.com

Check out my trading card - I needed to find a better photo but this was pretty cool way to manipulate digital pics.

Blogging fun

Well, I've been having fun exploring ways to add pictures and using features of the blog to customize the look - I figured out how to add links and will be adding more. This post helps me to complete Thing 7 of the 2.0 project. Now I just have to get into mashups and then we'll be ready for RSS.

Nancy Shushing the Washington Monument

Here is a second attempt at posting photos on my blog. This one was entered from the blog while the other was done through Flickr. So far this is fun! Now if I could only figure out how to add links to cool links.

Both of these were taken by my sister last year.

Nancy shushing the metro Elephant

DC 028
Originally uploaded by eej7librarian

Check out this pic taken outside a DC library

Tech Fair

I went to the Tech Fair this morning and got some great exposure to all these new technologies - kudos! to all those who helped out. Now the task of making sense of it all and putting it into action.

Update on my goals - I still am thinking about using this blog regularly as my manageable goal for Library 2.0 but Wiki's are really intriguing me. How would a wiki work to coordinate a meeting agenda and minutes? Is there a way to use these to facilitate discussions/decision making when you can meet face-to-face? There's definitely more to explore, so here's the new goal:

EXPLORE AND THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES

7 1/2 Habits

After listening to this presentation from PLCMC, I thought hard about which habit is the hardest for me. I've come to realize that it is actually the 1st: Goals. I have many things that I want to accomplish but often find it hard to put them into language that can be achieved. I am striving to take my "big, audacious goal" and break it into the more manageable goal steps which will lead to successful completion.

For the Maryland 2.0 project, my goal is to discover new technologies and then to find a way to employ one of them into my weekly if not daily activities.

My next post will pinpoint steps for this goal.

http://www.plcmc.org/public/learning/player.html