Thing 9

Well I finally finished Thing 9. Maybe things will move along faster from here. Personally there are several uses for these Things. Not the least of which is sharing photos with family and friends in unique ways. I already have a Flicr Badge, so I did a slide show in Smilebox & it was very easy. I would recommend it to others with the caveat that you can not save/use your slide show in a blog etc. without paying for it. The only other sharing tools I've used are Flickr and Google Documents.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Thing 8

So I read about Instant Messaging, watched the video and signed up for Google Talk. Then I read about Text Messaging, Web Conferencing, WeJunction, and the OPAL Archive. I even signed up for a Meebo and a Twitter account. I'm starting to lose track of all my sign ins and passwords and have to write them down-not very secure to have your passwords written down for someone to find.
It seems like simplifying my life this all just creates more stuff to read and do during the day. It's not making anything easier.
I can see where IMs can help with Reference. I've done my time with Ask-a-Librarian, but it only helps if that's all you are doing. If you have to answer phones, deal with patrons in person, and IM it will affect the quaility of the product you are putting out.

Heee's Baaack!

Sorry if you couldn't find my blog yesterday, but I somehow got caught up in Google's "Spaminator". It classified my blog as a spamming blog and removed it from Blogspot. I had to email them to check it out to make sure it wasn't a spam blog. The process worked and now I'm back.

Thing 7 addendum

Here is the site where I created my trading card. http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/deck.php It was listed on the flickr account page I used to create my Thing 7 post but it did not include the information in the post.

About Thing 7

I posted may last entry directly from my flickr account. Pretty cool, I didn't realize I could do that.

Thing 7: Online Image Generators

My creation, originally uploaded by Markus Family in Florida.

I've created a Trading Card that could be the first to a series that could be awarded for completing individual Things. The sunrise symbolizes the beginning of a journey to and through wonders and vistas available through Web 2.0. (Hey I know it sounds hokey but if you can’t wax poetic or spout B.S. on a blog what good is it  )

Thing 6

We'll that last entry didn't post like I thought it would so here's something else from thing 6. The states I've visited are in blue.

States I've Visited

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

Thing 6: Flickr Mashups

I can see where thes tools could liven up a library's web page and draw people in to spend more time. This could help with programs an other events.