Mobile Things:11

Library and Reference

Thank you!  This is such a great idea. I love our app and think everyone should.  I especially love that you can click on Events & Classes and see everything thing that is happening.  Overwhelming!!

Mobile Things: 10

Sharing Photos

Like everyone else in the world, I use Instagram.  I love following friends, family and businesses, but don't like to post my own pics.  This would be fun to use for the library, but too hard to manage.  I wish you could load pics from a computer and not just a phone.

Mobile Things: 9

Taking & Editing Photos

I am using Aviary Photo Editor.  It's good enough.  Everybody needs the option to crop a photo before posting online. 

Mobile Things:7

Content Saving & Sharing

Love, love, love Pinterest!  Great way to organize and save all the stuff you find on the web.  I use it to make my grocery shopping list, create activities for my son and more!  I would love to add an account for the Library, but let's be honest, who has time for that?!

Mobile Things:5

Note taking
I downloaded Remember the Milk because "to-do lists" was in the description and I have 14 of them at all times.

Tried it for a week.  Don't like it.  I prefer the calendar that came on my phone.

Mobile Things:4

Keeping Up
Right now I use Google Alerts to track all the media I need.  I love it!

For this exercise I'm going to try Zite.  My first impression is that this might help find shareable content for social media, but personally I do not want any more stuff to read.  I am overwhelmed.  I'll try it for the week.

Mobile Things:3

Utilities
We were just talking this morning about how bad it is to sit for soooo looooong at our desks every day.  I am downloading StandApp as I type.  I can't wait to try this out!

Mobile Things: 2

Mobile Device Tips
So ... I learned that my phone is cheap and nobody has created any tips or tricks for it.  I will continue to use it by pushing all of the buttons until I find what I am looking for. 

23 Mobile Things: 1

I look forward to learning about some great apps that I don't already know about.

Finally! Thing 23

Thank God for surgery! The only reason I finished "23 Things" is because I am stuck in a hospital room keeping an eye on my mom. Come on! It's only 4 months late.

This was an interesting process and a brilliant idea. I applaud everyone involved in this project.

I have to admit that I will probably not keep up with my blog. I would rather work on FaceBook...at least that way I have a captive audience. ;-)

My husband and I have recently discovered a Canadian sitcom called Corner Gas. We love it...so much that I stay up until 11 p.m. to watch it! My favorite episode is about blogging. I will leave you with a quote from Corner Gas.

"Why don't you start a blog? That way the whole world can ignore you."

It's only funny because it's true!

Thing 22

Thank you for reminding me that we need to keep informed. It is so easy to get wrapped up in the day to day business that I forget to take time to muddle through new technology. I have bookmarked the 23 things blog and plan to go back and dig deeper into some of the "things."

Things 18,19,20 & 21

I have been YouTubeing, FaceBooking and WebJunction-ing for years. I also am LinkedIn. I like to keep my professional networking separate from my personal social networking. Believe you me, my coworkers do not need to see the nonsense on my FaceBook page!

Things 16-17

I would have killed for the assignment calculator in college. I'm going to try and find a way to make this program work in my professional life.

ELM is a wonderful benefit to all libraries in MN. There must be a better way of promoting this to our patrons.

Thing 15 - Games

Games absolutely belong in the library! I have enjoyed watching libraries move in this direction.

Personally, however, I am not into online gaming and would prefer to get out of my chair and move around.

Things 13 and 14

I always love the thought of increasing productivity!! Backpack looks interesting. I will definitely take more time to dig deeper into that in the near future.

The director brought Library Thing to my attention a while ago. Very cool! I especially love reading a review of someone who didn't like a book.

Things 11 and 12

Love media sites, love tagging...just wish i had more time.

Thing 10 - Wikis

Wikis? I'm not sure about wikis. They are a decent way to communicate while keeping all conversations central, but it seems a little archaic. I like the edit feature, but it seems to cause problems. One of the wikis I visited noted that vandalism has caused them to create new procedures around editing. Four years ago I started promoting library programs on a local home school organization's wiki. It was often outdated. I'm not sure anyone looked at it.

Thing 9 - Collaboration

Interesting concept! I love the idea of using this to share docs and allow others to make edits.

Unfortunately, I am not just "word processing". The program I use most (Quark) is not supported by Zoho Writer - I didn't have time to try Google docs. Word processing programs don’t have the design elements that I need. I can definitely see the value, though!

Thing 8

Ecuador Floating Pics

Thing 7 - Communication Tools

I am all about effective communication! However, (I hate to say this out loud and sound so old!) I am a bit concerned that these tools are ruining our language.

I like the idea of web conferencing, but I like leaving my office more.