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 It was often outdated.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.