RSS Challenge # 7

7. Learn about RSS feeds and set up your own Bloglines newsreader account.

Checked out RSS and bloglines! What is RSS? RSS = Really Simple Syndication. What does it do? It provides web content so you can stay current with a ton of information right at your fingertips or (eyetips).

Signed up for bloglines account. How fun is this? I could just sit and read all day. I love having so much information at my fingertips. Love this so much I am going to also read this from home.

I checked out other Library's

I checked out other library's to see and learn about what they are doing with social technology.

Some of the web 2.0 ideas that I found most interesting to use in the library:


1. "My Library DV" is cool but you must have a windows system. What about all the mac users? In this day and age Mac users should not be ignored! (besides, how can this be social if we are ignoring a large percentage of users?)

2. We want to find out what motivates you! "Big Blue Labs Image Generator" offers everything you need to turn your favorite photos into a motivational poster.(This was a very fun way to promote the library, have users use the generator with pictures of their family reading etc. I really liked this one)

3. Teen Library in second life! Very cool virtual world where librarians are meeting with teens and turning an entire Library island into fun and entertainment for teens. (So much like the Sims game that I used to spend hours playing; only difference is this has real significance) This would be alot of fun to participate in. I'm very curious to see where this project goes.

The 23 Things List

I decided I needed the list posted here so I can reference it whenever I complete one of the 23 things or am working on the 23 things.

The 23 Things


1. Read this entry (that's right, the one that you are reading now), and this FAQ to find out about the program and to make sure that you are eligible to participate. Remember: to take our challenge you must take or participate in at least one of our Web 2.0 events.
2. Set up your own blog on Blogger.com & add your first post.
3. Register your blog by sending an email to infopeeps@gmail.com with your blog's URL and begin your Web 2.0 journey. We will then add your blog to our blogroll that you see on the sidebar of this blog so everyone can see what progress you are making.
4. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image-hosting site. Set up an account and join some groups! And remember, blog about what you learn!
5. Have more Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & third party sites.
6. Look at some of these library websites that are using Web 2.0 to enhance their offerings and create a blog post about anything Web 2.0-related that you think would be useful in your library.
7. Learn about RSS feeds and set up your own Bloglines newsreader account.
8. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds and add them to your Bloglines account.
9. Sign up for a Twitter account. Track your activities using Twitter for a few days. Think about how Twitter might be useful linked on a library website and blog about your Twitter experience.
10. Play around with an online image generator. Blog about your experience(s).
11. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
12. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
13. Learn about social bookmarking then create a Del.icio.us account and add and tag some Web 2.0 sites.
14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
17. Add an entry to Infopeople's Our 23 Web 2.0 Things wiki.
18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
19. Explore My Maps on Google Maps and create a map for your library and add a picture of it to the map.
20. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
21. Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.
22. Teach someone else how to use one of the technologies described above and blog about your experience!
23. Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.

Flikr

23 THINGS UPDATE:

Signed up for flikr and played around with 2 mashups. The first one is called "Spell with flikr" and you type a word in the blank and hit enter,the software then scans flikr for the letters of the word you spelled out! It was very interesting. I spelled out Carla and I really liked what turned up. I took a screen capture of it and maybe I can post it here. The second mash up I tried was called "Colr Pickr" and I just had a blast with this one. You Select a color from the color wheel; the color wheel scans flikr for photos that match your chosen color; it comes up with 12 photos that match, or closly match your chosen color. You can even view your chosen colors by themes like: doors and windows, urban decay, color box. If you click on one of the photos it takes you to flikr to see where the photo came from. This is where I got lost in the web of photos. I have never seen so many wonderful photos as these. I read some of the flikr photo bio's. It was fun. I felt like I was peeking into another persons life. Kind of like a fly on the wall.

Day 2 Web 2.0

Day 2 of 23 things. I signed up for fliker. I feel uneasy by submitting so much personal information. I know web 2.0 is all about social software, but the information that you have to give (like your birthdate) just makes me uneasy. Besides that the hard part was trying to find a user name that was not already taken. This took a little longer than I thought it should have been.

Other things I did once I was signed up:

Read the Rules and guidelines.
Thought some of the rules to be very strange.
Explored Interesting random photos from the last 7 days.
Hit reload and get more random photos.

23 Things Challenge

I decided to do the 23 things web 2.0 challenge and begin my Web 2.0 journey! I love technology so this is bound to be fun!

#1. I listened to the Web 2.0 "What Library Managers Need To Know."
#2. I am signing up for this blog. And now I will register with the Info People.