Stick #6 Image generators

Okay, now it looks like I'm going picture happy. I made my trading card and then made a license plate. Sticks 4, 5 and 6 have been rather time consuming, but fun. I can see where these things could be useful, but also a big waste of time. There is just too much out there.

Stick #5 More Flickr

I just added a slide show. Nothing fancy just a little button to click. It is not exactly what I wanted it to look like. I'll probably continue to play with it. It is on the side bar.

Stick #4 Flickr

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys
Originally uploaded by kenf225

Setting up Flickr was easy, which seems to be the case with all I've done so far. Once setting it up I added one of my own pitures (easy), then I found some pitures. First I tried copying the URL in the add an image, but all a got was a blank square. Next I figured if I saved the picture on the computer I could upload it, but before doing that I decided to look around Flickr some more. That's when I found out that after adding your blog to the site you can just click a button to add the picture to you blog. So Tada!! Here is Ralph Stanley. I was able to see him the fall of 2005 at a Bluegrass Festival in Virginia. We camped in tents and during the night it got down to about 30 degrees. Brrrr.

After writing all of this the photo credit got so small that it can't be seen. The photo is by kenf225.

Stick #3 RSS

I had no idea what this was before I started reading about it tonight. And surprise, surprise! I had just set one up a few days ago after someone had told me about bloglines. It really is neat and I would highly encourage everyone to do it. Great for those whose only access to the internet is at the library.

Stick #2 Web 2.0

I was finally was able to watch the Stephen Abram video. I also scanned through many of the links listed and found it very overwhelming. I could spend hours reading everything and just would never have the time. I could not find a real clear meaning for Library 2.0 and agreed with what a Meredith Farkas says about trying to put it in a box. I see it as both good and bad, exciting and scary. Libraries must keep up with all the changes happening in our technical world and who knows what the future holds? Some of the new things of today I would never have dreamed of five years ago.

Avatar

Whew, I had quite a time trying to figure out how to get my Avatar on the blog. I read helps on both the Avatar and Blog sites, but neither helped. I finally saved it to my computer and uploaded it.

Stick #1 Set up Blog

There! I've set it up. I am familiar with blogging since I took over our library blog last fall, but this is the first time I have set a blog up myself. It was so simple. I'm excited to do each step. Bet you can't tell what my favorite color is!?!