OK I have a little time today and I’m back trying 23 Things on a Stick. Thing 7 is communication tools. There is a list of communication tools to try, videos to watch and articles to read. Then the assignment is to talk about how we use those tools in the library, so I’m going … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
Attract Bloggers
Two people sent me the following article for the Byte so I figured I should pass it on: 17 Tips for Getting Bloggers to Write about You http://tinyurl.com/2mt3sb First, I’ll add that there are two main reasons you want to get bloggers to write about you. First, a lot of people read blogs so a mention … Continue reading
New Web Site for Embracing Excellence
I just finished working with Embracing Excellence, a company out of Alexandria, Minnesota that provides professional development for educators and others. Dr. Ed Porthan is the main presenter at Embracing Excellence; he provides motivational and instructional speeches. The needed a new web site that would attract search engines and better represent their business. Like many … Continue reading
Online Image Generator – Thing 6
Remember I talked about 23 Things on a Stick a few weeks ago. It’s a program through Minnesota libraries to encourage people to learn about web 2.0 applications. Well, going through my 23 Things today, I learned about a couple of online image generators, two of which I loved! Big Huge Labs (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/) will walk … Continue reading
Thing 5: Spell with FLickr
I have a little time again today so I am going back to the 23 Things on a Stick. The task for Thing 5 was to spell with Flickr. Continue reading
WordPress Glitch
OK today’s Byte is very, very specific. I just wasted an hour trying to figure out why my WordPress blog had suddenly gone wonky. The sidebar/navigation on the right dropped down to the bottom of the page. I also wanted to send a fun link, since this is so specific. Here is a fun webcam … Continue reading
Things on a Stick: Thing 3 & Thing 4
I had a little time today so I thought I’d dive back into the 23 Things on a Stick. Here’s how I fared: Thing 3: RSS RSS (really simple syndication) is not new to me. I have used it on several web sites to help tie in a blog with a web site. For example … Continue reading
Search Enging Cheat Sheet
Today’s Byte is a super quick resource, a search engine cheat sheet: http://www.philb.com/whichengine.htm It’s a table that matches the type of search you might want to do (people, exact phrase, file-specific, sounds and more) and the best search engines for that type of search. It’s a great list and I found a few search engines … Continue reading
Google Analytics
Someone was asking me about traffic statistics packages the other day and I had to suggest Google Analytics: http://www.google.com/analytics First Google Analytics is free, which is always nice. You just need to sign up through Google, add your web site profile by adding your web site address. Then Google will generate some code that you … Continue reading
23 Things – Library 2.0 (aka Thing 2)
Here’s my second task on the 23 Things on a Stick. I’ve been learning about library 2.0 today through a video, article and blog. I enjoyed the video from the guy from SLA – although I wasn’t thrilled to use Firefox to view it. It’s been a while since I worked at a library so … Continue reading
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