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
Category Archives: Web 2.0
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
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
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
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
pbwiki
It’s been a long week in Dublin so I’m going to cheat and tell you about a cool tool that I haven’t used – pbwiki: http://pbwiki.com A wiki is a web site that anyone can edit. Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/) is probably the most popular example. If you visit the site you’ll see that you can edit … Continue reading
23 Things on a Stick
OK if there were ever a project, I wish I had done, it would be this – 23 Things on a Stick (http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com). It’s a self-directed tutorial on Web 2.0 applications. (For readers outside of Minnesota – we put everything on a stick at our State Fair and I presume that’s the etymology of the … Continue reading
Flip Video
I rarely do this – but I’m going to give a huge product endorsement for the Byte this week. This year I got a Flip Video (http://www.theflip.com/) for Christmas. Really I got it about 6 weeks ago and we have just loved it. The best thing about the Flip Video is that it’s so easy … Continue reading
Starting a New Blog
I have a friend who is looking at starting a blog for her vacation. I told her I’d write up some quick instructions and so I thought I’d share them here too. I am a fan of WordPress so that’s the blog we’re using here: Sign up on the WordPress site: http://wordpress.com/ They will ask … Continue reading
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