YouTube

Our Learning 2.0 narrator piqued my curiosity with her statement that a user named geriatric1927 had some very popular videos. I searched for him and was treated to his latest video about a party he went to last night. This 80 year old widower lives in the English country side and shares his life and views with anyone who cares to watch/listen. He was refreshing to listen to!

YouTube is easy to use and it's a wonderful way to share information and entertainment with others.

Comparing craigslist to oodles

On the short list of Web 2.0 2007 Awards, craigslist was listed at number 1 and oodle came in second in the Classifieds and Directories category. I wanted to compare these two, because I have used craigslist periodically. I thought oodle was not as helpful as craigslist. I searched for "furniture" in "Littleton" for a test. The results on oodle began with a "merchandise assembler" job posting. I like craigslist's browsing options . . . just click on your area, click on what you're searching for, etc, etc. I think craigslist merits its number one place.

Zoho

Zoho writer is very helpful. I can definitely see how this could possible make Microsoft applications obsolete, especially since we don't need to worry about the continual "upgrades".

plcmclearning wiki

I added my blog to the plcmclearning wiki blog favorites. The site was not easy to use. I couldn't find any instructions on how to add a live link to a poem that I wanted to add to to the favorite poems page.

"Away from the icebergs"

Rick Anderson makes the point that "we need to focus our efforts not on teaching research skills but on eliminating the barriers that exist between patrons and the information they need." I actually think that teaching the research skills is an important part of my job right now, but I understand that we need to get rid of the barriers because there is no way we can teach all of our patrons the skills they need to get past the barriers in order to access the information they need.

Web 2.0

The web is increasingly a central part of normal life in America, Europe, and probably other parts of the world. We are becoming more and more accustomed to having incredible oceans of information available at our finertips at all times of day or night. It is hard to imagine anyone in my family not having access to the web at all times. Websites are becoming more and more user-friendly. The interactive nature of sites such at Facebook and MySpace have changed the way we all keep in touch and share photos, songs, and information with family and friends.

Technorati

I found the Huffington Post and Boingboing blogs the most intriguing. Interesting that you can sort a results list of blogs by either their authority or by their popularity. Searching the Entertainment category gave up-to-the minute info about Kirsten Dunst getting out of rehab and other important events.