Thing # 12 Digg and more

Wow, you have to be into the news to like these sources. Zillions of links/briefs of news. The news articles and pages all lumped to gether = total news media overkill! This would be a source of news for people who do not have radio, TV , or newspaper delivery. It could be used for research of something for studying. After reading the hints from Minn23 and further reading I get it - Digg is useful in getting the news you choose. It is a list of links sure, but it is community chosen, so it is most popular topics in the world. Yes it's worldly and on at any time of day. Most interesting. Thanks for the hints!

Thing # 11 Tagging and Del.icio.us

Tagging is an original and unique file system. I used it in flickr and this time I used it to search by tags. It is a valuable tool. Del.icio.us links you with all those favorites and saves those at one place. I am inspired to orgainize!
The library sample is truly helpful. It is a page with lists of links to click on for information on subjects we all can use. Here you can find answers! Love that!
Mar 13, 2008. Viewed the Helen Blowers podcast on del.icio.us, found her ideas informative. Learned a new word: folksonomy - peer driven.
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Thing # 10 exploring wikis

Well, this tool is for information sharing. I would like to create a wiki, in the sandbox or with pbwiki. When I do I will post a link here. The library could use this tool to inform the community about the library, perhaps the floorplan, special items in the collection and opportunites only available at the library. That kind of thing would be helpful, then link it to the community Chamber of Commerce website as a asset of the community!

Thing #9 Online Collaboration Tools

I edited a famous doc (a page of the Declaratoin of Independence) and sent it here. It appears just before this entry. Kinda kinky fun playing with words. When I looked at ZOHO, I got lost in the Library of Congress site admiring the art collection. At the opening page of zoho, i noticed it was slightly more scholarly - or complicated -may be the word. I don't know how I would use this as a library clerk, except for the fact I have done it and can help the customer proceed with it.

Editing online fun

The people of this nation do hereby dissolve all political bonds connecting them with other people and set forth this document as proof.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, regardless of race, gender, or religion".

All People are endowed with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness . That to secure these rights , governments are instituted among nations, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to provide for their safety and well-being.