Hi Karen do you still see these old ones being updated?

Missing you already

The final furlong.

Sure what else could I call the final blog on 23 things? I have loved this programme. I loved the security of doing it in work with colleagues. Writing blogs semi-anonymously was exciting and having a reason to ramble about what you are up to is a bit of a luxury! I'm big into top-three lists and listing favourite films, bands on the first day for the blog profile made me think this whole exercise has to be anonymous. I go slightly red when I go public and type the name of a band, book or film. I enjoyed putting these lists together and seeing other blogs linked by their favourites. I admire people who make observations in plain English and I would love to articulate like Ryan T. on the radio but I have local heros too.

Going red but still typing top-three favourite discoveries


1. Lee LeFever's hand waving & explaining in plain English

2. Gordon Young & Stephen Kinsella speaking about Web 2.0 in plain English

3. There are people out there who care enough to challenge subject headings and come up with tagging.

Twitter was my least favourite because some ramblings can become a bit egotistical (ahem). Twitter also highlighted that the social side of Web 2.0 dates very quickly, as author of blog what was written yesterday could be interpreted very differently today.

I think Web 2.0 helps connect with 2009 students I can see tagging, wikis, Facebook, voki, IM, Lee LeFever all being used successfully in our library. It helps that all this is so green and paperless. But being realistic in an academic setting Stephen Kinsella summed it up well; who actually cares what we blog and twitter about but at least we're making an effort.

Dedication and acknowledgement to Powerstation (the library linked horse) who has been first to the Winning post three times since this blog started. Winner alright, winner alright!

Thank you to Helena, Karen and Lindsay for 23 things.

podcasts and other ways of catching up

Thinking of buying a Roberts digital radio with pause rewind buttons need to do more research on whether podcasts would be enough to feed my radio listening habit. Turning up the radio louder and louder while family are talking is the easiest/rudest way not to miss something in our house at the moment.

Missed an award winning poet's name about 3 weeks ago on RTE 1 advert and promised myself that I would download Theo D. but still no name. Radios are still the best invention. Ever. Radios and cat's eye road markings. Night night.

Google docs and zoho

Excellent idea and lovely explanation from Lee with his left hand waving away at me and it all makes sense even with only 2 min 50 sec imagine trying to explain anything interesting in that space of time. No pressure A and S!!

Sent one small doc using zoho but really have nothing else to share may use in office but could be embarrassing if colleagues realised how often we (I) edit stuff and then never use/send. Could see it working for Library Matters editing and colleagues writing long pieces that need to be cut or enhanced.

Karen do you see every edit i make omg the thought of it i am always in and out of my edits I am using draft option now. the audience is the content and all that spice pity you missed the wonderful talk today. But God bless SK. Enough.

Yep it worked so I've taken them down. Private slideshow at my desk anytime!

hmmm Picasa pics

Just wanted to see if this worked and sure we're getting near the end I hadn't mentioned de boiys in 11 weeks AND it updates my blog.

Google Maps- if I turned it upside down and looked at it through a mirror maybe then I could see why I would want to stick pins in a map. Liked the Live train from Birmingham New Street in BB's talk. MB thinks it would work for a conference map I guess if you don't like asking for simple directions. Map lovers of the world unite just not to scale.

I like the thought of a tidy back garden in case anyone has a wee peak at no. 77.

Still to have a look at gaming websites but some people said it's not gambling so no winners and no alrights.

Learning 2.0 - will it be ok if I just type those words. KS did say.

Twitter horriter.

Instant messaging - A long way of using a short word

I think I could use IM to inform library staff that their e-books are ready to rock n roll. I could use it for In-Process Requests to tell the users their books are ready to collect. All very serious for a beautiful yellow Monday morning. Going to see now if I can disturb the peace with some IM.

IM is right up my street once I am in the mood. It's like it's ok to interrupt all the time and think of something you want to say just as the other person is typing. I think it works well when you know the other person. Better to be fast on the old keyboard too. Alright to use on Facebook when a friend as sad as you on a Friday night knows you are online and knows how you normally speak/type.

Liked this alot (Voki) and did see it used before by Anne, Aoife & Ciara for the library. Normally not into cartoons but loved the idea of saying things behind the mask, standing in the boys toilet. Very scary moment though where I thought I had edited AND deleted the magical, wonderful bowloporridge blog, I was only replying to something and then it looked like I was in it, owning it and me new woman in the urinals had taken over. But it's okay now she's back on the horsetrack!

password verifications

Meant to say this earlier but I'm not very good at the old funny writing password things wonder what does this mean for me the amount of things I have been turned away from because I'm trying to guess the word too many times!

Can't stop editing me edits

Is Lee Lefever good looking?

I had to watch his delicious video twice still not getting the social side why would anyone really want to do that? I have come in to work to catch up on this Karen and Lee has distracted me big time.

Web 2.0 awards

Overwhelming to see all those award winning sites - and I thought there was only 23! Wait til they see misskeogh's work so! She's not so good with compliments so I have disguised this one.

Finally managed book covers onto the poor blog that has been left in the corner for weeks. Quite liked looking up random books from the past and then seeing how many others have chosen these titles.

Hear the echo

It's been 7 hours and 15 days since you ...

Really behind now and need to look up delish, techno, wikis, take off a photo from flikr, put on books from Librarythingy and catch up with the odds for Irish Grand National. I thought the books I picked would be on the blog imagine what you have been missing!

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Anne says Add a gadget. Anne's right!

Horses head on the bed - rss feeds

Right I have RSS feeds coming out of everywhere except on my blog and this is where I want them I am well over the designated hour now Lindsay! I'm addicted but there is nothing to be addicted to cos my feeds aren't here but I keep going back to see if I can find them. I'm just pressing buttons at this stage and it's not library related buttons. I don't want to be the first of us to swear on one of these things either.

Steward's enquiry

Tried putting on BBC Sport as RSS feed no luck as yet. Need to get on before Gold Cup Friday 13th. Was on, ticked unsubscribe for some other stuff I did not want now all gone.

Looking forward to MB's talk about RSS feeds and blogs. I'm back on Picasa thanks to Google passwords being sorted out.

Good to soft, soft in places.

Following my own blog something not right there but it looks good!