whew I'm done and just made it under the wire

I have to compliment the creators of this entire assignment. There were interesting things to read, different links to explore and the organization of it made sense. I am more aware and somewhat in awe of all the things people are using to stay in touch with the world and other people. Some things I like so much, like Goodreads, I use constantly. Other things I'd like to spend more time with such as Delicious and RSS Feeds, but I find I don't because of time constraints. Facebook got me in touch with some friends from a long time ago but I don't spend much time updating...that's my next goal. Twitter, well, it's aptly named.

I pretty much liked the work at your own pace style...I imagine that there will be new things we will want to include to keep up with times. The one item I think we could include now is Linkedin, or any other job searching/networking site as this is relevant now.

At any rate, I would be pleased to tackle additions in the future that would keep us updated.

Social Bookmarking in particular Delicious

Our branch created a delicious account which has some of the major links we use alot...wikis, sites that might help with programming, etc. I added a few clip art/background sites that might be helpful with all the display signs we make. What I like about this kind of site is that we can easily share with each other the sites we go to frequently and by tagging, we can organize them. I created my own site for personal stuff hoping this will be a better way to keep track of sites I've found on hobbies, news things, environmental concerns, etc.

Wikis

I use our system wikis so I know how well they can package and present information. And I admit I use Wikipedia all the time, although I still won't quote it to a patron. ALA's was great and should remain...with the various handouts, presentations, etc. it's just as valuable after the conference. The Library Success wiki needs some more fleshing out. I was looking around in the programming/book groups sections and there wasn't alot there yet.

Zoho

I created a Zoho document which I shared with a co-worker. I'm impressed with the Writer feature...it was easy enough to figure out since it provides similar features/icons with Word. (Well there were a few hitches...I couldn't figure out how to extend my table.) Next I'll try the Excel function since it might be easier for a patron to use in the branch instead of going to WCO.