Thing 17

I added my blog to the list of blogs in the Sandbox Wiki. I couldn't find the world/chain link, but it seemed to work fine when I clicked on the link to my blogspot.

Thing 16 - Wikis

Wikis are a great way to become collaborative in a particular area of interest. I can see using and setting up a wiki so that short cuts and tips on using our database can be shared. News and deadlines could be posted, but other users could add information too.

In a libary, I could see this being a wonderful place to post news, add feeds to news articles of local interest, a great place for rollyos.

I'd like to explore this in greater depth.

Thing 15 - Library 2.0

In trying out all of the new things I am learning, I am discovering that the amount of time it takes to sift through the information available, decide what is most useful and relevant, and make it easily accessible to others is overwhelming. The need for experts "librarians and teachers" to do this for me is extremely evident. Also, taking the time to learn what all the cutesy names mean and do could be a full-time job in itself.

The need to have capable, experienced researchers who can assist people (me) with narrowing down the choices I can see would create an even larger demand for librarians or (infobrarians) in the near future.

Thing 14 - Technorati tagging

I discovered that I've been using tags for a while now to spark my interest in articles, I just didn't know what they were called. Technorati really does help to tame the wilderness of blogging. I am still a little nervous about sharing my blogs with the world, so I won't be registering and tagging my site. This feels a lot lke "being published" and indexed.

I could see using the directory to help narrow down areas of interest that you like to refer to often.

Thing 13 - Tagging & Del.icio.us

I could see the point of using Del.icio.us to create online bookmarks that are available to you anywhere. I can see a librarian using it even more. In the old days, I remember our librarians posting a Favorite Books of the Month poster each month to inspire readers to try new authors. This seems a perfect way for librarians to help readers narrow down sites, which can become so overwhelming. School librarians could also earmark sites for the annual "projects" assigned by the teachers and save them from year to year.

Thing 10 Image Generators

I didn't find this as fun as some other people did. I enjoyed helping some of my co-workers find a way to get their avatars to show in their blogs. Copying and pasting the code seemed to work best.

Flkr Fun, mashups and 3rd party fun

What a great title. Something called a mashup almost HAS to be fun. I love the way people can build on other peoples work to create something fun or useful to share. There are so many talented people out there.