#43 Online TV & Video

I just explored Hulu and some of Joost. Neither gave me what I was looking for. When I go to my computer in my home, I am going to have a feed to CNN News at 9 at night with Anderson Cooper. Sometimes I am unable to view this in the evening and just feel that I have missed my news for the day if I don't see it. I felt Hulu was a little better than Joost, but there is so much of everything in there that I am not interested in. (Daily Coyote was one of my favorite books to read.)

#47 Evaluation

I just completed the "More Things On a Stick." I guess I would say that it has had some very good experiences and some, not so exciting to see what comes up. Google Maps was one of my very favorites. I love to travel and it was good to just reminisce on where I had been. We take tons of pictures so I have tried to incorporate a few of these too. I did see just a very few times, maybe even just a single time, about genealogy. We use Ancestry.com at our library and it comes in very handy. Also, we have acquired thousands of names into both my husband's and my personal genealogy and that can be very time consuming. I do love doing it though.
I believe WJMN will prove to be very educational.

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#46 WJMN

I have just recently signed into and joined WJMN. Since we were to have More Things completed by 05/20, I decided to do it and what I have seen so far in it, I will be very interested in attempting some courses. So far, I have watched two short videos, one on the proper way to repair binding on a book. It really amazed me to use cloth rather than glue. I do much of this kind of thing at our library so that is one thing that would be very useful for libraries. The other video, on the ice cream flavors and by adding more to have a wide variety, really makes sense to join with other libraries. Interlibrary loan books can add so much more for patrons to choose from by being able to loan these books to other libraries.

#45 Cloud Computing

A user could be at a terminal taking advantage of services, storage space and resources provided somewhere else on another computer through an internet connection. Emails could be in Chicago or documents in Seattle. Today, you could be moved to other servers, but the URL's have not changed. Cloud computing could be emails, favorite pictures, maps, webcams, blogs,ebay or check reconciliation. I personally, would not do my banking online but we are assured that it is safe to do.
Storing word processing in Google Docs or accessing email, using Ebay to purchase online are all forms of cloud computing.

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Thing #28 Customized Home Page

#41 Mashup Your Life

I believe this would be the most unlikely place that I would want interactions with friends. They are feed aggregators that consolidate updates from social media and networking. Twitter would be one and I have heard from the media that after being on this for a month, that many just forget about it. I am in Facebook and am not real hepped up about it, although I do use it occasionally. What I do appreciate is a blog that I can interact with a relative 1,500 miles away. I have blog posts and pictures that I have uploaded that are fun to look at, but I wonder how many others are really that interested. I use a webcam from an airport far away that I am able to know firsthand when my family is back on the ground in their hometown and also find out what the weather is like on the ground there in their home.

#39 Digital Storytelling

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#39 Digital Storytelling

I used Smilebox to view some "Happenings at the Library." We had the opportunity to have an author come to sign his book, "White Horses." I had taken a picture of both our present library and the Etta C. Ross Library, now a part of our museum. I had downloaded Picaboo which took some time to do - then I wasn't able to sign in so I need to work on it in the future.

#42 Music 2.0

Pandora is remarkable! This, I could spend lots of time listening to. I had not used any of these services previously. Although it may never replace broadcast because of people listening to radio while traveling down the highway, it is very enjoyable to pick what you prefer to listen to. I do like Minnesota Public Radio.

#42 Music 2.0

#38 Screencasting

#40 Mashup the Web

I watched the 5 minute video on API's, (application programming interface) by David Berlind. API's are how a computer works. It is the fastest growing eco-system. For instance, in Google Maps, you could figure out crimes that have occurred in your area. Other applications would be Yahoo, Amazon, Ebay and are available to everyone.
Some useful ones, for me, would be Google Maps and working at the library, Amazon is very useful in finding books, CD's, videos and etc. and the prices of each for entry into our computer at our library. Ebay is a very important one for our son-in-law who sells articles on that site. Later I will make a map of our recent trip to Washington DC on the many memorials that we saw on Constitution Ave.



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#38 Screencasting

Well, I tried this, but so far have been unsuccessful. I will continue to work on it. Maybe, I can do some of my own pictures that I took while on a trip. I watched "Mine That Bird" win the KY Derby and thought I could do something with that since I really like to watch the Kentucky Derby, but then again, maybe I am not allowed to bring that to my blog. At this point, I would say it is difficult. I explored Jing and don't think it would be for our library.

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#36 Image Generator

An image generator picture of my giant cookie. Our grandson calls this his "secret stash."
The question I had for Clippy was: What is the one word that can be typed only with the left hand? What is the one word that can only be typed with the right hand? The answer? Stewardess and Lollipop. If you ask Clippy, my answer is in there.