Thing 14

LibraryThing would be useful for the patrons to share favorites and get suggestions from others if we were to have this application on our website. It would be very interesting and useful if we were able to offer this service and would then be able to get ideas about certain books that sound really great or sound more like it's not worth the effort. I use a similar application on my Facebook page where I have the books that I am currently reading, those I've read, and the ones I would like to get around to reading. You have the same options with LibraryThing and can also take things a step further by giving the book a rating/review. Useful in library setting and also among friends.

Thing 13

I logged on to my yahoo email account and decided to experiment "thing 13" on my homepage. I wanted to see if I could jazz it up a bit, which is exactly what I did! I was able to change the background to a fierce leopard print... ha ha. Besides allowing you to personalize your page you are also able to add and delete items of interest to you. For example, I was able to add a Facebook application to my page which then gives a shortcut to that specific website. This would not be necessary for my job, but I suppose nice to utilize in my free time. The calendar I used was through MSN or my hotmail account. It would be useful for work but in my opinion would take up too much time to fill out. I would much rather shoot for the old fashioned route of just writing important dates down in my planner. It is much more accessible for me at any time I may need to look at it. Also my cell phone has the capability you to post reminders in the calender for yourself, which is also very useful. If I had a laptop this may be of great use to me. I did find both of these applications to be enjoyable to explore.

Thing 12

I really like this idea! It gives the power to the public in what they think is interesting/important. You are able to give your input/opinion as to what is something you like and what other's may like. I mainly looked over Reddit and found this site to be very user-friendly and interesting. It had all sorts of topics and genres of news. You could read an article on the current presidency and then read a funny pet story. If you feel a certain article was irrelevant then you can vote that way. These tools would be handy for a reference librarian which was referenced in the description for they provide the public with the most up to date information on many varying subjects. It is also just nice for those who prefer to be in the "know".

Thing 11

Del. icio.us is an interesting title and the way it's laid out is also interesting although once I looked up how the name came to be it made more sense. I think that having this available allows those who view a lot of different websites and need to remember specific spots in a website a very orderly way of keeping track. Again, this would not be useful for me in my occupation at this very time but once I get back to school I think that this tool and many others here in "23 things" would make life a lot easier and organized.

Thing Ten

I love the website wikipedia and I did learn through this "Thing" that you can edit/add information to some of the pages. I think that this website would be useful for research/homework but I wonder if the credibility and accuracy of the information is suffice/correct. I found the altering of the of the document to be somewhat of a pain for you had to register and only then could you add something. I understand that this was done to further your learning experience but I got the gist from the video. So useful to some, but I didn't find it to be so.

Thing Nine

This assignment was slightly different! I don't believe the "founding fathers" would appreciate us altering and making light of this very important, serious document... but it is fun all the same! Between Google doc and Zoho writer I definitely prefer Google doc I found it to be easier to alter things in this program and was familiar with it previously so that could explain my favoritism. I suppose these programs would be convenient for a group of students working on a paper or project for you could proofread and correct clearly while stating name and date, keeping it orderly. This would not be something that would currently be useful to me in my work setting.

Thing Eight

I used Picture trail and found it to be very quick and easy to set up not only an account but to download photos and create a slide show as well. I only had a few photos to post of my cousin's horse and my cat but it is a start anyhow. It would be really nice to use this program to download and store all my photos but I would rather be able to set them as private. To me it is somewhat creepy that anyone can view the pictures. Overall I enjoyed the set up and feel that this program may be useful for library websites for those who set those up.