Week 10: #23 the end... really?.. I'm done?... so soon?

Wow, 23 thing already.
I really learned alot, I first entered into this thinking, I'm pretty net and computer saavy already what else could be out there? But boy was I completely wrong!!! lol. I have learned so much and found so many useful tools that I can use for the future. This was truly a great idea! Good Job IHCPL and might I say Congrats to all my fellow hcpl coworkers who have finished theirs too!




Ihcpl really showed me what I was missing. You can practically do anything from anywhere as long as you know how to use your resources. I think my favorite part of IHCPL was the image generators - that really impressed me.I know HCPL has started to use a wiki and I think maybe we can apply that concept to other aspects of our library. In regards to what I wanted to learn more of: HTML publishing and such but I understand that HTML is not the easiest thing to learn or teach but that would be pretty awesome...

It was fun and so much more interesting than I originally thought!!

Week 9: #22 Downloadable Media

I have always wanted to try out and explore Overdrive but never really got around to it. I am a person who likes to read books not listen to them. I tend to get distracted when I have to listen to something being read to me. I like to go at my own pace, and sometimes like to reread things just so my mental image is perfect. This is why I usually prefer reading the book rather than seeing the movie of some titles. But I did take a look around our site and I found it to be pretty user friendly. Titles were easy to search, but unfortunately the one I actually looked for was not available in that format... shame isn't it. Oh well.
One thing I did like was the "Burn to CD allowed icon", alot of users would like to have their own copy of certain materials and that icon lets them know whether or not they have that option. I also like the navigation bar on the left of the webpage, breaking down the media into different genres really narrow down searches faster.

Week 9: #21 - did you say Podcast?

Podcasting is pretty convenient, especially for people on the go and those who cannot change their schedules to revolve around their favorite media programming. I think Podcast resides with TiVo in a way. They make the media programs more accessible. I have itunes on my computer but I also subscribe to interviews published by one of the local radio stations, they are very amusing and enjoy listening to them to have a good laugh when I'm bored. Their interviews range form political members to comedians, so its always interesting to hear who they are interviewing next. They also have top news headlines that I may have missed from the early morning talk radio shows. Over all, podcasting is yet another aspect of our technology making things so much easier and accessible.

Week 9: #20 YouTube

I have actually found youtube rather handy. I have found so many past televisioni episodes that no longer air and so many music videos from the past. In one instance that I know of, it actually helped law enforcement put some people away... (details withheld to protect those involved - NOT ME! lol) Anyhow, Youtube is a very interesting site. I especially like videos that give reviews on technology those are always helpful when I am in need to buy something like a cell phone or laptop or etc. For example, I wanted to be able to compare the functionality of cell phones so I simply typed in the model number and the word "reviews" for the phones that I wanted to compare and presto, I am given a list of different reviews from different youtube users. Click here to see video.

As in regards to finding some of my old favorites....



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Week 8: #19 Zoho Writer ? Zowho?

Zoho is impressive. I wish I knew about this earlier on. Imagine how easier it is to get my papers proofread by my peers or classmates. I am very impressed by this, it's almost like having word but mobile... some computers do not come with a complete office software suite and you have to either download or buy the software just to have a word processing program on your computer. If you have a laptop like I do, which is 7 years old and quite slow compared to today's versions, then you know the more programs you have installed, the more memory is taken up thus making it slower. I have started to remove alot of programs from my laptop and used online tools instead just to save some memory. I really like Zoho, i especially like the option of adding images through a URL instead of having to save the picture to your computer and then pasting it into the document. I can simply locate the picture I want to use, grab the url and paste it into my document. Overall, I think it is a useful tool for anyone who may have to use a public pc that does not necessarily have a word processing program available for use.