It's week six somewhere...

I'm feeling a little pressed for time and can't say that I enjoyed my experiences with these week 6 topics. I ran into trouble several times and actually had to call a 2.0 tech guru for assistance. (She was very helpful and encouraging).

I explored Del.icio.us and was non-plussed by it. I can appreciate the usefulness of this social networking site but yet it seemed too serious yet superficial. Why not just join one of the Facebook groups like People known only by their last names or the Sailor group. Facebook puts impressive spin right up front by referring to themselves as an utility. OOOh The Smith College Sophian had a great article that listed ten popular Facebook groups:

10. "SMITH COLLEGE TEAM AWESOME!!!"
9. "Being a Yankee Fan Just Because they Win a Lot Is Wrong"
8. "Nerdy Boys Melt My Butter"
7. "Books are for Bad asses"
6. "Caution! People On Facebook May appear Hotter Than they actually are"
5. "Ever Have Strong or Confusing Feelings about Guacamole? Me Too."
4. "I Can Fit a Cheez-it In My Belly Button"
3. "Confederation of Hallway Jousters"
2. "I've Got 99 Problems and the Long Walk From the Quad Is 73 of them"
1. "I Was Invited To This Group But Have No Idea What it Is, But Yet I Still Clicked Confirm."

While I haven't signed up for any Facebook groups yet (though I'm leaning toward Books are for Bad asses ), I have established a Del.icio.us account. Unfortunately, I was unable to create the link on my toolbar even though we use Foxfire at home and that is supposed to be easier.

I read an article that suggested that these social networking sites provide an avenue for "Shameless self promotion."

Feeling linear, I next investigated Technorati and attempted to get an account. I got bogged down on the registration because of the need for a unique password. With some help from the above mentioned Tech Guru I managed to create the account. I then claimed my blog and I am thinking hard about what I want on my Watchlist.

Now to answer the age old question, What does Library 2.0 mean to me. I viewed the You tube video Web 2.0 The Machine is Us/ing Us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
I found this video very thought provoking. Two messages jumped out out me: Who will organize this data? You will. and Every time we forge a link, we teach.
Two articles I enjoyed were Web 2.0 Where will it take libraries? To a Temporary place in time and Away from the icebergs. I'm on with the Library 4.0 vision of the neo library - especially the single malt. In Icebergs, I was struck (ha) by the point made concerning user education and eliminating barriers.

Rollyo but Don't Bogart

I had stagefright with Rollyo. I consult websites all day long and have found favorites but staring at that screen, my mind went blank. Yes, this would be a very valuable tool and I plan to give my searchrolls more thought. What a great way to set up a kind of shorthand /shortcut completely personalized search engine that is available at any computer. No longer would you have to rely on your favorites or tabs on a toolbar.

http://www.rollyo.com/deeney/

Chose de Bibliotheque

Je n'ai pas besoin de cataloguer mes propres livres mais j'ai vraiment eu plaisir à lire des commentaires de différents groupes. I started at Talk and chose the group, Francofiles. There I found some interesting suggestions for future reading. One title in particular sounds very intriguing - The Piano Shop on the left Bank.

Here is my link to my Library Thing catalog:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/deeney

Berlin Wall

Having fun with image generators. I really enjoyed Letter John but felt on the spot to come up with phrases and quotes to fit the space allowed.

VAM!

Yesterday we had a wonderful reunion at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. What a place for inspiration. If you have never been to the museum go now, especially if you are working on 23 Things. You will definitely look at things differently.
In the pictures you can see (from Left to Right) top: Jonah, Adam, and Hannah and bottom: Me, Kathie and Selma. We have been getting our kids together since they were tiny but have had a hard time scheduling them since about middle school. Now they are seasoned high schoolers and had not seen one another for about two years so this was a risky business we set out to accomplish.
What a refreshing relief to watch them renew friendship, catch up, compare notes, all while thoroughly enjoying the museum's exhibits.
Here's the link to the museum, in case you would like to explore a little more:
www.avam.org

Post Haste

Or what happens when you are in a rush to post. Please add an "n" to the word, chosen, in the previous post.

Five Hours of Fame

Yesterday my daughter and I worked as extras in the filming of From Within, a psychological thriller set in a small town. Havre de Grace has been highly touted as perfect for the setting, due in part to the absence of chain stores and restaurants such as MacDonald's. Let's hope we don't have any copycat events following the filming.
We reported to the Havre de Grace High School along with approximately 350 other locals and spent five hours pretending to be the congregation of the local church gathered together to mourn the passing of several teens. My daughter was grouped with other teen girls so they could be zoomed in on during the "service." Our job was to listen raptly, focusing on the pastor, and not the cameras, and occasionally say amen! We stood up, clapped and swayed to the music. Some of my daughter's friends were chose to be members of the "church" band because they knew how to play guitar and bass.
Filming will continue the rest of this coming week and Joseph's Department Store will be a featured location. I guess we'll have to snoop around for other opportunities to act.
I hope they will have a special showing of the movie in Havre de Grace when it is released. I know there are at least 350 people who will want to see it.

Je voudrais ainsi être en France...

">I enjoyed creating my Avatar but had a hard time finding my hair style.

I plan to explore the different sites for the perfect avatar. I was reading someone's blog recently and they were wondering why all avatars look about 12 years old. Yahoo gives you the option of different body type but the choice of apparel is limited to four outfits. I will have to go to Curves a lot more often to match my avatar and I think I'll need some highlights as well.

Merlin

I've been exploring Merlin and have added it to my Blogroll. I particularly like the Web 2.0 Award Winners short list http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/short Here you can look at the top three winners in each category and directly link to it as well as nominate your favorites for the 2008 awards.
I also found the Learning Links very useful. Search engines were not particularly intuitive, however. RSS4LIB was a useful blog that explores RSS links of use for libraries.

Happy 4th of July, Hon!

Our Friend, Wayne, hosts a wonderful party every 4th of July. This year's party had a jungle theme and many of us wore leopard prints or tropical prints though some stuck to the traditional red, white and blue. While not on the official parade route, the larger floats and vehicles drive right past Wayne's office and it has become a tradition for many of the elected officials to stop by. The Governor must have felt at home: with all the leopard prints, we resembled a mini Honfest. I was thrilled to meet Martin O'Malley. He was very cordial and even remembered singing with the St. Patrick's choir about 10 years ago when we did a special Celtic Mass. I told him that I often told people that I have sung with him. To see more pictures, go to www.gov.state.md.us Follow the link to photographs and choose the Bel Air Parade.

You Oughta Be In Pictures

From Within will begin filming in Havre de Grace on July 11. Hundreds of extras are needed with the biggest demand for July 14. For information on being an extra or to register e-mail fromwithinmovie@hotmail.com

Can I get a Blogroll, please?

I am happy to report, that after some initial confusion (and a few dumb questions) I have successfully subscribed to several RSS and Newsreaders !

It was interesting reading and choosing which ones would represent my essence. I pondered this for at least ten minutes.

I like this mix of library-related blogs and newsfeeds mixed up with those of my friends.

I do admit to preferring to get my news curled in a chair with the Daily Sun and a strong cup of coffee. I always read the comics first.

You may find my blogroll at :

http://www.bloglines.com/public/Deeneys

#7 Create a Blog Post About Anything Technology Related

BATTERIES ! I HATE them.
Larry Williams, the Ideas Editor, for the Sun (Larrywilliams@baltsun.com ) wrote a tantalizing article entitled, Why not spend your money on an iPhone? Try these reasons. Oh, he lists lots of reasons, but the one that stands out for me is the question of replacing the battery. The battery is supposed to last a day or two between charges, but the battery's power will begin to fade after about 300 charges. Larry reports that "when the battery finally fails, you'll discover that there is no way to pop off the back cover and replace it. Instead you will have to ship your phone back to Apple to replace it at an as-yet-undetermined cost."

Rehoboth

My creation
Originally uploaded by Susan's Mighty Fine Story

Catching up on Week Three and playing around with Flickr, I decided to wharhol myself. I also worked on a trading Card but found the little icons annoying. This is a photo taken in Rehoboth Beach over St. Patrick's Day Week end, which, as those of you who know me know, is an important religious holiday for me.