Up through lesson 12 of SLA's 23Things

Finished up through lesson 12. The RSS and aggregators are extremely useful. I already use iGoogle and have a Bloglines account, but haven't used it much. I will definitely us Bloglines more and iGoogle less. Google Reader looks good, too. My question is why use Bloglines and Google Reader. I don't want to have to check multiple sites for my RSS feeds. That defeats the purpose of an aggregator. I will probably stick with Bloglines, since I haven't started using Google Reader.

The 9th of the 23 Things

This was a really silly lesson. Why would I want a Flickr badge? That's silly. And I didn't have another web page handy to drop the code for my badge into. Mashups are cool, but I won't be creating one anytime soon.

Number 8 of the 23 Things

Just finished the image sharing lesson, #8 of SLA's 23 Things. Pretty Cool. I like Shutterfly better than Flickr, although I created accounts for both.

"Things" 6 & 7 of SLA's 23 Things: Library 2.0

I detest the term Library 2.0. I don't like the "Social Web" either. I don't tag sites to my Delicious account because I want to share them with other people, I just want all my sites in one place, independent of the machine I'm on. And, as a corporate Information Specialist, I'm not sure what my users would get out of, say, starting up their own blogs. My users are scientists, they don't care that much about the latest developments. They keep up to date by reading pier-reviewed literature. That said, I plan to offer RSS's feeds to my users.

I will definitely use these tools myself. I found Technorati and the other blog directories very useful. All I need to do is work it into my routine. I'm planning on converting all my bookmarks to Delicious. Before I can promote this among library users, I will need to check with our IT.

Lessons 5&6 of SLA's 23 Things

I have completed Lessons 5&6. I think I will be using Technorati and the other blog directories for my professional development to keep up with trends in the information world. I wouldn't publicize this to my users, who are mainly research scientists, but I will make use of it.

Lesson 5: Delicious

This is way better than bookmarking. Tagging is much better than creating folders on certain topics. Eventually, I will transfer all of my Explorer bookmarks to my Delicious account. My only problem is I can't install the Delicious icon on my home browser. I don't understand how I can access my Delicious sites if I can't sign on at my home computer.

Step 5 : Social Bookmarking and Tagging

There is a dead link in step number 5 - "Blog post from David Lee King"

Weeks 1&2 SLA 23 Things

I have completed week 1 and 2 for the SLA program 23 Things. This is fun!It's better than I expected.