Moving through the 23 Things

I have a little catching up to do. I've moved on to thing number 10, but forgot to comment about my experience with Twitter. I've been using Twitter for several months. It is a nice break in the middle of the day to catch of glimpse of what others are doing. And at least one of the folks on who are on my list of friends recommends excellent articles and podcasts. Another person sends opening sentences from books with links to more information about the book. My list of books that I want to read has grown significantly!

I find Twitter useful as a way of networking (I really dislike that word!), but not high pressure networking. Several months ago, I found Twitter to be a useful way to meet people at a conference where I didn't know anyone.

How would it be used in a library setting? I am still thinking about how it can be used for outreach as well as how it might improve communication internally. I look forward to hearing from others about possible uses for Twitter in libraries.

More Flickr fun

Working through these 23 things has been a lot fun. I am stuck on Flickr -- only because I am having so much fun with it. Last night I started mapping my photos. And since I am a statistics nut, I looked at the statistics that showed how many times my photos were looked at.

Today, I move on to number 6 (looking at sites using web 2.0) and 7 (setting up my own Bloglines newsreader account).

Flickr

What fun! Spent a fair amount of time taking photos of things around the house, including Zephyr, to put up on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zephyrs-spot/). I can see where Flickr might be a great tool to use in conjunction with programs in the public library.

Younger workers and Web 2.0

One of my co-workers found this intersting article on the use of Web 2.0 in the workplace:
"Younger Workers Demanding Web 2.0 Tech on the Job"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070620/tc_cmp/199905440

Web 2.0

There are a lot of intriguing things about Web 2.0 -- Twitter, Second Life, YouTube.

Will they last?

Maybe, maybe not, but I see them as next steps in the development of the web as a method of communication. Without experimentation, how can there be innovation? Someone will see a way in which Twitter or Flickr can be modified to create a new service or better means of communicating.

To me, it is all very exciting and I look forward to the future.

Welcome to Zeph's Spot

Zephyr's Spot is named after an oversized American Eskimo dog. He really wants to be a librarian and has his own catalog on Librarything, http://www.librarything.com/catalog/zephyr. Interestingly enough his interests are quite similar to mine, in particular, usability of websites.