#11 - LibraryThing

That was fun. I created an account and added more than 5 books. Since I am a big Karen Kingsbury book reader I added to my catalog all of her books that I have read. So if you have not read any of her books, here's your chance to see some of what she's written and how I spend my free time (when I'm not working on my 23 Things). Check out my LibraryThing catalog and enjoy reading some of my favorites.

#10 - Web 2.0 and Libraries

I agree that in today's world, technology must be a focus to succeed in the future. Every day technology is changing and we learn more and more. Every business, school and human needs to know the technology that is available to them. That is why schools are teaching computer classes starting with preschool. At my kid's high school, computer applications is now a required class and is needed to graduate from high school. Technology has changed the way a person thinks. While I think technology is very important, I do wonder if all the technology available makes us think less and less. It is much easier to use a calculator to solve a math problem, use spell check to check on the correct spelling of a word, and facebook, e-mail or text message someone instead of talking to that person face to face, and why think when we can find the information somewhere on- line. I think we need to be careful that technology does not control us. Yet, I do believe that technology is our future and we need it to survive in the world. So, as far as our libraries are concerned, I think we need to keep exploring the latest in technology, but keep the books available and coming for us slow learners.

#9 - Library Blogs

I spent some time exploring the California Wildfires and found some interesting stories and pictures. Because they were simpler and easier to figure out, I liked Blogline and Feedster the best. I can see where you could spend a lot of time exploring the news. You really have no excuse to be "out of the loop". I myself think I would rather just read the newspaper or watch the news on TV.

#8 - RSS Feeds

So that took me about 2 hours to do that but I have an account with Bloglines and I've got 10 feeds posted. I picked ones like A Phrase a Week, Joke of the Day, and Quotes of the Day. I'm not sure how much I'll use this either but it might be kinda fun to check out for a laugh or two. I'm looking forward to things getting easier now.

#7 - Image Generators

Wow! I did it all by myself!! No help from my kids. That was kind of fun. Created this nice flower picture from the Animated Wave generator and created my own M & M guy too. Couldn't get him to post to my blog though. At least I got this to work. And it didn't even take me very long to figure out. I must be making some progress.

#6 Mash-Ups

So I spent way too much time exploring this. I don't think I would use this too much. I would much rather share and use my own pictures. I guess if you had a lot of time it would be fun but I don't have that much time. Anyway, I created this cute trading card of Sophia. She was not a happy camper. It was a long day of camping and she was ready to call it a day.