VIDEO

Okay here we go. I'm not totally new to video I just don't do it very often. I have used my digital camera and it's very simple. I know that I should probably do it more but it eats up my memory card so fast and I have like a billion pictures. I'm going to try to embed three different videos on here so you can know a little more about the things I am passionate about and adore. The first video is of the Nebraska softball team. I am a HUGE Nebraska Cornhusker fan and an even bigger softball fan. I played softball for 10+ years. When I was a teenager, I ate, breathed, lived for softball. I played on a traveling league and when there wasn't a game, I was practicing (either team or on my own) and when I was actually doing that, I was watching it.


The second video is about scrapbooking and rubber stamping. This is an addiction of mine and a quite expensive one at that.

The last video (and most important) is of my two little girls Aryel and Autumn. I adore them and spoil them as much as I possibly can. In this video they are 7 and 3 years old and listening to lullabies at the Coffey County Library in Burlington, Kansas.

Instant Messaging

I'm already pretty familiar with instant messaging and I really like it. I use it to keep in touch w/family member and friends who live far away. It's a really nice tool because unfortunately our schedule never seem to match up so that we can actually talk on the phone. I tend to use facebook the most. That seems to be the site that everyone goes to and I've been able to get in touch via IM with friends I haven't spoken to in years. In the past I would use hotmail quite a bit and it was very easy as well.

I don't think there are many concerns with Instant Messaging. Like anything else you should make sure that you know that person you are talking to. Don't just accept every person that requests you as a friend. If you don't recognize the address don't say yes. My only other issue is that sometimes I really need to get work done and I get sucked into a conversation. I like to keep the internet up a running because I do use it so much but I don't always have time to chat :)

In general, IM does not affect my work one way or another. The number of workers is small enough and we are usually in pretty close proximity to one another that we really don't need it. However, it really does come in handy when you have a patron that will not leave you alone. A coworker can send you an IM to see if you need rescued and really helps the situation.

Cloud computing

I found this lesson to be very interesting but also very complicated for me. I do very little w/documents etc. so my need for googledocs is very minimal. I saw that somebody uses it for scrapbooking which I find very interesting. I think I will see how that works for me. I also intend on using the calendar to keep track of birthdays and all of the events that go on in my nieces and nephews lives.

Twitter dee and twitter dum

Okay I just finished the twitter lesson and I do think I may end up liking twitter. I don't know how much I will actually post on there but I am interested in seeing what celebrities and organizations are posting. I've already seen some pretty interesting and funny posts. It really is pretty easy to find and follow. The only slight hassle is not knowing the person username. You then have to do a general search using a fairly large category such as entertainment, health, etc. I am following several people already. I'm following the American Heart Association, Dr. Oz and Beth Pugh. The first 2 I am following because health is important to me particularly heart health. I am following Beth cuz she's my awesome co-worker and always have something humorous to say. I haven't read enough to know if the post will be helpful but I'm relatively sure they will be overall.

I don't know if I find microblogging overly helpful. I suppose it is great for those people who want to get straight to the point. I think it is a good tool for keeping in touch and posting upcoming events, etc.

Delicious

Okay, here I go another week behind and dangerously close to being 2 weeks behind with this class. I think every week is getting harder and harder. I finally set up my delicious account and I'm still debating on whether or not I will keep it. I think it would be a fantastic resource for someone who uses the internet quite frequently and also for someone who needs to access things quickly from computers other than their personal computer. I myself do not use the internet much outside of work. And even at work I use it mainly to search authors etc. We'll just have to see if it becomes useful to me or not.

As for the ease of use, I give it a 3 out of 5 stars. Creating the account is simply and bookmarking and tagging is also fairly simple. However, I did not find it easy to create the bundle. Yes, it was easy after I watched the video but had I not had the video available I don't know if I would have figured it out. Computer savvy I am not.

RSS Feeds

Okay, I keep falling about a week behind on my 23 things Kansas. I just finished the RSS feed lesson and I'm not sure that I still completely understand how this works. I think it will still require some "playing" on my part. I decided to use Google Reader simply because I already have a google account and I thought that it would be the easiest and fastest way to go. The last thing I need to do is create another count with another password to remember. And since I'm using blogger everything seems to be tied into one nice spot except my flickr. I've put several different sights on as RSS feeds. I have a scrapbooking blog, soaps.com, people, CBS, NBC, FoxNews and Survivor. I have my news feeds and I also have my guilty pleasure feeds along with a little bit of my favorite hobby. There never seems to be enough time in the day but I really hope to spend more time learning about this aspect of the internet. I'm sure it will save me time. Instead of typing in each address I can just open google reader and click on what I'm interested in at the time.

CCL - Burlington 2/8/2010

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Hello all. It's taken me some time to get this lesson completed. I think so far this has been the most challeging. I absolutely love this lesson though. It is forcing me to learn how to get my pictures in a safe and fun place. Less fear of losing them when the computer inevitibly crashes. I can't wait to really figure out piknik and adding fun touches to my photos. I have so many to upload. I'm also looking forward to having some prints made and seeing how that works for me. I'm a big scrapbooker so this should be fantastic. I chose to blog this photo because I think it shows not only the beauty of a fresh snow but also how beautiful our library is.