Module #10 Youtube
I was sure I was going to have to do this module on off desk time, but luckily, last night I found the perfect video to share. I was scrolling through one of my many (addictive) websites, and came across a link for this video. I was so amazed not only with her singing, but with the editing and the costumes and especially all the time that went in to making this video. After I watched this, I immediately went to her youtube page and spent way too much time watching all of her other videos. (I was particularly amused by her cover of Friday by Rebecca Black). One of the features that I love about Youtube is the related videos side bar where I spent the rest of my time watching covers of Disney videos. I have decided that I am really just a kid at heart. I love Disney music!
Also, I definitely suggest that you watch this video! It's so awesome. Seriously.
One Woman Disney A Capella
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
My shelves are organized by size and subject....
Module #9: Virtual Bookshelves
The idea of a virtual bookshelf is an awesome idea for me. I love looking at people's bookshelves and seeing how they shelve their books. It's very interesting to see how people organize things. I decided to go ahead and sign up for Library Thing. When I was checking out the websites, Library Thing appealed to me more. I think it was the way the website was set up.
To sign up for Library Thing, you have to "Verify your humanity by typing the Author of the book" that they show you. Brilliant! After this, I knew I'd found a website that was meant for me. The first thing I did after signing up was put about 60 books in my library. My only problem with doing this, is that I couldn't add multiple books by the same author at once, I had to re-search the author quite a few times. It got pretty tedious. It got even more tedious when I had to go back through and add books to different collections. (My favorite collection is one I created myself: Books I can read in public.) Also there are a lot of ways to catalog the books, and I am looking forward to more in depth cataloging.
Maybe it was just my habit of skimming through tutorials and not asking for help, but I found Library Thing to not be very user friendly. It took so long to add books and separate them, it was hardly worth it. (Update: I should have taken the tour, since I've started using it, I've found a lot of short cuts and have found it a lot easier to use)
I did find some books that I would like to read, however. I found a few of books I hadn't read by my favorite guilty pleasure author, Julia Quinn: Dancing at Midnight, Everything and the Moon, and Minx. I also found a couple books by one of my favorite British authors, Isabel Wolff, Out of the Blue and The Very Picture of You, which is her newest one. After I finish this, I'm going to Tipcat to see if we have any of these...
The idea of a virtual bookshelf is an awesome idea for me. I love looking at people's bookshelves and seeing how they shelve their books. It's very interesting to see how people organize things. I decided to go ahead and sign up for Library Thing. When I was checking out the websites, Library Thing appealed to me more. I think it was the way the website was set up.
To sign up for Library Thing, you have to "Verify your humanity by typing the Author of the book" that they show you. Brilliant! After this, I knew I'd found a website that was meant for me. The first thing I did after signing up was put about 60 books in my library. My only problem with doing this, is that I couldn't add multiple books by the same author at once, I had to re-search the author quite a few times. It got pretty tedious. It got even more tedious when I had to go back through and add books to different collections. (My favorite collection is one I created myself: Books I can read in public.) Also there are a lot of ways to catalog the books, and I am looking forward to more in depth cataloging.
Maybe it was just my habit of skimming through tutorials and not asking for help, but I found Library Thing to not be very user friendly. It took so long to add books and separate them, it was hardly worth it. (Update: I should have taken the tour, since I've started using it, I've found a lot of short cuts and have found it a lot easier to use)
I did find some books that I would like to read, however. I found a few of books I hadn't read by my favorite guilty pleasure author, Julia Quinn: Dancing at Midnight, Everything and the Moon, and Minx. I also found a couple books by one of my favorite British authors, Isabel Wolff, Out of the Blue and The Very Picture of You, which is her newest one. After I finish this, I'm going to Tipcat to see if we have any of these...
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Module #8
I try to keep my titles interesting, but I failed this time...I blame it on NaNoWriMo. All my creative energy is going into that. Today I did the Facebook module. I already have a Facebook account, so I did the Discovery exercises for that. I 'liked' the Brookston Prairie Township Public Library, my local library. (I'm technically from Chalmers, and the library there was a small room in the back of the municipal building, so that hardly counts.) I have a few fond memories of the Brookston Library. I remember going there years ago and getting this movie. I can't remember what it was called, but there were people dressed up as animals (I think), anyway, it was a very awesome movie, and I remember making my mom check it out to me all the time.
Facebook would be a great way for the library to advertise events and inform the public about events and services the library provides. Some positive outcomes of having a Facebook page for the library would be an increase in program attendance or patrons learning about more things the library can do for them besides just providing access to the computers. Some negative outcomes could be if the Facebook page was not maintained correctly (or at all) and was a sparse page with not a lot of information available. An institution might be reluctant to use Facebook as a way to communicate information because it involves a lot of up keep, and we would have to assign a person to maintain it. Also, things would have to be approved for the webpage.
It's a slow day today, so maybe I'll continue?
I try to keep my titles interesting, but I failed this time...I blame it on NaNoWriMo. All my creative energy is going into that. Today I did the Facebook module. I already have a Facebook account, so I did the Discovery exercises for that. I 'liked' the Brookston Prairie Township Public Library, my local library. (I'm technically from Chalmers, and the library there was a small room in the back of the municipal building, so that hardly counts.) I have a few fond memories of the Brookston Library. I remember going there years ago and getting this movie. I can't remember what it was called, but there were people dressed up as animals (I think), anyway, it was a very awesome movie, and I remember making my mom check it out to me all the time.
Facebook would be a great way for the library to advertise events and inform the public about events and services the library provides. Some positive outcomes of having a Facebook page for the library would be an increase in program attendance or patrons learning about more things the library can do for them besides just providing access to the computers. Some negative outcomes could be if the Facebook page was not maintained correctly (or at all) and was a sparse page with not a lot of information available. An institution might be reluctant to use Facebook as a way to communicate information because it involves a lot of up keep, and we would have to assign a person to maintain it. Also, things would have to be approved for the webpage.
It's a slow day today, so maybe I'll continue?
Friday, November 11, 2011
Tweeting about Life
I've been putting off my 23 Things because I was not keen on getting a Twitter account, mainly because I have a bad habit of finding a new website and plunging straight in and spending way too much time on it. And I don't have time to spare this month because of NaNoWriMo, but I did have some free time today at work, I decided it was time to bite the bullet.
So far, I like Twitter, it's simple, which is a lot better than Facebook is right now. (that might be because I don't have a lot of followers at the moment.) I started following the TCPL account as instructed in the 23 Things Module, but Twitter also wanted me to find some other people, so I started following Arthur Darvill (Rory from Doctor Who, I've seen some of his posts on Tumblr and he seems pretty funny), Team Starkid (I'm anxiously awaiting more news about A Very Potter Threequel), and Huffley6 (who I started following from Youtube and Tumblr).
So far the only trouble I've had is trying to write a bio in less than 160 characters. I had 21 years of things to write about...:) I suppose this is why abbreviations are so common now, but I'm old fashioned and I really dislike them. I just need to learn to keep my posts short and to the point.
Now I'm off to the Twitterverse...see you in a few weeks.
Also, follow me @ShandraNadine
So far, I like Twitter, it's simple, which is a lot better than Facebook is right now. (that might be because I don't have a lot of followers at the moment.) I started following the TCPL account as instructed in the 23 Things Module, but Twitter also wanted me to find some other people, so I started following Arthur Darvill (Rory from Doctor Who, I've seen some of his posts on Tumblr and he seems pretty funny), Team Starkid (I'm anxiously awaiting more news about A Very Potter Threequel), and Huffley6 (who I started following from Youtube and Tumblr).
So far the only trouble I've had is trying to write a bio in less than 160 characters. I had 21 years of things to write about...:) I suppose this is why abbreviations are so common now, but I'm old fashioned and I really dislike them. I just need to learn to keep my posts short and to the point.
Now I'm off to the Twitterverse...see you in a few weeks.
Also, follow me @ShandraNadine
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