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You scored as Romantic Goth, You are a romantic goth, better known as a traditional goth. You are probably quickly identified as a goth by outsiders. Black lace, bats, and moonlit cemetaries are just a few of your favorite things. Click on my name to take my other tests if you liked this one. Romantic Goth 92% Ethereal Goth 79% Old-school Goth 79% Anything-Goes Goth 54% Industrial/Rivet-Head 50% Perky Goff 42% Death Rocker 29% Confused Outsider 17% Fantasy Goth 4% Cyber-goth 0% Understanding Outsider 0% What subcategory of Goth best fits you? created with QuizFarm.com

What will your epitaph say?

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#27 My gift

I don't think think that anything else should have been added. A person can only take in so much information, and then it needs to settle for awhile. But for my final posting, I leave you with Chad vader 8 from You Tube. If you have not watched Chad Vader you should start with episode one though!!

27 Things Reflection

Wow! Its been a long and arduous journey, albeit sometimes interesting and fun. I know there was plenty of help, but I was determined to get through it pretty much on my own. This program has definitely expanded my learning horizons, and know I won't look like a complete idiot when these types of technology come up in conversation. In addition, when library patrons have questions, I'll be much more equipped to answer their questions. Much of what we went over was new to me. I can see that libraries will start to incorporate some of this technology, not only for patrons, but for staff as well. I thought the program was fairly well presented, but had difficulty figuring out on the list, what numbers were associated with what weeks. Their was also not a way that I could figure out to view an individual progress log for myself, short of going into my email account and making a folder to collect all the webmaster emails that I received for each "week". This however was clumsy and they weren't always in the right order. I resubmitted week 3 because I couldn't find an email confirming this week. I guess I would like to see more training opportunities as new library-relevant technologies emerge, but it would be nice to have an idea of how much time will actually be involved. If I could go back in time I would participate again.

Podcasts

Read about podcasts, and chose to look at podcast.net and found a library related podcast that talks about recent library headlines. Very interesting and that's what I added as one of my rss feeds. Here it is: http://libvibe.blogspot.com/

Web 2.0 Awards

I spent quite a bit of time checking out all kinds of stuff on the web 2.0 awards. Just a few of the sites I checked out: Pandora, 43 Things, Google Maps, Craigslist, cocktail builder, one sentence, fuzzmail, facebook, and my favorite, Farecast. I didn't really find too many sites that I thought would be great for KCLS, but knowing how to use Google maps and Craigslist is helpful because lots of people are trying to find places. I also get alot of questions about travel and that's where Farecast comes in. They list all sorts of predictions on whether or not to buy airline tickets now, or wait, whether prices are average, low, or high. It's a good addition to sites like Travelocity, and Expedia. here's the address to access Farecast: http://farecast.com

Google Docs and Zoho, Google Labs

I guess you could say I found Google labs fairly interesting. I did check out the Trends section, but my favorite so far has been Google Notebook. I love that you can have basically paperless notebooks on whatever subjects you choose that you can add texts and pictures to as you're searching the web. For example, you could have a weight loss notebook that you could add recipes, exercises, recommended readings etc to at the time you find the stuff. No more going back a week later to try and find that article you read.
Google Docs and Zoho. I was pretty impressed with this. This is definitely something I could have used when I was going to school for group projects! It was so hard to get everyone together at a time that would work for everyone. Google Docs was easier to sign up for and was a little more bare bones. Zoho, on the other hand, offered more services and their format was closer to the traditional word processing programs, like Microsoft word, but it was more complicated. Definitely the one you would want if you had your own business. The great thing about both was being able to access your documents from any computer, it's automatically saved online, and you can have several people working on a document in real time together. Technology is getting scary.

Custom Search Engines

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Custom Search Engines

I searched all the suggestions for both Rollyo and Google. Rollyo was annoying and I didn't like all the ad stuff. Google was much more straightforward and user-friendly. Guess what? I signed up with Google. I absolutely love my gmail account because it makes it so simple to add services, like a custom search engine, blog, etc.

Fetish Fridays

Need I say more?

Wikis

After I read and learned about what they are and did a little of looking around I sat back and thought about them for awhile. I'm familiar with Wikipedia, but was not with much else. I liked the fact that people don't have to know the specifics of creating a web page etc to work with them. I also liked the library section that has wikis for librarians about things they've tried at their libraries that work. I was a little worried about people taking credit for other people's work until I read the license agreement part. Then I felt much better. I think they can have great applications, some that are serious, and some are just for fun.

Technorati & LIBRARY THING!!!!!!!

Ok, technorati was alright and I set up an account and claimed my blog and looked around. But all that info was long forgotten when I got to Libray thing. I Just Love It. I spent alot of time adding many of my favorite books. Its just like a book diary, except it's online and you get pictures of your titles!!! Way too much fun. Will definitely be using Library Thing often and will be recommending it to friends and patrons alike.

Del.icio.us

Using Del.ici.us was confusing for me at first. However, I can really see the value in having your bookmarks available from anywhere. I can't tell you how many times I've been on someone else's computer away from home and I've wished I had access to my bookmarks!

My Space

I have known about MySpace for a long time, but I have never wanted an account. Why? I am not into online social networking--you can say and be whatever you want. Unless you know the person or organization personally, you have no idea who you're actually talking and/or giving information to. I prefer a more personal kind of contact- but that's just me. Many people absolutely love MySpace.
MySpace is part of how today's teens and others communicate and socialize. Based on this, it sure doesn't hurt to know what my space is, and a little about how it works.

RSS--Really Scary Stuff

I have now learned about the world of RSS feeds. Problem is, besides the KCLS homepage and Amazon.com, I really don't regularly visit any web pages. Most of the time I really don't care if they've added new information. I truly spend most of my time reading books or with friends (and not online) when I'm not at work. I don't even regularly read a specific magazine. For me, at this point in my life, it's just one more thing to have to do, so it doesn't save me time, it adds to it. I think for most people though, they would be of benefit. So many people spend hours and hours on their computer that it probably would save them some time. But what will they do with the extra time saved--probably spend that time online as well. This is just my opinion and will most likely not represent the majority of everyone else.

Isn't he cute?

I found this photo of a giant stuffed squid on Flickr that was posted by roidrage. He named his squid Archibald Dux (the official name for giant squid is Architeuthis Dux). Flickr turned out to be alot of fun. I doubt I would post my own photos--I don't take too many pictures, but I would definitely recommend it to others that do!

How did I get here?

Wow! First off I didn't even know what a blog was. Generally I don't spend a lot of time on the computer, unless it has to do with work or I need information about something. I will admit that when I found out we would be learning these "27 things" I was a little nervous, and still am, but I'm going to give 'em a try. I just hope my tiny little brain can take it all in! :)