All done!!!

This has been a good experience overall. Webgurl is one of those people who cant just skim over material of this sort; she has to dive in and swim around in it a while, which is part of what has taken me soooo long to finish!

Loved learning about Flickr, Delicious, Web 2.0 office applications, and of course our own MERLIN. Webgurl is already a lifelong learner (some would say information addict) so 23 Things has provided new sources for my "drug"of choice! It also has helped open my eyes to possibilities for change and growth in our libraries and taken away some of my hesitancy at using all of these new tools and technologies. 23 things WAS a bit long; esp. for an infoaddict like me; I wonder how much others who finished in record time actually learned from the program. Perhaps future programs could be presented in smaller pieces so that we are not overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the project or by our own biases about doing such projects. I would participate again esp if it was on a smaller scale.

Week 9

Found the Worlds Funniest Cat videos on YouTube (my coworkers are now sure that Webgurl is certifiably insane), listened to a good podcast from SirsiDynix Institute about Creating a 2.0 Library (and subscribed to their RSS feed ) and checked out our Maryland eLibrary Consortium. One of these days I'll have a good MP3 player and start listening myself!

Web 2.0 Award winners

Tried craigslist, the much-hyped find-it-here site. Wow is there alot to find! As for library uses there is an events site under the community section (wouldnt help us as the community in question is MD suburbs of DC) where library news could go, and a jobs posting area.
As for Webgurl, she is in the market for a new car(or maybe 2 as kids are getting ready to leave for college) and found oodles to choose from! Have to tell my dh tonight!

Web-Based Week 8

Webgurl LOVES all these web-based appliactions! It is time for me to spend a weekend on my home computer figuring these all out. I can see a use for this already,as I am part of a performance based group wherin I need to be able to collaborate with others on scripts etc. No more "but I have MAC/ I dont have MAC" problems, no more "omigod-I-forgot-to-print-out-the-script-for-the-rehearsalits-on-my-home-computer" issues! A laptop and printer and I'm in business no matter where I am!

Week 7

Wikis wikis.. they could certainly be very useful to a library for group projects/research, or for book reviews. We all want to know what our friends and neighbors are reading and this would be an asset to a library web page! Webgurl is, however, nothing if not a stickler for documentation and, to use the word loosely, "authority". Wikipedia-type wikis disturb me as many people, particularly kids and teens, will use these sites as though the sites had some authority in the areas on which they speak, as would a regular encyclopedia. I realize that many of the Wikipedia entries are in fact written by people with knowledge and experience in their areas, but allowing anyone to post information to an entry seriously compromises the trustworthiness of said info, in my opinion. In other news, it took me FOREVER to add my blog to the list and add a "favorites"page at the Sandbox!! Thank you Amy! Onward!

Week 6

Webgurl has been forced to eat her words. She definitely CAN see a great usefulness in Del.icio.us! How cool is that, to have a web-based bookmarking tool rather than a PC based one (ditto for lots of other things done on a PC...) and the sharing aspect is neat too. Cant wait to switch over !
Did the searching on Technorati, no big surprise to see that lots of the popular sites are techie ones, and was surprised to see the different results from the three different search avenues

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Webgurl sure wishes she actually looked like this! She did spend last weekend on the beach at Assateague though (minus the cat and the purple bikini, but including the dolphins, and a head cold...) It was, as Kathleen would say, simply glorious!
Looked at Library Thing and can see some real possibilities for libraries to include this as a way to promote new or specialized groups of titles. A sort of digital "display" , right there on the website! Rollyo was interesting especially for those who spend a great deal of time personally or professionally on the web. Again, Webgurl is not these people, but with kids getting ready to fly the nest she may have to give this one some more serious consideration as she will probably be doing a lot more surfing. I'm feeling a Rollyo for college sites coming on...