sharonstuff

2009-12-29T16:57:00.000-08:00

I haven't written anything in this blog for months. In fact, I haven't even thought about this blog in months. I still play around with some of my "Things." MySpace isn't the cool place to be any longer and everyone I knew on that site is on FaceBook now. I use that a lot to find out what my kids are up to and to send messages to people and I play Farmville. I wish I didn't, but I do. It takes up more of my time than I have to waste but I enjoy it and I send cows and trees to my FarmVille Friends and plan my harvests around the times I will have access to a computer. I usually try to use my time more constructively, I read or knit while I watch TV. I love to watch TV but I feel like I can't justify watching it without doing something else at the same time. Time is so precious. There is never enough of it to do everything I'd like to do and to learn everything I'd like to learn.

Twin Cities Marathon

2009-10-05T15:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the TC Marathon. My husband ran (but we won't talk about that, it wasn't a good run) and I got to get up early with him and drive him to the start of the race and then wait at the finish. Thank God for Caribou where I could get free coffee at seven in the morning on a cool and cloudy day. I actually enjoy marathon days. Last year it was colder and rainy besides, so cool and cloudy and just a few sprinkles is better. I arrived at the end of the race an hour before the marathon even started. There are samples at the many vendors and, of course, there's the free coffee (thank God for Caribou) and plenty of people to talk to, after all there are about 10,000 people running in one of the day's races and most have someone at the end waiting for them. I brought home freebies to give my grandbabies, usually things that make noise that I give them when I visit their homes so I don't have to listen to the gifts for very long.
The day was cold but not rainy and cold like last year. I met my husband after the race with warm clothes and a cane. Some runners still have lots of energy after the race. My husband does not. The vendors have no interest to him, nor does the after-race party. We slowly made our way back to the car and drove home, with the heat blasting, I might add, to warm up his weary old bones. There was an eighty-one year old man who broke four hours last year. This year he was considerably slower and my husband, who didn't break four hours this year, beat him. Of course, the old guy had to stop along the route to insert a catheter so he could pee. My husband didn't. After all the work and pain, while he limped to the car with the help of his cane, my husband began planning his training program for next year. And next year I will again thank God for Caribou.

I Love Football

2009-09-14T14:44:00.000-07:00

The official pro football season started. I've always followed my Vikings but four years ago when my son started playing football, the game became our obsession. Every Sunday at noon, when the Vikes usually play, I would call up the stairs to my son, "Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?" and he and his brother and I would watch the Vikings play. Of course, we would also watch whichever game followed and then there was the Sunday night game and, of course, the Monday game and soon we started watching the college games on Saturday. My boys and I would make our Super Bowl picks before the season start and follow those teams in addition to our Vikings. Actually, the Vikings are more my team than my sons'. I think they are Viking fans too, but won't admit it.
My youngest son went off to college this year. I miss the time we spent together watching those games (and the baseball games, Olympic games, track meets, etc.). Sports talk is the way we communicate. We can discuss anything if we do it with sports. We've covered honor, endurance,
perserverance, morality, dishonesty, you name it, athletes demonstrate what to do or what not to do. Someday, when my son is a father and Sunday noon comes around I hope he'll remember for a moment the time we spent together over football and maybe even hear a distant voice in his mind, "Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?"

Empty nest

2009-08-24T15:55:00.000-07:00

I took my baby to college last weekend. I am going to miss him. I love him as a son and I like him as a friend and the house will seem emptier without him. I find myself starting to call him to report some baseball score or football news or the like and I stop myself when I realize he won't answer from his room. To top it all off, my husband left in his truck for two weeks and my cat is at the vet's for three days. I am totally an empty-nester. Thank God, I can still talk to him or e-mail him and I have his brother text him regularly with those scores and football news.

"Things"

2009-07-07T17:10:00.000-07:00

I have been playing around with my blog today. This "Things" stuff has been a lot of fun for me and I plan to finish even though I've missed the deadline both times. I've done it on my own, too. My co-workers and I planned to work on the 23 Things at the same time so we could help each other if necessary, but I ended up being the only one to do it. Everyone else got their blog and avatar and stopped. Same thing with More Things, but I am glad I kept on going. Frankly, I don't know that I'll use much of this stuff at the library or even just for me, but at least I learned some things I'll use and I became familiar with things I had heard about and, until this program, had no clue what they were. And who knows, maybe the experience I've gained will help me in the future in ways I can't forsee now.

Thing 45

2009-06-23T18:45:00.000-07:00

The idea of the cloud seems reasonable if one wants to keep all their files in one easily assessable place. I've seen commercials where people are devastate to lose all the info stored in their computers and I think to myself, "Why not just store the files on a website?" That's what I do because I don't have my own computer although I don't store very much. If I had anything I worried about losing I would use a backup system (my son bought me my own flash drive so I can store all the grandkids' photos).
I still worry about computer security. Just doing these "Things" programs has put me on so many sites and my information is floating around out there in cyberspace. I have done a little banking on-line and some shopping but it makes me uneasy. I know my information is already on bank and merchant computers whether or not I use the computer because they put my info in their computers, but I still try to be careful. I use a computer every day at work and I have been learning about all these tools but I still do not trust it for my personal business. And I really don't want anyone knowing about every website I visit and reading every e-mail I send or receive.

Thing 44

2009-06-22T15:50:00.000-07:00

This one was fun and discouraging all at the same time. The economy is in a mess and I see more trouble ahead. I did enjoy the money saving sites. I like feedthepig. Through this and other similar websites I have increased my gas mileage and am finding other small changes I can make in my daily life to save money. And I have used Craigslist a few times myself. My son uses it a lot and highly recommends it. We have sold a couple of cars and purchased some through the site. I don't use it much, though, because I don't need to buy anything. I have enough! I checked out the chicken raising sites, fun, but our town won't let us have chickens. The little almost-rural towns want to pretend to be big-city, while the big cities allow them. Go figure.
I also looked into the information sites and the on-line banking sites. I do not want to bank on-line but I can see the appeal of managing all one's accounts in one place. I also checked out the coupons (too much trouble and most of the coupons were for stuff I don't buy anyway) and the thrift shop locations. I will probably visit these sites again in the future, especially if something happens to my job and I need to trim the budget even more.

Thing 34

2009-06-15T15:27:00.000-07:00

The future of libraries is definitely changing. I can see why people like to take their questions to the web instead of to the library. At the library it may take time to get books or other information. I help people on a daily basis navigate the web or locate books or movies but my help isn't always immediate. And it isn't anonymous. Sometimes people don't want to face someone and ask for information about personal or embarrassing topics. I don't share anything about my patrons. What happens at the library, stays at the library. Sometimes I feel a little voyeuristic because I know who is on a diet and who is expecting and who is having trouble with their teens and on and on and on. On the web, these patrons would not even have to face one person with their problems.

Working here at the library I meet people when they are vulnerable. Sometimes they come in really needing help. We have lots of patrons these days that are job searching or applying for unemployment. I've helped patrons do on-line banking and purchasing because a computers and websites are hard to navigate. It is very special that they trust me with some of their personal information and I only have a couple of years computer experience on them. I used the internet for the first time at the library where the librarian showed me how to go on-line and how to get an e-mail. Now I have five e-mails and have registered on so many sites I can't keep track of them all. Anyway, the library is a safe place for people to come for people who need help and don't know where else to find it. And as technology increases, there will always be those that lag behind. The library may adapt but it can always be a place to go for some personal help finding what is needed.
I also doubt that people will completely give up print media. Sales of fiction is currently rising. With all the choices for entertainment, people are still choosing to read and read old-fashioned books. They are my preference.

Things 40, 41, 42

2009-06-10T16:57:00.000-07:00

I am trying out so many new things doing this program. I looked through the music sites on Thing 42 but I am not a music listener, a music lover, yes, but not a music listener. I only listen in the car and there I have a favorite AM oldies channel and I am not in the car for long periods of time on a regular basis. I am happy to listen to my cassettes over and over and over again without bothering to change them. I have a favorite Chopin tape. The piece containing "The Death March" is not somber but triumphant and I can listen to it again and again, unless, of course, I have passengers with me. Anyway, I read up on the music sites which I know are very popular with everyone but me and I'm glad to be more familiar with some of those sites, but I have neither the equipment nor the inclination to use them myself at this time.
The mashups have been fun. I signed up with Lifestream and added several of the sites I use. I just did that today so I don't yet know if I'll like it or use it. I'll give it a month. It sounds good on paper, or should I say computer?
I have been checking out mashups. I found some interesting ones and have been playing around a little. Some of them are cute but not worth checking again. The Lunchbox and the Wheel of Food were two I looked at. The Wheel of Food was fun to play with but that's about all and the Lunchbox only listed two places to eat in town. There are many more, but that's okay because I don't eat out anyway. I definitely want to learn and do more with mashups later when (if) I have more time but I really want to cover all these things. For now I will be happy to have some knowledge of many things and later, gain more specific skills.
I heard an interview with a professor of media relating to journalism. I don't remember her name, college, or the exact title of the class she taught, but she said than in her last class of 80 some students, only four of them used twitter and most had not even heard of delicious and she named a lot of other sites that I have been investigating through the "Things" and found her students were unaware of most of them. I know more than the average college student that has grown up on computers and I don't even own one. That amazes me.

Thing 33

2009-05-19T18:13:00.000-07:00

I do not travel, ever. That is unless you include trips to other small towns for track meets or my regular visits to my mother in Minneapolis. None of these excursions involves overnight stays. We used to take day trips into Wisconsin to visit my mother-in-law but she moved to California. The last overnight trip I took was in 1989. Oh, I almost forgot, we spent the night in Wisconsin in 1996 when my father-in-law died. As I said, I do not travel, ever.
I did check out some of the sites suggested. Some of the blogs were a way of traveling vicariously and some of the sites would be useful to people who planned to travel, particularly those who were going abroad. We have many library patrons who check out books on various travel destinations and many use our computers to book transportation and lodging. I would probably recommend some of the suggested sites to those patrons that I know will be traveling and also to my friends. I probably will not use these sites myself. You see, I do not travel, ever.

Thing 32

2009-05-19T15:18:00.000-07:00

The maps and mashups had some fun stuff on the sites. I sent my son a crop circle message, although the aerial map of our town had too much cloud cover so I had to site the circle south of town instead of on the football field. I played around with some of the other sites and I have decided I will eventually bookmark all the sites I find useful through these "Things" on my del.icio.us page.
I don't really like Google maps. I find other sites are more useful when I need directions here in Minnesota. I haven't tried maps for out-of-state locations because I never go anywhere except here in the area. In the past I tried to get my husband's running route measured on one of these sites and found it difficult to use and we didn't find the distance anyway. I tried it again today and it is no better than when I used it the first time. I usually use MapQuest or Yahoo maps. MapQuest is familiar, even if I usually get the scenic rather than the direct route. Yahoo maps is okay but I haven't used it as much.
I started making my own map and I am finding it more difficult than the direction video made it seem. I'm not sure yet how these maps and mashups will be useful here in the library. I do know we are regularly asked by patrons for help in getting directions to different places but no one has asked for help to make their own map yet. We have had a few patrons ask about aerial and satellite maps of the area, however. I can find my house on these maps.

Thing 30

2009-05-19T14:23:00.000-07:00

I have spent my afternoon reading upon RSS feeds, how to streamline my use of them. I set us some RSS feeds in the first "23Things" but I have to confess I am not using them at all right now so I have no need to filter them in any way, though that may change in the future. I can definitely understand some of their uses. My del.icio.us account is getting fuller and this has been the perfect time to organize it, of course, if it weren't for this program I would have nothing to organize and my life would be much simpler. I choose not to share my bookmarks on my blog. Of course, no one reads it so I suppose it doesn't matter, but the openness of the internet is of concern. My name and information is out there everywhere. I even hesitated to add an RSS feed from the government. Paranoid? Maybe, but while I love all these sites and have signed up for most of them, I would like to keep my life and interests private.

Memorial Day

2009-05-18T14:59:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is Memorial Day so I have the day off, at least from my library jobs. I have a ton of work to do at home. I love to go to work for many reasons, one of which is to rest up from the work at home. My husband is an OTR trucker and comes home every other weekend. He also has multiple allergies so he is probably the only trucker out there that doesn't eat truck stop and fast foods. The weekends that he is home are spent getting him ready and stocked to leave again. That means lots of cooking and laundry and shopping. He has a little home on wheels with his cooler and crockpot and his pantry of home canned meals and safe snacks. All our kids try to stop in on those weekends to visit with the grandkids. The weekend passes in a blur.
On the weekends when he isn't home I do all that home canning so that he has allergy- and gluten-free meals. Forget housecleaning. Besides taking care of the feeding and cleaning of the two kids I still have at home, I also make a run to the natural foods co-op and other specialty stores so he can stock his pantry. I see the grandkids, too, when he isn't home. I spend time with mu kids and I help them take the kids to their check-ups and help them shop and garden and all sorts of other chores. And, of course, I babysit, in fact, that's what I'm doing right now. My daughter has a computer and when I babysit, the kids get to bed on time so I can work on my "Things." For these particular grandbabies, I'm the tough grandma compared to their other ones.
So, tomorrow is a holiday. I have to get some groceries in the house. My last two babies are 18 and 20. One's a high school athlete and the other is a bodybuilder. I need those groceries. I also have more babysitting duty. It's a lot of work, tougher now than when I was younger, but grandchildren are a wonderful thing to have and they seem to like me even though I'm the tough one.

Thing 28

2009-05-18T14:28:00.000-07:00

Today I made myself a home page. I will continue to tweak it as there are so many gadgets to explore. I used igoogle and am having a little trouble editing my weather gadget, but after reading user comments I realize I am not alone. I am having fun with this one, reading jokes, playing games, etc. This is one "Thing" I want to continue to explore and utilize.

Thing 36

2009-05-18T11:59:00.000-07:00

I had a lot of fun with this one. Some of the sites were already familiar to me. Some of the sites suggested seemed silly to me. I don't need help generating passwords, I need help remembering them. I did enjoy playing around on these sites, however. I made Hollywood signs for my co-workers and I made newspaper headlines. I can see a lot of use for these here at the library and especially, for my personal use. I used the newspaper generator site, fodey.com

Thing 43

2009-05-16T10:01:00.000-07:00

I have seen TV ads for Hulu so checked it out and looked into Joost also. It was great to know that I can catch up on NCIS. I miss the new episodes because I am working. My probem, however, is that since I do not have computer acess outside of work, I would have to watch my favorite shows here at the library and TV watching on company time is frowned upon. I did like the fact that I could find old shows (a trip down memory lane for this baby-boomer) and these sites will be great to recommend to our classic TV fans. We have quite a number of patrons who enjoy the oldies and usually get them on DVD. I also like to watch Bones but I've missed it lately. Now I can catch up.

Thing 31

2009-05-16T09:03:00.000-07:00

Okay, okay, so Twitter has a lot more uses than I thought. I read through the info on Twitter and find it is much more versatile than I expected. I don't know yet if I'll use it, however, as I have trouble just keeping current on my e-mail and facebook page.

Track Mom

2009-05-15T06:57:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the conference meet. It was the best of days. It was the worst of days. The day was sunny and windy and the familiar road to the school was long but pleasant through miles of farmland. I've been there many times before yesterday. I resisted the urge to follow the many garage sale signs along the way. The school where the meet was held is the site of many memories over the last four years, some of them good, some not. The host team is our favorite (?) rival. This meet was a bit of a grudge match between us and them, the other seven teams were insignificant. So, there we were for the last time and the day started off badly for my son and teammates. There were bad jumps and worse hand-offs and even the best of our boys posted less than their best times. My son left his last event alone, walking around the track, head down, disappointed at his performance. He almost caught that guy in the final leg of the relay. The relay team came in second by a fraction of a second. There were no team hugs and celebrations, just discouragement. I felt the agony of defeat for my son. It's tough being a mom sometimes.
The mood changed when the boys team won the conference title. The victory margin was slim but it's not how much you win by, but that you come out on top that counts. A win is a win is a win. There was joy at the end. And my son ran a personal best and he knows that his time goals are definitely within his reach. And to top it off, I left his car at the school for him (and walked home) so he and his teammates could go out and celebrate and plan and dream for the next meet, the sectionals. There is still disapoinment but there is also hope.

Sill No Time

2009-05-14T06:48:00.000-07:00

I am trying to get through as many of the "More Things" as possible but it is a struggle for me. I know I am learning things for my own use as well as helping our patrons but I am really doing this program as library training. I work in a small-town library, well, actually I work in two small-town libraries, and though we have slow times, like when the weather is good or there are other activities going on in our towns, but we generally are very busy. We have too much work and not enough time. I have piles of work sitting here waiting for me and I am trying to do these "Things" as well. I know I could be doing this in my free time and I have done some of it when I can find a computer to use away from work as I do not have one of my own at home, but I find I am doing a lot of library work in my free time already. We all do. I spend time off doing work-related reading, research, and program planning. Don't get me wrong. I like coming to work most of the time and I like, maybe even love my job, but the library isn't my life. So, I will learn what I can from these "Things" and I will use my time at work when I can and I will eventually get through them all and maybe even be better at serving our patrons because of it. I know the value of finishing what I start even if I finish last.

Thing 29

2009-05-12T17:26:00.000-07:00

I checked out some of the Google tools. I have a shared calendar already and I already use the maps and directions. I started my library and looked at some of the other tools. I have some of the same tools already on other sites so I didn't try out everything but I loved learning about the Google411. I can use some of these tools to help patrons here in the library which is the main reason I'm doing these "Things" anyway.

Thing 27

2009-05-12T17:09:00.000-07:00

Okay, I said I would never Twitter and I still don't plan to but I did sign up to follow a couple of people. I appreciate the brevity of the tweets but from the ones I read I don't think I'll be using this "Thing" very often.

Thing 24, Thing 25, Thing 26

2009-05-12T16:32:00.000-07:00

So, on to the next "Things." I have refreshed my blog although I kept it dark because I like it that way. I added some gadgets and moved things around. I often want to add new posts but find time a problem. I just started on these new things because I waited until I finished the first 23. Now for a mad dash to get as many done as I can. I joined the 23 Thins Ning and have been browsing the groups and the photos. I need ideas for this summer's reading program "Be Creative @ Your Library." Onward and upward!

Thing 22, Thing 23

2009-05-12T13:39:00.000-07:00

I have glanced through the suggested sites for continuing my quest to learn more about the internet and all that it offers. I have found these 23 Things to be overwhelming at times, there is SO MUCH information out there, it is difficult to sort it all out. Thanks for guiding me through some of it. But I have enjoyed exploring some of it. I feel I should be writing in depth about how to use what I've learned here in the library. I'm still figuring it out. For now I will continue to visit my favorites of these sites, share what I've learned with patrons and co-workers, and decide if I really need all the networking accounts I have accumulated. It's been fun.
I would do this again, in fact, I signed up for More Things On A Stick but wanted to finish the first 23 things before I go on. I only started this because several of my co-workers said this would be really good training. I lost them somewhere along the way and I've taken far longer than I planned but I finally finished and I will go on. Amidst the frustration of some much information and so little time, I enjoyed the experience (most of the time) but I am still a Luddite at heart.

Thing 21

2009-05-11T15:41:00.000-07:00

I have checked out some of the social websites that were suggested. I joined the 23 Things on a Stick on Ning. I posted a comment on someone's page. I added my Ning badge and I explored a group called Knitting in the Library. I even poked a friend. I can see how this kind of networking would be attractive to people and useful to connect people with similar interests. I imagine this would also be a great place for librarians to share tips on how to stimulate interest in libraries and how to better serve our patrons.

Thing 17

2009-05-04T15:34:00.000-07:00

I have spent the afternoon searching the EBSCO databases. I have created my own folders and played around with designing web pages. I can see how this would help anyone doing research. I plan to recommend this to my college-bound son. I've already shown him the websites that can help him prepare for papers with a time-line. These sites are compatible. I can put research into different folders and pull them up whenever I want. I did have some previous knowledge of these databases from some library training.

Thing 16

2009-05-01T15:55:00.000-07:00

WOW! I like these sites. I could have used them when I was in school, although I probably would have done all the work the night before the assignment was due anyway. These would be helpful to suggest to students who come in to do research for their various school projects. I like to suggest websites and other resources that they may not have thought about when I help them and I like these and plan to use them.

Thng 15

2009-04-28T17:41:00.000-07:00

I have played computer games in the past. I do not have my own computer so I did not play the suggested ones, but I have played at my kids' homes. I find them addicting and prefer to do other things although I know they are popular with younger kids, many of them use our library.

High School Track and Field

2009-04-28T17:02:00.000-07:00

I love track and field. My son is on his school team and I have been attending all his track meets for the past four years. I love the cameraderie in the stands with the other parents and grandparents. I cheer for all the kids on the team, not just my son, and I even have a few favorites on the teams we regularly compete against. Don't tell my son.
My favorite event is the 4x400m relay. My son runs it but that's not the reason I love it. There is something special about this last race of the day. Many of the spectators have already departed so the faithful gather at the fence near the finish line. Staying for the last race is for the hardy. Sometimes the weather is cold, sometimes it's raining. Sometimes the sun has already set and the kids are running under the lights. Sometimes it is cold AND raining AND dark. All the other events are done and the teams often gather at the far curve to cheer their teammates on. As I heard a sports commenter say, "Everyone remembers the last race of the meet."
The 4x4 is different than the other relays. Everyone starts and ends at the same place. They do this in the 4x800m relay too but that race doesn't have the speed. With two laps for each runner, it isn't as exciting. The 4x100m has the runners ending their leg at the four corners of the field and the 4x200m runners end in two different places and both these shorter races are hard to follow because of the stagger start. It is hard to tell who is ahead until the final hand-off. But the 4x4 runners all and begin in the same place. They are there to cheer each other on as they start and call them home as they near the hand-off and they are all there to congratulate each other if they win and console each other if they lose. None of the runners have other events in which to compete now, all they have to do is cool down which they do as a team. Everyone else is packing up and heading for the bus but the 4x4ers are jogging around the field, cooling down, savoring their victory, and bonding as a team.
The parents and friends pack up and drive home, often happy for cars with working heaters. We'll talk about the meet with our kids later. We'll remember the 4x400m, the last, and best, race of the meet.

Thing 14

2009-04-22T14:18:00.000-07:00

I have been browsing the LibraryThing site. I could spend a lot of time on this one, checking out the different groups. There is so much information here and I think I'll find the site useful. I loved the library stories. Libraries are definitely interesting places to work. I also signed up for one of the groups. There is much more exploring to do on this site, but later. I am at work now and I get to go home now.

Thing 13

2009-04-18T10:33:00.001-07:00

I set myself up with a google calendar. I am lost without my daily planner. My life is in that book. I will try putting everything on the new calendar but I still plan to use my little book. I can see the advantage of the net calendar however, as my contacts can add to my calendar if they wish. Now I have to remember to check this calendar. My little book is almost always with me, the computer is not.

Thing 11, Thing 12

2009-04-18T08:58:00.002-07:00

I am still plugging away at these 23 things. I created a delicious.com file and added all my favorite sites for easy reference. I'm not sure I'll use it however. By doing the 23 Things I have found websites of all kinds in addition to the sites I already frequent. It is a help to sort the ones I find useful but sometimes I just want to skip it all and go home to knit.

I also checked out the social media sites. I signed up for Mixx as it seemed to fit me best. Some of the postings on these sites could have benefited from a little polishing. I like the fact that the news isn't censored and I can get different view points. Maybe I'll even contribute something myself.

2009-04-18T08:58:00.001-07:00

No Time

2009-04-06T15:38:00.000-07:00

I am still trying to get to these dang "23 Things" but time is a problem. We are so busy all the time at our library that I don't get a chance to work on anything not involving our patrons. We are busier than ever since the economy has slowed and people are discovering that everything is free at the library! It is a challenge, however, to meet the growing needs of our patrons and have time for to learn new things. I am enjoying searching Facebook and MySpace for old friends. I wish there was more time.

Thing 18, Thing 20

2009-03-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

I have been exploring YouTube and enjoying the videos. I have watched friends with amusement. I have done research for my kids and I have even learned how to read a book. Check out those videos.

I also have both a MySpace page and a Facebook page. On my MySpace page I even have friends! I have been contacted by a few people that I had lost track of and it is good to find them again. My kids use these sites nearly daily to contact friends and family but I only check them sporadically. I like looking at the photos but I don't yet think of the computer first when I want to contact someone. This kind of communication is fun and quick. We can easily express frustration or excitement in a couple of sentences but it is the kind of communication we have when we pass an aquaintance on the street. I don't see these sites as tools for communication on a deeper level. Maybe I'm old-fashioned. My kids tell me I am.

Thing 9

2008-11-21T09:11:00.000-08:00

I finally got around to playing with document editing. I had fun playing with the sample document. One of the comments asked if this is what it would be like if librarians ran the world. If the document is an indication of librarian rule, I hope it never happens. I added a comment and edited the document. I can see how document editing could be useful, but I can also see potential for chaos. Sometimes, the original works best.

Thing 10

2008-11-01T10:19:00.000-07:00

I have moved on to Thing 10. Okay, I'm still working on Things 8 and 9 too. It is difficult to find the time to do the "things" and to do them carefully so that I really understand what they are about. I added a comment to the 23Things Wiki and I will keep slogging along on the rest of my 23. I can't wait to see what's in store now as I move on to Thing 11, and, of course, finish up on 8 and 9.

Thing 7

2008-08-02T09:14:00.000-07:00

I moved on to Thing 7. The first 6 things appeared to be more challenging than they turned out to be. I appreciated the encouraging comments and I think I will use some of them in the future but primarily for my own use at this point. I scheduled a mock meeting for my co-workers and included a poll so that I could try out scheduling a meeting. I can't see myself needing Thing 7 any time in the near future but I didn't want to skip anything. They have not yet responded. I am anxious to hear their comments.

2008-07-28T14:37:00.000-07:00

I am finally moving on to the next "thing". I edited my trading card and posted it although I still may tweak it a bit. I am having fun with the photo activities and I will probably use them for my personal photos.

RUN JEREMY RUN

2008-07-25T16:51:00.001-07:00

My creation
Originally uploaded by sharver2000

THE SUMMER GAMES ARE UPON US AND THE TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS ARE THE HEART OF THE GAMES. THE 400M AND 4X400M RELAY ARE OUR FAVORITE EVENTS. WE PICK JEREMY WARINER TO TAKE THE GOLD.

2008-07-25T14:15:00.000-07:00

I am having trouble finding the time to work on my 23 things. I am losing my intial enthusiam for this project, but today I made a trading card. I chose a sports figure and message about Olympic success because I thought it would amuse my jock son. I am not displaying it on my blog as I want to polish it up a bit, maybe find a better photo, but the point is that I did it! I don't know how this will help me in my job but I am learning how to do things I never thought about doing before. My kids are amazed that I now can do things on the computer that they can't. They are happy to play video games and download music. But I am still a Luddite at heart.

2008-06-25T17:31:00.000-07:00

I am not having fun. These 23 things on a stick are really 53 things on a stick (or more) and each step takes me a long time. I wanted to know more about what the internet and the new technologies have to offer so that I can better help our patrons, but at this point I don't know if I can help them at all. In step 2 I read about Library 2.0. I think the author feels that we should be humoring the elderly and the aging baby-boomers (of which I am one) until we can dump all the old ways of doing things and go completely high-tech. I want to learn the new but I like the old ways and don't want to lose them completely. Maybe there is co-existence.

GO TIGERS!

2008-06-25T17:28:00.001-07:00

2008-06-15T08:45:00.001-07:00

Today I added a photo. Wow!

project

2008-06-15T08:41:00.001-07:00

project
Originally uploaded by th3g

fun

23 things on a stick

2008-06-14T12:46:00.000-07:00

I did 1 and 2. Imagine me blogging. It was easier than I expected.