Saturday, September 05, 2009

end

Overall, I really liked this Challenge! I learned that a lot of things aren't as scary or hard as I thought and there is still so much left to learn. I think I'll keep using the RSS feeds and the ofice 2.0 the most; at least for work. They were both pretty helpful. I also really liked Flickr and Facebook, if I ever have free time to do that kind of thing. I really think this will help me to better help the patrons so I don't have to stare at them blankly when they ask about some of these things. This really helped me to not be so scared of trying new things out there on the net. I also learned that if you play around with things and they don't work or you change it, that is ok. that has always been a hard one for me.

wikis

I really liked this. I have always like Wikipedia but have been a little leary because I wasn't sure how accurate it was. I'll probably start using it more now. I really liked looking at the wikis that were on the list. I like how different people can add things. It would be neat to have a community wiki on the library site with different events and things.

Bookmarking

I did not find this all that helpful. I honestly don't think I would use it. Maybe if I worked from home sometimes, or had a laptop and a "regular" computer I would use the bookmarking.

facebook

I was surprised by how much I liked Facebook. I always thought I was too "old" to really like it; but it was really addicting to see pictures and stuff of people I haven't seen for years. It was pretty easy to set upn my account. It was also a lot easier than I thought to find people; sometimes if the picture they showed was not clear or was of a scene or something, I was not sure I had the right person. I did not like myspace very much. It just seemed kind of boring. I can see how people get really addicted to this! I could easily look at this everyday. It is scary to think of the creepy people out there though; you have to be so careful.

Office 2.0

I love this! I uploaded a document that I revise every week. It is really handy not to have to carry around a flashdrive since I change computers a couple times a day. I also think it would be great for a group working on a project; then everyone could work on it whenever it was convenient.