rosemary does 23 things

Week 4, Thing 9

2008-03-17T16:16:00.004-04:00

OK, library related blogs to learn about, including the ones in Merlin. I added Second Life Library project and Tame the Web to the ones I already have. Blogs are cool. Merlin is super cool. I check it all the time!

Week 4, Thing 8

2008-03-17T14:16:00.003-04:00

Well, this is one I covered the first time around and have been using ever since. I have a Bloglines newsreader set up at work and at home. I started out subscribing to lots of feeds, then quickly discovered how overwhelming that can be to keep up with! So, I narrowed it down to a few core ones, like PLA and Shifted Librarian. I tried keeping Salon for as long as I could, but, alas, I dropped it too.

Just added two 23 Things bloggers to my Bloglines subscriptions. I didn't realize these 2 people were doing it this time around.

Feels kinda like spying....

Week 3, Thing 7

2008-02-19T12:14:00.002-05:00

This is the "post anything about technology" assignment.

Well, let's just say I know a little more about technology than I did last time around doing 23 Things, just from experience. For example, my tube tv developed a picture shrinking problem, and I thought the tube was going up, so I read reviews and shopped for an HDTV (not plasma). It turned out the problem was a loose connection to my tv from the converter box-to-vcr-tv setup. Fortunately, I was overwhelmed by television choices in the stores and didn't buy a new one. But, I want one!

During Fall vacation, I started my own myspace and Facebook pages, which have brought me into the wild world of social networking. Uploading photos, designing the pages, adding applications (in Facebook), and so on. Plus, I've made some new "friends" in places like the UK and Oklahoma and Tennessee that I would never have found any other way. We talk about politics, literature, and just about anything else, plus share photos and generally stay in touch in a unique way. Fun, too!

I still don't own an iPod or any kind of mp3 player, but I plan to buy one soon to take advantage of our new downloadable audiobooks. Maybe the kind that also has an FM radio and a nice size screen. Maybe Sansa or Creative Zen. Still shopping around.

Week 3, Thing 6

2008-02-19T09:57:00.003-05:00

OK, this is the one I have trouble with. Mash-ups, mashables, mash this, mash that. I understand it's a blending of applications. For example, I did Montager through Flickr on the tag "Clinton 2008 " and made a mosaic of 500 images. For whatever reason, I can't upload the image to show you!!

Also played around with Flickr Colr Pickr. Pick a color and retrieve images from Flickr in that color. Ok then.....

Went to Big Huge Labs and made a jigsaw from a friend's photo (taken in Maine). Yeah!! It uploaded...

Week 3, Thing 5

2008-02-13T16:47:00.004-05:00

Just uploaded some more photos from my gardens. Here's one.

I didn't set up my own flickr URL yet. My pix are public and are tagged with some of the following: gardening, flowers, plum tree, nandina, quince, shrubs.

Week 2, Thing 4

2008-02-13T16:24:00.000-05:00

Blog is registered and tracking log set up.

Week 2, Thing 3

2008-02-13T16:18:00.002-05:00

OK, I cheated a little. OK, not really. Since this is my second time around with 23 Things (with the goal of completing all 23 this time), I had already set up my blog. Plus, thanks to learning what I did last time around, I've been blogging on myspace and also set up a Programming Team blog for our library.

I like blogging, although sometimes it feels like journaling with an audience. Exhibitionism, if you will. But, it's such fun that whatever perverse pleasure blogging may offer to exhibitionists (which, BTW, I am definitely NOT!) is secondary to the ease with which regular joes and janes like us can be published on the web, without knowing a stick of html.

Love it!

Week 1, Thing 2

2008-02-11T14:40:00.000-05:00

Really paid attention to this one. Took notes and everything. Highlights from the 7 1/2 Habits :

break out of the box: lifelong learning isn't about the traditional ways or constraints of learning
lifelong learning puts learners first and in control of the outcome
lifelong learning means being open to new ideas, decisions, skills, and behaviors
lifelong learning is "attitudinal": "attitude is everything"

And ain't that 4th bullet the big one?

Easiest of the 7 1/2 habits for me? Accept responsibility for your own learning. Always have. If I don't, who else will?

Hardest of the 7 1/2 habits for me? Play. Yep, believe it or not, I forget to play. But, then, there's all different kinds of play. I equate play with having fun. Priming and painting a door is fun for me. Seeing my photos digitized on the web for the first time was fun. And learning is fun, especially when you're just having fun and don't realize you're learning.

I downloaded the Learning 2.0 Contract thing but don't know if I'll use it. That would seem to make learning less fun ;-)

Watched the YouTube video this time: the machine is us......

Starting over....Week 1, Thing 1

2008-02-11T14:36:00.000-05:00

I know I don't have to repeat the weeks I did last time around, but those OCD parts of me say I need to. Not that I don't remember the stuff, mind you. It just never hurts to refresh one's memory. re-read the information about 23 Things. I am determined to get all the way through it this time, or be frustrated trying

Week 4, Thing 9

2007-08-27T15:24:00.000-04:00

Checked out Merlin & added a few library sites to my newsreader: Library Journal News, BlogJunction, PLA Blog. Added some other just for fun sites like the local Salisbury/Wicomico political blogs, Unshelved, and Billboard News. Added the 23 Things Blog of someone I won't name just to see which one of us catches up fastest or comes closest to finishing 23 Things this week!

Week 4, Thing 8

2007-08-27T14:50:00.001-04:00

This has been a fun one but challenging. I think I get RSS feeds (at last!) and have set up my Bloglines newsreader account with 11 feeds so far. I did have more but don't know where they went !! I can see how this is very useful if you check a bunch of web sites or blogs on a regular basis. I usually don't, so this is something new.

Week 3, Thing 7

2007-08-24T16:29:00.000-04:00

Technology is useful but advances so rapidly that it's frustrating to try to keep up. No, I don't have a digital camera at home, but I use them here at work and know how to upload and edit photos, etc. Hell, I don't even have a printer at home, let alone a photo printer. I do have DSL, which some say is not as fast as cable, but I've never had any complaints.

Anyway, I'm waaaaay behind now in 23 Things but am determined to catch up.

Reviewed Week 3 stuff since it's been so long since I last did it! Looked for more info on mash-ups but am still confused and don't find the sites too helpful.

Found out Jeri at CARO is almost as far behind as I am, so I'm feeling better. Misery loves....and all that.

Week 3, Thing 6

2007-06-22T16:12:00.000-04:00

Played around with Flickr toys. Warholized a photo of Peter Fletcher. Not sure Peter would appreciate it though. I'm not sure I still get mashups. Tried the more than Maps thing but couldn't get it to do anything. I did set up a Flickr account and upload some of my garden photos. Chose tags, hid my real name and e-mail address. Does anyone else feel threatened putting that kind of info on the internet?

Week 3, Thing 5

2007-06-22T15:36:00.000-04:00

Have taken the Flickr tour. Who knew this was out there? Looks like fun. Haven't signed up for a free account but will. Amazing how such tools put us immediately into global contact with others who may or may not be of like mind.

Week 2, Thing 4

2007-06-22T15:35:00.000-04:00

The blog is registered. Very cool.

Week 2, Thing 3

2007-06-19T20:39:00.000-04:00

Ok, here be the blog. The perfectionist in me is coming out. I fret over which template, which colors, which font, and on and on. Just doesn't matter. It's doing it that counts this time. I must add some more page elements though. What to add? Possible uses for a blog? Hey, we already have a WPL programming blog. I love it that staff are actually using it too. Blogs, they be fun and good. More to come...

Week 1, Thing 2

2007-06-19T20:26:00.000-04:00

Lifelong learning. This is the key to personal and professional satisfaction. Of the 7 1/2 Habits, the hardest for me is the one I most enjoy doing: teaching/mentoring others. It's a time issue, partly, but also there's so much to learn/teach that it's hard to know where to start. Maybe that's really Habit 1: Begin with the end in mind. What's the goal of this learning? The easiest habit for me is Habit 2: Accept responsibility for your own learning. It's just something I do instinctively. If I'm not learning something new, I feel as if I'm just spinning my wheels doing routine stuff that's not particularly interesting. Habit 7 1/2 is the one to remember: learning should be and is fun!

Week 1, Thing 1

2007-06-19T20:22:00.000-04:00

Finally getting to this after weeks of anticipation. So little time for learning, it seems. Make time for learning needs to be our mandate. Otherwise, what's the point? This 23 Things will be worth making time for. What fun!