12 March 2009
10 March 2009
Thing 32: Google Maps & Mashups
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This is a Google Map of all the public libraries in the SELCO region. Interesting excercise, and I can see myself using these customized maps for road trips/vacations.
Thing 31: Twitter
Twitter is my friend. :) I really enjoy coming up with short little blurbs about what I'm doing, and seeing what my friends and co-workers come up with as well. All my twitter posts (from @rlgray) are automatically posted to my Facebook status, which shares my Twitterings with many more people than would otherwise see it.
I have added a Twitter Badge to the side of this blog to help anyone reading this to follow me. So please add me! :)
With working on this Thing, I have added a couple interesting people to follow including Darth Vader and the blue whale that is suspended from the ceiling at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. While neither of these 2 have anything to do with libraries, the whale is a great example of a way to use Twitter to promote your organization. The whale's "voice" is quite irreverent and fun. It's been discussing the band Phish the last couple of days in avery fun mnaner. I can see a library doing this with a mascot, special collection or art installation.
I see Twitter as a way to let people know what you (personally or organizationally) are doing in a fun and quick manner. It is a snapshot as opposed to a full blog post which could be considered a full slideshow or video.
I have added a Twitter Badge to the side of this blog to help anyone reading this to follow me. So please add me! :)
With working on this Thing, I have added a couple interesting people to follow including Darth Vader and the blue whale that is suspended from the ceiling at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. While neither of these 2 have anything to do with libraries, the whale is a great example of a way to use Twitter to promote your organization. The whale's "voice" is quite irreverent and fun. It's been discussing the band Phish the last couple of days in avery fun mnaner. I can see a library doing this with a mascot, special collection or art installation.
I see Twitter as a way to let people know what you (personally or organizationally) are doing in a fun and quick manner. It is a snapshot as opposed to a full blog post which could be considered a full slideshow or video.
04 March 2009
Thing #30 - More Uses of RSS and Delicious
I almost didn't do this thing since I have quite a bit of experience already in using RSS & Delicious. I created a video podcst that highlights additional uses of RSS feeds for a project at SELCO, and in it I included weather alerts, FeedReminders and the like (it hasn't been released yet). So much of this Thing was repeated inforamation for me.
That said, I had no idea about the Delicious badge I could add to my blog. So I added this to this blog's sidebar. I also tried adding this to my personal LiveJournal blog, but they do not offer HTML/Script sidebar widgets. :(
I have been pretty lax in keeping up with my RSS feeds since installing the web browser Flock, since I am able to go directly into my gmail emial account with a single click in Flock itself. I keep most of my RSS feeds in my Google Reader, so I have to make more of an effort in the future to go to Google's homepage more often to get my feeds.
That said, I had no idea about the Delicious badge I could add to my blog. So I added this to this blog's sidebar. I also tried adding this to my personal LiveJournal blog, but they do not offer HTML/Script sidebar widgets. :(
I have been pretty lax in keeping up with my RSS feeds since installing the web browser Flock, since I am able to go directly into my gmail emial account with a single click in Flock itself. I keep most of my RSS feeds in my Google Reader, so I have to make more of an effort in the future to go to Google's homepage more often to get my feeds.
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