Category Archives: Lifelong learning
#24
I spoke too soon about finishing 23 things. When I received my shiny red MP3 player, I was encouraged to transfer an eAudiobook to it. So, I plugged the player into my computer and used the OverDrive Media Console to … Continue reading
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#23
This is my official wrap-up post for my 23 things experience. Whoo-hoo! I definitely enjoyed this project. I’ve always wanted to try some of the 2.0 technologies but hadn’t taken the time or effort to experience them. My favorite things … Continue reading
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eAudio experience
I’ve used OverDrive before to practice using the service. However, I went ahead and did it again for the purposes of this thing. I chose my book, checked it out and clicked on download. I got an error message that didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Lifelong learning, Reading
Be your own entertainment director
I think podcasts are a great idea. With podcasts, you can control your own audio entertainment: listen to radio shows on your own schedule, listen to music shows, listen to shows on your favorite hobbies. Load them on to your … Continue reading
Filed under Knitting, Lifelong learning
Fun stuff
I came late to the genius that is YouTube. I’ve started to watch videos here and there and find it to be a lot of fun. You can find all sorts of how-to videos for knitting and lots of other … Continue reading
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Networking social style
I looked around at some of the library MySpace and Facebook pages. I’ve read a lot of articles about whether or not libraries should have pages on these sites. I think it is OK, because it is another point of … Continue reading
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Having a picnik
Trev and Disco Joe holiday style, originally uploaded by purlypeach. I played around with picnik, one of the Web 2.0 award finalists to create this picture. I like how picnik is incorporated with flickr. I also like how you can … Continue reading
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More on Zoho
The previous post was directly posted from Zoho. I had to play around with the settings to take it out of scheduled form. But, I got it to post. The Flickr blogging tool seems much easier to use than this … Continue reading
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Playing in the sand
I do like how easy it is to edit wikis. I added my blog to the Favorite blogs page. I added one of my favorite chocolate treats. I couldn’t think of a book to add, but I did add one … Continue reading
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Let it snow wikis!
When I logged into WordPress today, there was a post about adding snow to your blog. So, I did. How fun! I also like the new dashboard; I think it is much faster. I attended a training session earlier this … Continue reading
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