Quest 6 Delicious

At first I didn't understand anything because the link to the video didn't work. I tried doing the discovery exercises and pulled them up, but was clueless to what I was supposed to do. I even created an account but didn't know where to go from there. Most of the tools assumed you understood what bookmarking is. I didn't and had to go back and experiment with that. Then someone added a link that did work. It all became clear. I clicked on the account created for the exercise and this time understood. I clicked a tag that 51 people had saved. It listed CCPL as using Pluggo for IM. I saved this to my account to see if the number would change. IT DID!! Now I will experiment with moving my Yahoo bookmarks to Delicious.

ImageChef

The image finally showed up. I had to save it to My pictures first. I am sure that is not always necessary because the instructions did not say that. Anyway, it worked!

Quest 5

Although we didn't have to comment on this quest, I wanted to say that I enjoyed exploring these sites. I had not heard of most of them. Some were informative and some just plain fun! I was happy to find out about Pandora.com. Palmetto Biz Buzz was somewhat of a disappointment. I thought I could find information about a particular restuarant I was thinking about visiting. However, if the business owner doesn't write a review, you get the same info that you can find in the phone book. I am trying to add a picture from ImageChef,but I keeping getting an error message. I will work on this.

RSS 2

While waiting for the next quest, I have enjoyed using my feeds on bloglines. It is great to have sites you regularly use all in one place. I experimented with Goggle Reader and have some feeds there as well. I really like this!!

RSS

Really simple syndication was not as difficult as I thought it would be. It was easy to add the feeds and the suggestions given were helpful. I will definitely use this new technology. My URL is http://www.bloglines.com/public/loony. I saw that some people thought that Google Reader was easier to navigate. I will check that out as well.

More IM

I sent a IM to the reference desk at Main during my lunch time. I guess the Librarian was at lunch as well. After waiting for a few minutes, I left to get something to eat. When I checked later, someone had sent me a reply because I didn't sign out or changed my status to unavailable. Once again, I have learned something new. When I tried later I got an "away from the desk/busy" message. Finally, on my third try I received an instant reply to my question. It is good to know that this service is available for those who choose to use it.

IM

I finally was able to send and receive an IM. Yeah! Although I can see the benefits of it, IM is not something I will do on a regular basis. If my son goes oversees, I will be able to "speak" to him in real time without amassing a huge telephone bill. It is also probably a great tool when taking online classes. I am glad I learned how to do it.