Twitter

Twitter has been a funny experience for me. I have had all sorts of problems creating the account and logging in. Even today I am having trouble and I did not think social networking was supposed to be this hard. This kinda puts a black cloud over twitter before I have even begun. There can be advantages to using twitter especially when communicating on common topics and brain storming with people that aren't in the same building. Unfortunatley like a lot of wonderful ideas and creations there seem to be some individuals who like to use social networking sites for malicious intent and bring them into disrepute. Perhaps Web 2.0 training can give a lot of these sites the positive kudos they deserve.

The final Blog

This is it, I have done it. It hasn't been an easy task in fact in many ways it has been a frustrating one. First flash player wasn't the right version and so applications wouldn't work, then there was the time taken for pages to load - especially the video clips - talk about watching wet paint dry! Setting up new email accounts isn't fun either - just how many people are out there with my name??? Then there was the dramas associated with getting twitter and facebook to work. The style of learning has also been a challenge and interpretation of some instructions like wise. Lucky for me I decided early on to have some fun. And I have had fun. I have enjoyed creating aliases and read posts that made me laugh. I think it would be great if we all got together and put some of the great ideas that have been generated by this training into practice. Where to from here?

Geocaching

At last the end is in sight and I have been discovering the fun stuff of geocaching. Already I have heard staff incorporating it into a fun filled weekend with the kids. It would seem libraries in America are right up there with incorporating this one into their library programs. At a recent staff meeting we identified that we are very good at supplying services to particular focus groups like storytime and rhyme time to our youngest clients and Library lovers events for our more senior clients. How many of us have complained at some time about the disruptive behaviour of our young adults in the library? But what programs have we got for our young adults? Perhaps with a little imagination geocaching is a the answer that can fill this void.