Week 4 thing 9

Tonight I checked out Merlin. It took me several tries and the help from Christina to paste the RSS link into my newsreader. I'm not sure if I'm even using the correct lingo. Anyway, I was able to find my way back to my newsreader page on yahoo after I logged in - that was a good thing since I was worried about it.

So far I see Merlin as a way to ask questions and get a forum going. At this point, I don't see a use for it for me just yet. I'll keep checking it out though and see what else it offers.

Week 4, thing 8

Wow! I found a Muppets podcast. I added it to my Bloglines newsreader on Yahoo. I also signed up for the Library Journal newsreader and a scrapbooking newsreader. It took me a while to figure out how to do it and honestly, I'm not quite sure how to get back to my yahoo page where my newsreaders are located.

I'm listening to the Muppet podcast right now - it is truly amazing.

Hopefully this will be a fun way to get news on library stuff, scrapbooking and the Muppets.

Week 3 Thing 5, 6 & 7

OK, Robin worked with me and I got the trading card posted. It's on the site and not with the text, but at least I got it there. I learned that I have to go to template and then to page element to add a graphic to the blog.


Take 2

Hopefully this one will post correctly. I'm trying to attach a charcater I created on the M & M site, but it is not working properly.

Anyhow, I looked at flicker mashups and 3rd party sites. Not wanting to post a photo of myself, I decided to create a character on the M & M site and post it instead. I also used it for my trading card.

Week 3 Photos & Images

Thing 5 I am currently looking at Flickr and taking the tour. I'm learning about the different ways to set up the photos - collections, sets and the organizr (I hate that they can't use correct language). It looks pretty simple to set the security level on the photos to prevent people from seeing your photos or to allow people to see your photos.

Personally, I'm a snapfish and shutterfly user when it comes to digital photos. With those programs you upload the photos and then send notice to those you want to share them with. The photos can never be seen by the public.

There are links all over Flickr. I feel like the page is one giant maze with about a billion places to turn. I'm forever clicking on the back button so I can go back to where I started. In some ways it is overwhelming.

I'm back on the desk, so I'll log off now.

Week Two Thing 4

Thus far I have set up my blog, viewed the pointers from lifelong learners, added my first post and added a few photos of Kermit the Frog, registered my blog and am attempting to track my progress.

Today I printed off the BCPL version of the MD 23 things so I can use it as a checklist. I was using the tracking log, but a co-worker told me ours was different and we didn't need to use it. So I'm going to try the BCPL version. ( I played with colors and fonts this week too ; )

Thing 2 - lifelong learning

I just finished watching the tutorial for 7 1/2 Habits of lifelong learning. I'd have to say one of my strongest is reading. I like to read to learn new things. I'm a visual learning though, so to really "get" what I'm trying to learn, it helps to see what I'm learning.

I also like having tools. I'm a scrapbooker and I have lots of tools to create my pages. From punches to cutters to fancy edged scissors to cool paints and markers - I have it all.