Saturday, June 28, 2008

End of 23 things

This was a very fast paced, interesting program, where I learned a lot of new information. Now, will I retain all of it? Probably not. I wish that the program had been 10 things - that way I could feel that I would master all of it. Did I enjoy doing it. Yes, I am grateful for the opportunity. Thank you for putting it all together for us.

Library audiobooks

This is a program that is slowly taking off. I like the titles that we have in our collection, and how easy it is to checkkout an audiobook for downloading or 'burning'.

Podcasts

I loved the Denver Public Library's idea for their podcast of letting children listen to the books. Thought that was a great idea. Of all the sites listed to search for different podcasts, I found NPR Podcast Directory to be the best one to find the correct information.

YouTube

Okay - something I do know something about. My son has seen every spearfishing YouTube video out there. Now I'm being paid to watch a few.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Web 2.0 awards

I chose travel and was disappointed, Farecast and Kayak are only sites that give you rates on hotel and flight deals through Hotwire, Expedia, Priceline and such.
The honorable mention site, Gusto, however, was interesting. If you put in a destination it tells you sites to see, which is what I wanted.

ZOHO

Free software, but signing up for yet another account, another password. I like that you can access from any computer.

Web 2.0 sandbox

It was interesting reading others favorites. I added my favorite vacation spot, and my favorite book.