My Spacing

I can see I'll have to get help from my teenage daughters in "prettying up" my MySpace account. I also haven't decided how much info to enter into my profile. But, I think I'll play with this a little bit and see what happens ...

My Space #1

Okay, so when I first looked at this I thought "Why libraries?" I mean, doesn't that seem kind of wierd? Who's going to go on MySpace and look for a library. But when I read David Lee King's article about libraries on MySpace it started to seem like an interesting idea. He had some very good thoughts about connecting with teens through MySpace and ways to make the library's presence more relevant. I'm reserving judgment until I have a chance to check out a few sites.

and more RSS...

Made it through Lessond #8 ... am I blinding you with my speed? Signed up for some more RSS feeds. These are a feed about the weather on Kauai, a political feed, and 2 library feeds: Library Stuff and Thingology. This could get addicting ...

RSS Feeds

If this was the hardest exercise ... This was great! I've been hearing about RSS feeds for years(!) and never took the time to explore. I subscribed to some generally random things for this exercise: Dictionary.com Word of the Day, Quotes of the Day, Unshelved, KCLS27things, and some co-workers blogs.

I can see using RSS for so many things. When I sit down at my computer in the morning to check on all my regular websites, instead of browsing to each individual site, I'll be able to just go to Bloglines and view it all at once! For professional uses, it would be a great way to stay on top of emerging information. Wonderful! Everyone should be using RSS feeds!

Mashups

I explored the Flickr Mashups -- what fun! I loved the examples: Spell with Flickr, Montager, and Flickr Color Pickr. Also, the Flash app An Interesting 2005 was great. What amazing photos!

I think my favorite is Montager because there are multiple levels to this one. Enter a tag or image and it creates a photo montage that imitates the lead image displayed on the left. Changing the photo or tag creates a new montage with new photos. Interesting effect.

Flickr

Okay, so I've been a little behind in updating my blog. I'll be playing catch-up for a while. Here is a photo I uploaded into Flickr. Maddie had a trip to San Fran for a band concert and this is a photo she took. So much for Exercise #5 ... it's on to #6!

Check out the book I'm reading now

By now, most of you know that I'm reading the book "I'm Not the New Me" by Wendy McClure. It's a funny book about her Weight Watchers experience. But one of the funniest things are the vintage Weight Watchers recipe cards that I've been sharing.

Here's a link to the recipe cards: http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html

And here's a link to Wendy's blog: http://www.poundy.com/