Thing 6

These are my photo fun creations.

I just created a trading card that I think a teen would put on their Myspace or Facebook account.

Wouldn't it be great if we could actually make personalized mailing stamps. That would be lots of fun. Stamp collectors could go wild.

Creating these types of things to include on a library teen page would be very interesting for teens. ALA has a program that allows you to make your own personalized READ poster.

Thing 5

It was fun to go around a play with some of the photo editing options from Flickr and other sites. Here is a photo of a cupcake that has been morphed with a beading effect.

Its amazing what computers can do if you know how to use them and have the time to figure out how to do it.

Thing 4

This is my geotagging find of the south Pacific island of Bora Bora. My husband and I honeymooned at the hotel where this photo was taken. It was the most amazing trip of our lives. Unfortunately photos can not project the amazing smells that surround you while visiting the island. Between the flowers, plants and ocean breezes. Bora Bora has an intoxicating smell that I will remember for ever. If you ever get there. Be sure to bring home some monoi oil. Whenever I want to relax and remember this magnificant place I put a little on and enjoy. We hope to go back there again some day.

I already have an account on Flickr. We post most of our photos there. We also have grouped many of the family members photos as well for easy viewing. We haven't been very good at creating functional tags for the photos. Most of the photos are of our son, Charlie.

Things 3

RSS - There is so much out there, it's quite mind boggling. RSS is definitely a great way to save time surfing and finding news and updates on the things you are interested in. I created my account on bloglines.com and just looking through their list of 1000 available blogs, makes things a lot easier.

Thing 2

Library 2.0 - The wave of the future. Technology and communications with patrons on the internet, phone's and less in person interaction. It's a techno savy, introvert librarians dream. I am all for broadening our communication and service tool horizons. But what wave do you follow. So many things change so quickly. One day it's MySpace, the next thing its FaceBook. How do you know what things to invest your staff time and money in. If IMing teens is a great way to communicate with teen patrons, should the library be providing cell phones for the YA librarian? I know that many of our patrons love that they get their email notices about overdues, reserves and library events. They like that they can reserve things in the middle of the night via the internet and pick them up the next day. However the learning curve for many older patrons makes for a challenge for staff. That said. I am all for it. I am ready to ride the Library 2.0 wave.