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Déjà vu. I opted to do a different image generator earlier because I didn't like how these worked, and I still don't. Its fun to play with but is nevertheless, a waste of time. Sorry, but I have no desire to see myself on the "cover of the Rolling Stone" - even if it was a good song. Here's what I did, but I still have no desire to do this outside of Library 2.1.
Photobucket was interesting. I never have enjoyed posting personal photos to the web, uploading video doesn't appeal to me, avatars are fun but I keep mine elsewhere and anonymous, but it was fun to play around with the "remix" feature. I may do more exploring with it in the future if I ever decide to upload photos.
I cannot say enough how much I dislike widgets. I've tried Yahoo! Widgets in the past, and YourMinis were no better. I find the entire thing to be unnecessary, time-consuming, most useless, waste-of-time, waste-of-RAM, clutter for the desktop, that eventually bogs down your system and strains the eyes. I gave YourMinis a shot, but have absolutely no interest in pursuing this so-called technological advance.
LetterPop was a lot of fun, and really is simple. It doesn't have all the capabilities of other programs (such as moving captions to above a photo), but overall I'd give 2 thumbs up. With the option to not only upload photos, it also had the capabilites to import from other url's, which is what I did for my newsletter.
Nope, sorry. Just not impressed with Zamzar. I was very excited to hear that there is a file converter online and even for no charge. But after attempting a couple conversions, I never received the "new" format in my email box. Perhaps it didn't like my files. Perhaps they were onto me just testing the waters. Perhaps if I had WordPerfect to try converting it may have worked. I surly would try this again if a patron or I were in a jam, but after several failed attempts, I'm not crazy about it.
Most, if not all, of these web services I was aware were available. Several of the sites I knew. But there were new sites that I can now use, if I choose. What most impressed me though was the camaraderie that resulted from the exercise. Staff has pulled together to help one another. We have learned more about each other’s personalities through every unique and creative blog, and we have enjoyed numerous laughs together because of them. I truly believe that in my 6 years at YPL nothing has promoted teamwork as this exercise. For this reason, I hope that YPL will continue to recognize the importance of, not only the educational computer literacy purpose in this, but also the significance of teamwork and personal relationships in the workplace and continue to promote programs that aide in this positive atmosphere.
I like that on NetLibrary you're able to search content within the book so if there's only one specific item you're looking for, that's possible to do. Or you can go directly to a certain chapter and read only that (especially helpful for non-fiction titles), though I can't help but wonder how this is possible to get around copyright laws on newer titles.
As for YPL's digital books, generally, I like the layout, with the exception of there not including a subject search button- though it does seem to find items within a subject by selecting the "all" toggle button. It will be more helpful after receiving our MP3 players, so that we may actually follow the process through. That way when patrons inquire about the process we don't look like a bunch of idiots tripping over our words, only to conclude with "Sorry, I don't know."
Ok. I've spent way too much time searching for a decent podcast to blog about. Still no luck. I've listened to several, but am not crazy about my findings. It seems finding anything of value, i.e. what you are actually trying to find, is much like finding a needle in a haystack. Meanwhile, many are uploaded by amateurs in the field and therefore, have no true merit. The technology has such promise, but needs - do I dare say - filtering. I have placed a RSS feed to my Bloglines, as this is part of the exercise, though I'm sure I'll never use it. So, while I continue to search, I'm currently unimpressed with my discoveries.
