I can't believe we're actually through! 27 lessons sounded like so many when we started out, but we whipped through them like they were...um, potato chips. (Sorry, that's a weird analogy, but I was trying to think of something you'd devour quickly.) I have had a great time with these exercises, and really looked forward to each installment. I've said it before, but this format really worked for me. It was so nice to work on the lessons as I had time, going at my own pace, but with plenty of support from co-workers who were doing the same thing. What's more fun than learning new things with your friends?! Together we were able to tackle all of the questions that came up.
I also loved being exposed to new technology like RSS feeds and Rollyo. Even if I never use them again, I will know what they are, and won't stand there with my mouth hanging open if a patron asks about them. MySpace was my favorite adventure by far, and I learned a lot as I kept adding to my page. That's where I figured out how to embed videos, even before our lesson. Of course I could have set up an account on my own, but I didn't have a compelling reason to do it until KCLSU gave me the push I needed. What else should the lessons have covered? I wish I knew! You guys came up with stuff I never expected - this is why we need KCLSU!
One of the things that surprised me the most was how fun the program was. I've learned to be leery of classes because I get a migraine from the lighting every time I go to Service Center, and the pacing is always so slow that I feel like I'm going to die. It was refreshing to learn from my desk and have a blast doing it. I think we could involve more staff in learning exercises if the lessons came to us, instead of us driving to Issaquah. I hope very much that this spirit of learning continues within KCLS, and look forward to the next adventure.
Oh, and if I had a time machine so I could tell myself whether or not to participate? I'd go back and say, "Do it, Dummy!" No question.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
YouTube: More Addictive Than Meth
Oh dear, I nearly got lost on YouTube, but I pulled myself out. I cannot believe the extent of material available - every commercial, TV show, TV clip, movie trailer, music video, stranger acting like a spaz I never thought I'd see again is right at your fingertips. For years I've been waiting for Silver Spoons to come out on DVD, and now that a release date has been set for June, I find that I could have caught bits of it on YouTube. Like this very funny clip of Ricky (in drag) pretending to be Derek's date:
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Despite the seemingly frivolous nature of YouTube, it is an amazing resource that serves as an easily accessible film archive. Now I just wonder if they'll have to open up treatement centers for addicts.
Podcasts are cool in the abstract, but I find that I get twitchy as I watch them. I develop an instant case of internet A.D.D. and start wanting to move around, go outside, or take a look in the refrigerator. At a certain point I always feel like there should be some limit to the things we can do on a computer so we'll know when to turn them off. Obviously, the opposite is happening. I think the library could easily use podcasts to connect with patrons, (tutorials! author events! story times!) but how do we compete with everything else that's out there? How do we grab someone's attention and keep them coming back when the choices are endless? Why would someone want to watch our podcast over all the other options?
When I was little, technology was more novel. In the early 80's almost no one had a home computer, most people got about 5 TV channels, and only crazy-wealthy people and cops had car phones. In this primitive era (ha ha), it was so exciting to call the automated story line the library used to have (maybe Seattle Public?). They'd play a different recording every week or so, and it was always a thrill to call in and get the next one. I could do it myself since I didn't have to talk to a live person, and I felt very grown up. (I was maybe 4 or 5.) Imagine if kids could go onto wwww.kcls.org and watch storytime from home. We could definitely make this work to our advantage if we could just fish them in.
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Despite the seemingly frivolous nature of YouTube, it is an amazing resource that serves as an easily accessible film archive. Now I just wonder if they'll have to open up treatement centers for addicts.
Podcasts are cool in the abstract, but I find that I get twitchy as I watch them. I develop an instant case of internet A.D.D. and start wanting to move around, go outside, or take a look in the refrigerator. At a certain point I always feel like there should be some limit to the things we can do on a computer so we'll know when to turn them off. Obviously, the opposite is happening. I think the library could easily use podcasts to connect with patrons, (tutorials! author events! story times!) but how do we compete with everything else that's out there? How do we grab someone's attention and keep them coming back when the choices are endless? Why would someone want to watch our podcast over all the other options?
When I was little, technology was more novel. In the early 80's almost no one had a home computer, most people got about 5 TV channels, and only crazy-wealthy people and cops had car phones. In this primitive era (ha ha), it was so exciting to call the automated story line the library used to have (maybe Seattle Public?). They'd play a different recording every week or so, and it was always a thrill to call in and get the next one. I could do it myself since I didn't have to talk to a live person, and I felt very grown up. (I was maybe 4 or 5.) Imagine if kids could go onto wwww.kcls.org and watch storytime from home. We could definitely make this work to our advantage if we could just fish them in.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Googly-eyed Over Google
I am so impressed with Google Docs and Zoho. Since Wi-Fi users can't print at the library, we're always recommending that they save their documents as email so they can access them on public computers, but Google Docs and Zoho are even better. You can access your work from any computer without worrying about disks, drives, or compatibility. How cool is that? It also allows you to go back to a document any time you're at a computer - an enormous advantage when you need to refer back to something or make changes.
While Zoho offers a much wider array of tools, I'm sold on the accessibility of Google. I was in my Gmail account the other day when I suddenly realized that if I clicked on "My Services" I could get right into my blog and access my newly created search engine. Upon closer inspection, I see that if I click "Documents" I can start a Google document right in my account. I love that everything is in one place so you don't have to remember a bunch of usernames and passwords, and you can bounce easily between the different features. Typing a blog but wondering if you've got mail? You can check with just one click of the mouse.
For the next part of the assignment, I headed over to Google Labs. Most of the options were novelty items (most popular music, shots of Mars), but Google Transit and Google Ride Finder are both quite practical, and Google Suggest could be a real help when doing reference work at the library. It offers up alternative search terms, and sometimes you just need a little nudge to get going in the right direction. This usually comes from a nearby co-worker, but if everyone's tied up, Google's got your back.
As for choosing my own adventure, I started poking around the Web 2.0 Award Winners and found some fun sources. Truveo's http://www.searchvideo.com is an excellent source for videos, and is even better organized than YouTube. Next, I checked out
http://www.last.fm.com, a cool site for anyone looking for music on the web. It allows you to enter your favorite artists, then matches songs to your interests. I also found a weird site where you can vote on t-shirt designs. Apparently the most popular ones are printed and made available for purchase. Check out http://threadless.com if you're an aspiring fashion designer.
Hmm, I seem to have chosen an adventure that is totally not work related. Even so, I see that the Web 2.0 tools make it easy for people to do fancy things on the computer, and the more you do, the savvier you become. So often I have looked at a website and wondered how it was designed, thinking it's something I could never learn in a million years. As the web gets more and more user-friendly, more people can do things they never thought they could. If library staff can point patrons toward these options, the world is their oyster.
While Zoho offers a much wider array of tools, I'm sold on the accessibility of Google. I was in my Gmail account the other day when I suddenly realized that if I clicked on "My Services" I could get right into my blog and access my newly created search engine. Upon closer inspection, I see that if I click "Documents" I can start a Google document right in my account. I love that everything is in one place so you don't have to remember a bunch of usernames and passwords, and you can bounce easily between the different features. Typing a blog but wondering if you've got mail? You can check with just one click of the mouse.
For the next part of the assignment, I headed over to Google Labs. Most of the options were novelty items (most popular music, shots of Mars), but Google Transit and Google Ride Finder are both quite practical, and Google Suggest could be a real help when doing reference work at the library. It offers up alternative search terms, and sometimes you just need a little nudge to get going in the right direction. This usually comes from a nearby co-worker, but if everyone's tied up, Google's got your back.
As for choosing my own adventure, I started poking around the Web 2.0 Award Winners and found some fun sources. Truveo's http://www.searchvideo.com is an excellent source for videos, and is even better organized than YouTube. Next, I checked out
http://www.last.fm.com, a cool site for anyone looking for music on the web. It allows you to enter your favorite artists, then matches songs to your interests. I also found a weird site where you can vote on t-shirt designs. Apparently the most popular ones are printed and made available for purchase. Check out http://threadless.com if you're an aspiring fashion designer.
Hmm, I seem to have chosen an adventure that is totally not work related. Even so, I see that the Web 2.0 tools make it easy for people to do fancy things on the computer, and the more you do, the savvier you become. So often I have looked at a website and wondered how it was designed, thinking it's something I could never learn in a million years. As the web gets more and more user-friendly, more people can do things they never thought they could. If library staff can point patrons toward these options, the world is their oyster.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Building An Engine...Easier Than It Sounds
I never dreamed of making my very own Search Engine, and I certainly never imagined it would be this easy. I checked out Rollyo, and though I was transfixed by the red and white swirly thing, I found Google Custom far more efficient. The results were more relevant and easier to sort through. So, I went in and set up my own search engine for entertainment related questions. You can check it out in the side bar of my blog - just above my Library Thing widget. (How much do I love the word widget? Widget, widget, widget.)
The ability to create a custom search engine is great for those of us who use a few related sites all the time, and it's great for businesses and organizations who want to group related sites. How cool is the KCLS & Neighbors search? You can check out SPL and Sno-Isle at the same time - right on! It's similar to how you can search several databases for one subject. Very handy indeed.
As for the Web 2.0 reading assignment, it's a good segue from learning these applicatons ourselves to actually applying them to library service. How can we connect with patrons using these new avenues, and (more importantly) how can we help our patrons to access them? Because so much information can be accessed without a library or a librarian, our job is often to act as a teacher - to guide patrons to these new resources and show them how they work. How cool would it be to extend KCLSU to our patrons?! Just as the physical need for a library is said to be diminishing, so too is the need for a physical classroom.
I absolutely love learning new things, and have truly enjoyed tackling these lessons each week. They are applicable in endless ways, but best of all, they are presented in a way that allows each person to work at their own pace in their own space. There will always be people who prefer a hands-on experience, but I'm sure a lot of patrons would enjoy learning about these things from home as well. (Someone who's heard about blogging, but doesn't quite know what it is or how to do it. Maybe a parent concerned about MySpace but unfamiliar with how it really works.) What if our website offered tutorials to patrons, just as this Learning 2.0 has offered them to staff?! How can we keep this going even after we've earned our MP3 players?
The ability to create a custom search engine is great for those of us who use a few related sites all the time, and it's great for businesses and organizations who want to group related sites. How cool is the KCLS & Neighbors search? You can check out SPL and Sno-Isle at the same time - right on! It's similar to how you can search several databases for one subject. Very handy indeed.
As for the Web 2.0 reading assignment, it's a good segue from learning these applicatons ourselves to actually applying them to library service. How can we connect with patrons using these new avenues, and (more importantly) how can we help our patrons to access them? Because so much information can be accessed without a library or a librarian, our job is often to act as a teacher - to guide patrons to these new resources and show them how they work. How cool would it be to extend KCLSU to our patrons?! Just as the physical need for a library is said to be diminishing, so too is the need for a physical classroom.
I absolutely love learning new things, and have truly enjoyed tackling these lessons each week. They are applicable in endless ways, but best of all, they are presented in a way that allows each person to work at their own pace in their own space. There will always be people who prefer a hands-on experience, but I'm sure a lot of patrons would enjoy learning about these things from home as well. (Someone who's heard about blogging, but doesn't quite know what it is or how to do it. Maybe a parent concerned about MySpace but unfamiliar with how it really works.) What if our website offered tutorials to patrons, just as this Learning 2.0 has offered them to staff?! How can we keep this going even after we've earned our MP3 players?
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Taking a Break and Having WAY Too Much Fun
Wow, how much fun is this?! After much ado, I finally got my Simpson and South Park creations saved and posted into my blog. Hurray! It's not even as hard as it looks. Then I used the Warholizer to make a very hot portrait of Al Pacino as Serpico, and finally, I used the Movie Poster program to make a horror movie poster starring my friend's very non-ferocious dog. No wonder people lose so much time on the internet!
Monday, April 2, 2007
Oh Wiki You're So Fine, You're So Fine You Blow My Mind, Hey Wiki!
Wikipedia became one of my very best reference friends when I started working at Answer Line. It never feels as authentic as the real encyclopedia, but it has all sorts of things that the World Book will never include. Just as their name (taken from the Hawaiian word for fast) implies, Wikis are a quick way to locate even the most obscure information. Because it's open to everyone, experts in any subject area can post their knowledge for all to see. How cool is this?
Businesses and organizations can share policies and success strategies, and you can create databases for any topic or purpose. This is an amazing resource for libraries, since we never know what the next patron will ask. With wikis we can assemble the information we need in one easy-to-access spot (look at this cool list of libraries that loan out laptops: http://liswiki.org/wiki/Laptop_check-out). This is similar to our Answer File or Handy Reference on the Intranet, but even better because it's open to everyone.
Businesses and organizations can share policies and success strategies, and you can create databases for any topic or purpose. This is an amazing resource for libraries, since we never know what the next patron will ask. With wikis we can assemble the information we need in one easy-to-access spot (look at this cool list of libraries that loan out laptops: http://liswiki.org/wiki/Laptop_check-out). This is similar to our Answer File or Handy Reference on the Intranet, but even better because it's open to everyone.
The Karate Kid Factor
Working through the 27 Things assignments, it's sometimes hard to believe we're getting paid for this. Exploring MySpace? Playing with Flickr? How lucky are we? But I'm seeing how we're secretly getting smarter, and how this will help us to better serve our patrons. Remember in The Karate Kid, how Daniel thought Mr. Miyagi was just using him to get his fence painted and his cars washed, but it turned out he'd actually learned karate? Well, I think Learning 2.0 will be the same. It might seem like we spent an afternoon having fun, but one day someone will ask us what an RSS feed is, or how to post a picture in a blog, and we will know the answer. We may not get any trophies, but nobody can stop us from bursting into song:
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Not so Del.icio.us, Rockin' Technorati, and My Library Thing
It took me awhile to catch onto RSS feeds, but after awhile I saw the point. Sadly, I can't say the same for Del.icio.us. I think my main glitch is that I barely use bookmarks as it is, so the idea of gathering them all in one handy, searchable place isn't that exciting to me. I can see how it would be useful for someone who needed to collect resources on a particular topic and refer back to them (maybe someone writing a book or constantly answering questions about a specific subject). In general, it seems more efficient to broaden one's search with Google or narrow it by using a specific site.
Technorati is a great resource for searching blogs, and for getting your blog more attention. I think it works far better than searching Blogger, and I was easily able to find things I'd written, as well as things written by people I know. Rock on, Technorati!
The first thing I thought when I looked at Library Thing is, "That's a good way to get your books stolen." I mean, think about it, you say you have some hard-to-find book that someone's been coveting, they figure out who you are, and boom! you come home one day to find your windows broken and your bookshelves cleaned out. Here's another awesome idea - let's catalog our electronic equipment online where everyone can see it!
Okay, so I'm a little paranoid, but I didn't let that stop me. I started cataloging books and I couldn't stop. Pretty soon my required 5 had turned into 28, and I still want to keep tagging away. I'm not sure how useful this is to the average person, but it would be great for people who enjoy lending/borrowing books, and it's great for those moments at the used bookstore when you've found a book by a favorite author and you can't quite remember if you already have it. The trouble is, you'd also have to have internet access, but these days we can get online just about anywhere.
I also managed to put a my Library Thing widget into my Blog (right above the archives and my profile), but if you need a quick link, here it is:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=learningblog
Technorati is a great resource for searching blogs, and for getting your blog more attention. I think it works far better than searching Blogger, and I was easily able to find things I'd written, as well as things written by people I know. Rock on, Technorati!
The first thing I thought when I looked at Library Thing is, "That's a good way to get your books stolen." I mean, think about it, you say you have some hard-to-find book that someone's been coveting, they figure out who you are, and boom! you come home one day to find your windows broken and your bookshelves cleaned out. Here's another awesome idea - let's catalog our electronic equipment online where everyone can see it!
Okay, so I'm a little paranoid, but I didn't let that stop me. I started cataloging books and I couldn't stop. Pretty soon my required 5 had turned into 28, and I still want to keep tagging away. I'm not sure how useful this is to the average person, but it would be great for people who enjoy lending/borrowing books, and it's great for those moments at the used bookstore when you've found a book by a favorite author and you can't quite remember if you already have it. The trouble is, you'd also have to have internet access, but these days we can get online just about anywhere.
I also managed to put a my Library Thing widget into my Blog (right above the archives and my profile), but if you need a quick link, here it is:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=learningblog
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Me and MySpace
I've never seen the appeal of MySpace, since it seems easy enough to keep in touch with friends via email, phone, etc. Besides, who needs one more account to monitor? But then I signed up, and I got to pick a SONG to go with my profile! Honestly, I could spend the whole rest of my life just picking and changing songs. I went with "Freedom" by George Michael, even though my favorite song of his is actually "Father Figure". I figured that was just asking for trouble - lots of messages saying, "I'll be your Father Figure." Ick! If you watch enough episodes of Dateline's "To Catch a Predator", everything starts taking on different connotations, but it was interesting thinking out my profile. There are so many ways to go wrong and for kids to innocently put out information without realizing who it might attract.
The other exciting thing about MySpace is that it has FAMOUS PEOPLE on it. I found Bono, Drew Barrymore, Sylvester Stallone, and even Al Pacino, but I had my suspicions about the legitimacy of his page...I don't know, it kind of looks like a fan would have set it up pretending to be him. It would be so easy to pretend to be someone you're not - scary!
The other big breakthrough with this assignment (aside from friending KCLS 27 Things) was that I found my long lost former best friend while I was poking through Friendster as part of Monday's exercise. We became friends in kindergarten, but grew apart after college, and I was never able to reconnect. I knew there had been some severe depression, mental illness, use of medication, but never got a straight answer. Last time I saw her mom, she said my friend was "doing what she needs to do." Huh? How cryptic is that? So, after years of confusion - I cracked the case on Friendster. The Artist Formerly Known As My Best Friend is a self-proclaimed "loser" whose hobbies include "sleeping, procrastinating, watching crappy TV, and making soap." All of her "friends" made comments about smoking with her. Ohhhh! That explains a great deal of vague thinking and randomly dilated pupils. I can't believe I missed all the signs, but then again, she always was secretive, and I had no indication she ever went out of her room - much less to buy pot. So, the moral of the story is that sometimes you can use these social networking sites to figure out who you no longer need to network with. Cathartic, eh?
The other exciting thing about MySpace is that it has FAMOUS PEOPLE on it. I found Bono, Drew Barrymore, Sylvester Stallone, and even Al Pacino, but I had my suspicions about the legitimacy of his page...I don't know, it kind of looks like a fan would have set it up pretending to be him. It would be so easy to pretend to be someone you're not - scary!
The other big breakthrough with this assignment (aside from friending KCLS 27 Things) was that I found my long lost former best friend while I was poking through Friendster as part of Monday's exercise. We became friends in kindergarten, but grew apart after college, and I was never able to reconnect. I knew there had been some severe depression, mental illness, use of medication, but never got a straight answer. Last time I saw her mom, she said my friend was "doing what she needs to do." Huh? How cryptic is that? So, after years of confusion - I cracked the case on Friendster. The Artist Formerly Known As My Best Friend is a self-proclaimed "loser" whose hobbies include "sleeping, procrastinating, watching crappy TV, and making soap." All of her "friends" made comments about smoking with her. Ohhhh! That explains a great deal of vague thinking and randomly dilated pupils. I can't believe I missed all the signs, but then again, she always was secretive, and I had no indication she ever went out of her room - much less to buy pot. So, the moral of the story is that sometimes you can use these social networking sites to figure out who you no longer need to network with. Cathartic, eh?
Monday, March 19, 2007
Finding Feeds - Assignment #8
Am I crazy, or are blogs one of the freakiest, most impossible things you could possibly search for? I've had trouble even when I knew the name of the blog or the blog entry, and didn't have much more luck using these search engines. Happily, the blog I have always written for, Moviepie Musings, showed up right away on Google Blog Search. Phew! At least we're real!
I had almost no luck searching by topic in terms of finding something new that would interest me. I tried searching things like "Library" or "Censorship" or "Entertainment" and kept coming to random references in strangers' blogs. (I still don't really understand reading blogs written by regular people that you don't know.) I did find one amusing reference to Eva Longoria being
2 1/2 feet tall (hee hee!). But that wasn't very useful.
In the end, I added feeds to Moviepie Musings, Cyndi Lauper's blog, Librarian.net, and Librarybytes.net to my Bloglines account. Google Blog Search gets a gold star, but I thought the other search tools were stinky.
I had almost no luck searching by topic in terms of finding something new that would interest me. I tried searching things like "Library" or "Censorship" or "Entertainment" and kept coming to random references in strangers' blogs. (I still don't really understand reading blogs written by regular people that you don't know.) I did find one amusing reference to Eva Longoria being
2 1/2 feet tall (hee hee!). But that wasn't very useful.
In the end, I added feeds to Moviepie Musings, Cyndi Lauper's blog, Librarian.net, and Librarybytes.net to my Bloglines account. Google Blog Search gets a gold star, but I thought the other search tools were stinky.
Monday, March 12, 2007
RSS Feed - Assignment #4
Okay, I'm glad to read that this will be one of the most difficult assignments, because it didn't come quite as easily as the others. I hope I have subscribed to everything I was supposed to. So far I have 10 feeds on Bloglines. The one site I check for news every day is IMDB, and I could find no information about an RSS feed to them. This seems odd, since they update every day, and are in every other way a completely hip and happenin' site. Instead, I added KIRO 7 Entertainment News, and two feeds from People.com (this seemed like a good idea, because my friend is on there all day and she always knows everything first). I signed up for Top Headlines and Celebrity Photos from them.
I added four feeds from co-workers (Val, Peggi, Mary Kay, and Diana), and will add more as I recognize the owners on the list of participants. Then I added KCLS Learning 2.0 (of course), and chose BBC News as my required feed.
I like how this allows you to group all of the sites you follow in one place - it makes it so much easier to check in on everybody and see what they're up to!
I added four feeds from co-workers (Val, Peggi, Mary Kay, and Diana), and will add more as I recognize the owners on the list of participants. Then I added KCLS Learning 2.0 (of course), and chose BBC News as my required feed.
I like how this allows you to group all of the sites you follow in one place - it makes it so much easier to check in on everybody and see what they're up to!
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Question of the Day
I've been blogging for awhile on my own, but I've never been brave enough to add a picture. Now that I know how it's done, I'm still hesitant. How do we know what images are acceptable to use and which are protected by copyright? It always seems like the images up for grabs are generic shots of landscapes and barns, but what if you wanted to write a little blog entry about how much you love Al Pacino (just as a totally random example, of course)? Surely there's a picture on the web that could be used for illustrative purposes. How can we be sure that no one will come after us for using an image?
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Mashin' it Up on Flickr
Am I crazy, or was the Mash-Up assignment not up on Monday? I was all proud of myself for registering assignment #2, and then I found this. Oh no! Don't let me be the kid who turns in half-done homework! The horror! The horror! I think I only had a small coronary before my co-worker assured me that she hadn't seen the Mash-Up project until Tuesday either.
Here goes:
As you can see, I spelled BLOG with Flickr. Cool, huh? It took me awhile to figure out how to put the letters into this entry (you have to spell backward), and even now they keep moving around on me...especially that rascally "G". Still, I can see how this feature might come in handy. I also like how you can click on the letter to get different styles. Fun!
The Montagr was less awesome, and didn't really look like anything when I was done. It kept turning my searches into landscapes, so the mosaics just looked like really ugly quilts.
I saw lots of pretty pictures using the Color Picker. Somehow I imagine Ty Pennington using this feature to decorate a room on Extreme Makeover Home Edition. He'd probably find a way to turn the results into actual wallpaper: "Look! Everything is lime green! It's the lime green room! Lime green for everyone!"
The Retrievr is one of the freakiest things I've ever seen, but I could waste hours making random sketches and seeing what they bring up. I found the most amazingly gorgeous pink leaf thing I've ever seen, but I can't get the picture to upload into this blog. I tried five times, so I give up. Seriously, it was lovely.
Next I made a trading card out of a picture of my friend's dog. I wanted to put it right here:
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but blogger kept sticking it at the top. I couldn't figure out how to fix that, but I bet it's possible.
Finally I took a look at Flickr Sodoku. It was all icky hamsters, and Sodoku wears me out anyway. I think it's because I have no left brain.
Anyway, I think that's it. I wish I could figure out how to make this space properly when it publishes.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Fun With Flickr
I know, I know, to the untrained eye, it would appear that I did not scour Flickr for just the right picture. However, getting this image posted was no small feat, and after looking at everything from dogs to 
ducklings, I decided it would be easier to write about the view from my window. Yes, this the glorious view from Answer Line, and those are the cranes that will kill us, should they ever decide to fall. That's the field where I used to bake in the sun on breaks, and that's the corner where a dumpy old office building used to sit. These days the construction makes going outside less than appealing - between the noise and the dust, tanning on the playfield has really lost its luster. When the building is up, it will probably blot out the sun entirely!
ducklings, I decided it would be easier to write about the view from my window. Yes, this the glorious view from Answer Line, and those are the cranes that will kill us, should they ever decide to fall. That's the field where I used to bake in the sun on breaks, and that's the corner where a dumpy old office building used to sit. These days the construction makes going outside less than appealing - between the noise and the dust, tanning on the playfield has really lost its luster. When the building is up, it will probably blot out the sun entirely!
Monday, February 26, 2007
Three Cheers for Learning 2.0
Now that I've got my very own learning blog set up, I can't wait to put this Lifelong Learning business into action. In just 3 months we'll all be as hip as the kids in junior high, and we'll have our very own MP3 players to prove it...In the meantime, I can't wait to find out why I want one!
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