Wikis

I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to edit the wiki page for this week's project. I remember having to create a wiki page for a project in grad school and it was much more confusing. You had to type out the html or whatever type of formatting was being used (I don't remember the details). It really wasn't too bad once you got the hang of it, but the PB wiki site makes things so much easier! It was just like typing any Word document. I'm definitely more open to the idea of using (as in creating/editing) wikis in the future now!

RSS Feeds and Delicious

I didn't have much trouble with this week's assignment. I've had an RSS feed for a while and use it as my primary news source. I subscribe to feeds from several newspapers (covering national, world, and local news), as well as a handful of library blogs. I also use it to keep track of fun sites, such as Cute Overload, Cake Wrecks (hilarious), and Unshelved (a webcomic about a public library). I've found it to be very useful. I don't have tv at home at the moment and hate to visit a bunch of different sites to get the news, so this a great way for me to do that.

As for Delicious, I've encountered it before. I had to create an account back in grad school. I found that I didn't use the account very much, only accessing it from my personal computer, where I could just as easily use a regular bookmark. So, I still don't find it very useful, but I can certainly see how it could be useful for people that have multiple computers or split their time between locations for work. (Technically, I do spend some time at two branches, but they each have sufficient bookmarks on each computer that I haven't need to use Delicious.)

First Impressions of 23 Things

So far, I'm feeling very comfortable with our assignments for 23 Things. I have used blogs (specifically Blogger) before. I created two sample blogs for presentations back in library school. We also use Blogger at our library to create themed book lists and lists of our new books. We found it to be one of the quickest and easiest ways to get these lists posted. I've also made a personal blog to keep track of my marathon training progress, although I haven't updated that one in quite some time!

Here are links to our library's new books and book lists blogs, if anyone is interested:
http://ntrlnewbooks.blogspot.com/
http://ntrlbooklists.blogspot.com/
(Just a side note: These aren't my work alone. The other reference librarian generally posts the new books and I generally post the book lists, although we both have access to both blogs.)

-BrieAnn