Web 2.0

I just read Away from the Icebergs and A Temporary Place in Time. I agree with what both authors are saying. It is imperative that as a profession, librarians adjust and welcome change and let go of old out-of-date perspectives on how best to present our product to our customers. We have to embrace change and move forward. We aren't the only game in town and there is plenty of competition out there. In order to compete, we have to do what we do best- organize and make sense of the information and make it easily accessible to our customers.

Technorati

Strolled around in Technorati for a bit, actually I was there last night while doing another 23 Things exercise. Top favorited blog: Boing, Boing is interesting and yes, I already added it to my RSS feed. What I liked about this blog was the most current subject- "Super Rubes" about a Discovery Channel show that is casting for people to come up with Chain Reaction Machines based on the Rube Goldberg way of doing things.

Del.icio.us

Listen and watched the tutorial. Del.icio.us is a great tool to help discover just what you are looking for. By bookmarking and tagging information, you can find similar information that others have compiled. This can be very helpful when trying to locate particular information on a topic and it can lead you to other sites. On th PLCMCL2 site I did see sites that had been mentioned earlier in the 23 Things such as the Shifted Librarian, Podcasts, RSS Feeds and Flcker.

Library Thing

Now this is something I could get lost in VERY easily. I like that I can see that others have similar interests. I also like that you can see the cover art which is always a selling point for me. I looked at the recommendations and found that yes, I actually have some of the books they recommended and was interested in others. And the "Unsuggester"- how cool is that?
Here's my page:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php

Merlin and NewsFeeds

I have subscribed to Merlin. I checked out the the newsfeeds and liked the Topix for the local coverage. Feedster is in the midst of a change so I couldn't check that out. Technorati looks pretty cool. I bookedmarked Topix.

Podcasts

I do enjoy listening to my computer as much as I do reading and writing on it. One of my favorite radio shows is 'Wait, Wait don't Tell Me" a game show based on a review of the week's news. Clever and informative, it is also available via podcast and now is part of my RSS feed. I've also added NPR Pop Culture Topics Podcasts to my list.

You Tube- Kane Hula

No, this is not about my son Kane. This is Kane (pronounced Ka-nay) Hula. Kane means man in Hawaii. This is a video of a hula group at the Merrie Monarch competition, an international competition, held in Hilo, Hawaii each year.