THINGS are DONE!

Yeahs!!
* wikis rock ... especially the pbwiki project
* Web 2.0 awards were interesting
* Exploring the websites
* Actually sticking to writing in a blog
* Gave us all something to talk about

Boo!
* Youth Services people are way to busy to do something like this during the summer
* Should have more in-house, on-on-one, help classes
* We never explored Social Networking! This is such an important facet & foundation of Web 2.0 applications and I'm disappointed that it was ignored. Whether we approve of sites like MySpace, Facebook, & Twitter or not .... we should still be knowledgeable about them.

2 4 1 -- podcastdigitalaudiobooks

PODCASTS

I mostly subscribe to podcasts from ITunes because it's super easy to have all my music and podcasts in one place.

But podcastalley was something else.
Trust me ... they have a podcasts on everything ... one called Dirty Kumquat Radio, cooking shows, 83 podcasts on yoga, Twilight podcasts (hooray), and even podcast of the X-rated variety!

This site is useful because you can download podcasts anywhere ... no need for a computer with ITunes.

NPR podcasts are spiffy! I always listen to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me while cooking ... and I do love Ira Glass ... it's the glasses.





AUDIOBOOKS

I gave up on our library audiobooks a while ago because they weren't compatible with my IPod.
But .... I did not know you could burn a downloaded audiobook to CD!! That's cool.

The library needs to have a class on audiobooks or really push the fact that we have them. I think many patrons have no clue!

YouTube Blast From the Past

On a whim I typed in"winterguard" in a youtube search.
I performed for years in winterguard and crossed my fingers that somebody had posted a video of one of my performances.

Who knew, that our secret ops lighted run at World Championships 2002 was up!!
We were a scandalous group. I was a sabre dancer.

Applause

By Jove! Web 2.0 awards rock!

I was disappointed that some of the neat stuff required subscriptions. I have this crazy notion that all Web 2.0 stuff should be free.
These sites would be amazing ... but they cost money!! Boo!
Mango Languages
Wufoo

Super interesting and Free ---- > the food section of the Web 2.0 awards!
Great for the food obsessed and food snobs.
I never knew these sites existed!

I especially loved the sites ImCooked and iFoods - instead of printing out boring recipes - you can watch videos!

This video of Christopher Walken cooking chicken is quite amusing!

Drumroll please .... my favorite Web 2.0 award winner is: LAST.FM
Type in an artist or band and you can stream music, download songs, view videos, read bios, tour dates, listen to similar artist, stalk, and comment ALL ON ONE PAGE -- this will definitely be a major time-sucker for me.

The man I adore: Andrew Bird

oh zoho

Zoho is useful ... indeed.

However is looks like a rip-off of Google Docs.

Why I love Google Docs:

It's simple and clean.

I have all my google-mania in one place - Docs, gmail, picasa.

Why I can't deal with Zoho:

I had to sign-up for another site.

Quoted from Amber: It's trying to be too much at once!!

However, being able to publish a document from Zoho to your blog is nifty. And I imagine it will get snazzier with time, but for now I am overwhelmed with signing up for so many sites and not having time to explore them.

So Adieu ..... I'll pass on Zoho and stick with what works for me.