So, is it time to sing yet?

Greegtings all,

Last one, last one. The ol'Flippers are about to fall off but this little Fishmouse isn't giving up any time soon. Speaking of which, I present (and promise not to post about on my own sites) ...

Running the wheel - social networking
Ah, a topic I know allready - the social network, even if i'm old school and prefer Livejournal over Myspace and Facebook. I do have a Myspace and will proberbly get a Facebook one day. The world usage map was interesting, not suprising but I wonder if it's still true?

Swimming around - social networking in the library
Interesting concept. I can see potential for use with teenagers. I'd proberbly want to go through myspace as I am familiar with it and know that they use it. It can be used to showcase what's new, events and hopefully create dialogue. The biggest downside - it would need to be monitered often. I suppose that would be the draw back with using any of the social networking sites in any library area - having the staff available to constantly moniter and update the site.
In my workplace I unfortunatly don't personally have the time and are unsure if I would be allowed to anyway :( Would be nice to implement, even if its Facebook to access the large numbers of young parents we have currently comming through the doors, assuming they are Facebook users. It would also be hard to guage what site (or sites) to go with, depending on your area, patron age and preferneces in this are.
For youth, reading groups, and parents/children groups it could be a very usefull tool. It would be very easy just to put up a new post for marketting of a new event or program. Regular programs and events could have perment banners or messages posted on site.
Second life - Libraries! I've never dipped my toes into that particular pond but must admit that I am thoroughly intrigued.

This is the last time you'll be seeing me post for the 2.0 course . I'ts been lots of fun and hopefully for my audience, you've enjoyed yourself also. Thankyou to everyone who's comented and keep learning and having fun while doing so.

~mishka

It's like Kindergarten share time all over again...

Greetings all,

Ah, it's a lovely looking day outside and this Fishmouse, is as always, locked in her tank. Where has the time gone? 1 day before the deadline and I've 2 more posts to go - better get cracking. PS - go blues!

Running the wheel - Slideshare
Will not load - argh! Shall try again later. I do like the document converter - i'll never have to change and re-save again! Well, I may, but document converters hopefully should make life a lot easier.

Swimming around - Google Docs
I can see one problem with this - most computers (well, my work PC at least) come with programs that can do this. With an older machine sans word processing programs this could be handy. For collaboration projects, say between two youth librarians, BAM! this is fantastic. So I threw together a small, simple little presntation. It's short and crappy as i'm feeling a little strapped for time. I'm hoping that this kind of program will be usefull for future events. Off it's sent, done and done.

No time to stop - on to the next,

~ mishka