Twitter

Hi Heather and Katie,

I have never twittered so it was interesting to see that people have comments about anything and everything.

The library twitters posted lots of activities that were happening at the library from programs to the opening of the new park at Memorial Park library.

I think the library twitters are on the right track and they could post some new books, DVD's and Cd's that we have ordered with maybe a bit of book or movie review.

Thanks.

Carol Stewart

Library Thing

I did enjoy perusing and browsing in Library Thing. I particularly liked the Talk Forum to read about people's opinions on different books. I think it was fairly easy to use and it was set up simply and the tour gave a good explanation about the site.

Thanks.

Carol Stewart

Hi Katie and Heather,

I could not see myself using these tools as I like to use more traditional methods like my wall calendar and daytimer. Also, most cell phones have calendars and notes in them that I would probably use over Google.

If I were to use one of the tools it would probably be the Yahoo calendar as weather updates are available, the latest in sports and entertainment are available and there is free pop up blocker.

Thanks.

Carol Stewart

Flickr and Youtube

Hi Katie and Heather,

I have watched videos on youtube previously and it is entertaining and fun to do. It is easy to use but I rarely use it.

I had never heard of Flickr before so it was good to find out what it is all about. I would not find it user friendly myself as I have never downloaded pictures before. I am sure that photo savvy users would probably find it easy to use.

Carol Stewart

Hi Katie and Heather,

I was able to set up an account and it was easy to do.

I can see how a person would like this feature if they used a particular website requently and they wanted all the latest info. It would be a time saver.

Thanks. Carol

Google Product Review

Hi Heather and Katie,

My husband has to work in Santiago, Chile for the next 3 months to help with Insurance claims for the earthquake that hit there earlier this year. I saw google had a translation product that will translate instantly whatever you type in the box. I will recommend this tool to my husband when he goes to Chile as he speaks no Spanish. It is a good and helpful product that Google offers.

Carol Stewart

Facebook assignment

Hi Katie and Heather,

I am not a Facebook user as I really don't enjoy spending a lot of time on the computer. I prefer to call my friends on the phone and book a coffee or a lunch date and chat face to face.

It was interesting though to see what it was all about and I do enjoy when my kids tell me what is happening with relatives from afar when they go on their personal facebook accounts.

Carol Stewart

Hi Katie and Heather,

I use Wikipedia fairly often doing casual searches. It was difficult to find errors. I edited through the sandbox play-around featured within Wikipedia instead of editing a real article. I did see where you could do this but chose to do the sandbox feature instead. Hope this suffices.

Carol Stewart

March 29th "delicious" assignment 2.0

Hi Katie and Heather,

I feel fairly comfortable using delicious. I usually go there to the Citizenship tag to help Newcomers find their alderman, MPP and MP. It is a very useful site and easy to use.

Thanks.

Carol Stewart

Blog Training

This is my first entry for a blog. It was easy to set up and didn't take too much time.

I hope that I can learn more about Twitter, blogging and all the other topics over the next 6 weeks as I don't sign up or use any of these resources.

Maggie Stewart