Thing 21: Mashups

The site FD Flickr toys is blocked here at John Tyler. So instead I explored Wheel of Lunch and Instantwatcher.
I had fun with Infinite Comic. I may have to try creating my trading card at home.

Thing 20: Tagging and Social Bookmarking.

Delicious reminds me of establishing a folder in the Ebsco Databases. And like that folder you can access it from any computer--a big leap from bookmarks. On the negative side you have another user name a password to remember (when will it end?). This is another of the 23 Things that works for both home and library.

John Tyler has Delicious on the library web page. These are the web resources that library staff have found useful and think could be useful for students. By using Delicious the links remain current.

Thing 19: Multimedia

In honor of Valentines Day coming up next week, I found this on YouTube:


I am amazed by the tutorials found on Youtube. Last fall I learned how to make tutu for John Tyler's Full Moon Madness. But I'm also amazed by the amount of time-wasting I can do.

I liked the Library Minute clips from ASU. Just the right amount of time!

Thing 18: Audiobooks

I have been a long time audiobook enthusiast. When Net Library became available in a neighboring county I hurried to get myself a card in order to start downloading. Now my own county offers OverDrive. I agree with Beth Farrell's article, "The Lowdown on Audio Downloads" that downloads have become simpler. From her I learned that audiobooks are expensive--not too surprising however I was surprised to learn that electronic formats are no cheaper that CDs.
 I listened to "Tyger" by William Blake on LibriVox. The sound quality was good, but the interface doesn't have the pizzazz that OverDrive does.