# 13 del.icio.us

After reading the entry on Wikipedia I moved on to adding a few tags on del.icio.us. It’s nice to be able to access your bookmarks from any computer.

# 12 Rollyo Searchbox

Select...Redwood City - NewsSearch The Web

# 11 Library Thing

# 10 Online Image Generators

Online Image Generators are great fun! I followed the link for the BigHugesLabs site and found it to be easy and fun to use. I checked a couple of other sites that have lists of generators and explored a few of them. Here are three examples that I created using different generators.

# 9 Twitter

Continuing the journey I signed up for a Twitter account. This is a tool to keep in touch with people using the Twitter site, a cell phone or a web browser using one of the three popular downloads. You can also keep a simple diary or your activities by typing in the “What are you doing” box. I checked off the following items from the “what to do now list”.

1. Tell us what you’re doing in the box above

2. Find some friends and follow what they’re doing

# 7 & 8 - RSS Feeds and Bloglines

My Bloglines account is set up and I decided to add a couple of new feeds. I now subscribe to:

• Liblong which is an RCPL weblog

• iLibrarian - which covers News and resources on Library 2.0 and the information revolution.

• The Librarian in Black blog which is a great resource for library staff.

I also checked out the Yahoo RSS Feeds reader and one advantage of using it their service is that you can check it every time you check your free e-mail account.

# 6 Libraries using Web 2.0

I checked out the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County - and how they are using RSS feeds. You get a complete list to subscribe from when you click on the RSS feed link. I click on the link labeled en Español and found a blank page. Our library has a an event blog that includes images and photos on the side of past programs and it has a look and feel more like the Ann Arbor District Library site.

The Sunnyvale Public library Podcasts page is a great example of a page that provides podcasts for the public that is nice and easy to navigate. I think we can use podcasting with our story times and programs to reach out to families who can not come in to the library.

# 4 & 5 Flickr and Mashups

I log on to my Flickr account and viewed the slide show of the photos I had uploaded. I joined a group on Flower Pictures that currently has 3,661 members.

I explored the Ten Best Flickr Mashups listed in the article on webmonkey.

Retriever is useful to draw picture but the search by uploading an image game me images with similar colors but not similar pictures.

Spell with Flickr I entered the word jump and here are the results.

I entered the word curve in Tagnautica and it brought up all sorts of related curve tags. Flapper also provided all shorts of curve photos.

# 3 Adding the Blog to the Blogroll

I have sent in the e-mail to infopeeps@gmail.com and asked to have my Blog added to the blogroll. When I get confirmation I will continue the journey.

# 2 Jump to the Blog

I learned how to set a Blog while taking the class from Sarah so it was much easier the second time around. I have set up my new Blog and added my first post.

# 1 Getting Ready to Start

I have read the FAQ page and the list of 23 Things and I am ready to move on to step two.

I have taken Web 2.0 Developing a Successful eBranch with instructor Sarah Houghton-Jan. Sarah is a great instruction and I really enjoyed her class. At first it was hard to keep up with the assignments but it was nice to learn together with my colleagues.