For my "anything technology related" post I thought I would talk about Microsoft Surface. Just released by Microsoft and only available to select businesses such as casinos, Surface is a touch screen computer that sort of looks like a glass coffee table. The picture here shows photo organizer on Microsoft Surface. You can physically manipulate digital photos on Surface by dragging, dropping, and resizing with your fingertips. Pretty cool!
This sort of technology could revolutionize both back-office productivity and front-line customer service in libraries -- particularly self-service for patrons. Too bad it is not on the consumer market yet.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Yin/Yang rock mosaic in O'Sensei's Garden
I didn't make it the International Annual Cuong Nhu training camp this year, partly because of the price of flights and because I didn't want to miss one of Capstone classes for Synchronous Learning Expert certification. So, I appreciate that someone made it to the garden dedicated to O'Sensei's memory in Gainesvilles botanical gardens.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Week 6 of 23 Things
Greetings and welcome to week 6 of 23 Things. You are 2/3 of the way finished!
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati13. Learn about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
Tips -
Things 13 and 14 mention some PLCMC tags. Remember that this program has been "stolen" from an original program developed by the folks at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Since we are just beginning to create blogs and tag them, we thought it might be a good idea to include some PLCMC tags to look at so you have something to see! If you also tag your stuff with "mdlearn2" we should eventually get to see it, but sometimes it takes free sites like Flickr, Del.icio.us, and Technorati some time to find your tags.
Also, in Thing 15 there are some links to sites that discuss the future of libraries and Web 2.0. You may also have some information that you want to share in addition to these sites. If so, please add them to your blogs and if it is something really great that we should consider adding to our statewide 23 Things blog, please add it as a comment in the Tips link.
Lastly, if you have gotten a little behind or are just now joining us, no worries. You can see previous emails on my blog at http://jennifers23things.blogspot.com/. That way you can refer back and catch up. Once you’ve gotten past week 2 you can skip around a little – just be sure to label your posts appropriately and keep track of them on your tracking log.
Regards,
Jennifer
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati13. Learn about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
Tips -
Things 13 and 14 mention some PLCMC tags. Remember that this program has been "stolen" from an original program developed by the folks at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Since we are just beginning to create blogs and tag them, we thought it might be a good idea to include some PLCMC tags to look at so you have something to see! If you also tag your stuff with "mdlearn2" we should eventually get to see it, but sometimes it takes free sites like Flickr, Del.icio.us, and Technorati some time to find your tags.
Also, in Thing 15 there are some links to sites that discuss the future of libraries and Web 2.0. You may also have some information that you want to share in addition to these sites. If so, please add them to your blogs and if it is something really great that we should consider adding to our statewide 23 Things blog, please add it as a comment in the Tips link.
Lastly, if you have gotten a little behind or are just now joining us, no worries. You can see previous emails on my blog at http://jennifers23things.blogspot.com/. That way you can refer back and catch up. Once you’ve gotten past week 2 you can skip around a little – just be sure to label your posts appropriately and keep track of them on your tracking log.
Regards,
Jennifer
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