I'm Playing around with wikis

I've enjoyed playing around with wikis and I've added my login account. Now I'm having a bit of trouble getting my blog on the Learn&Play wiki. I'm gonna have to holler for help to finish all of the things today.
I got help from Joe and am still having some trouble posting to the http://learnandplaycml.pbwiki.com/FrontPage . I had already created my login, Joe tried to coach me and we both had trouble. After advice from Joe, I'm requesting access (not noted in my instructions) and will add more posting later.

What's in a wiki?--lots of participation

I took a quick tour through the world of wikis and found myself wishing I had several days to look around at all the websites. Two of my discoveries really interested me: USC Aiken Gregg Graniteville Library [It's a United States Federal Depository Library-wow!] and the University of Calgary Wiki [It included a beautiful aerial picture of the campus in the summer--how inviting is that?]
Here are a few of the wiki applications I found that work well in libraries: Updating of Subject Guides (gives librarians help/updates occur more frequently), Annotating the catalog (user reviews can help other patrons find books meeting their specific needs), Community Wiki (helps libraries become physical hubs of the community).

Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

After reading "Where will the next generation Web take libraries?" and "To a temporary place in time..." in the OCLC Next Space Newsletter, I agree with the thoughts and feeling of Dr. Wendy Schultz ("To a temporary place in time..."). I, too, believe that libraries will be more needed in the future and that the population will have more and varied information filled library experiences. People will need/want to learn about their history and 3D services will be there to help them. Those who want the virtual reality experience will be helped as well as those who want the augmented reality experience. I visualize a future with lots of people needing/wanting lots of answers/information and there being librarians there to guide them along the way. {Sometimes I'm such a dreamer, but this portion of the OCLC Next Space Newsletter really inspired me!}

del.icio.us is really Delicious!

I just had the most wonderful experience with del.icio.us! I just want to go home and sit at my computer and play around this site, for hours! I chose to look at the Library Thing bookmark [over 200,000 people have this bookmarked and they seem to be loving it as much as I]. People have sent me more book recommendations and connection news and blogs and I could go on and on. I was in book heaven (for a while); then I remembered I had to finish Learn&Play (so I came back down to earth--for now)! This is so entertaining and enlightening--I want to do it more often.

Exploring Twitter

I'm still having FUN!! I'm learning to microblog, find people, and tweet. (I think that's the correct way to talk about it.) I'm very fortunate, I have lots of people helping me--Oh Happy Day! Here is my twitter user name: http:/twitter.com/TaiGee, I hope you can find me. I haven't decided wether or not I like microblogging-can I let you know later? I found people from CML talking about Learn&Play flash drives (working/not working) and watching the fun videos. I'm going to use twitter to talk to my children and husband-quickly!

Library Thing - WOW!!

I really enjoyed playing around with Library Thing. I added five books that I want to read soon. Some more will be added as others give me recommendations and as I see books (I can't live without) here at work.
Now on to more playing!!

Playing with Image Generators

I was a little bit disappointed when I first started Thing #10, because the link to "ALA Mini READ Generator" did not work. (I tried it on several days.) Next I tried The Generator Blog (what a hoot!!) I played with it for over an hour and tried to interview Sarah Palin, plus learned my name if she were my mother. (How does "Bash Budweiser Palin" sound to you?!?!) Then I moved along to more fun adventures. My favorites were: Word Clouds, My Ideal Phone, and Transfer of Luck. I'm planning to use these at Christmas--gag gifts, don't ya know, so don't tell my family.