No. 18 Zohohoho

From what I see, Zoho's big advantage is that it is free and that a document can be viewed in an instant by many people. I learned to use html when sending a document as e-mail. I used copy and paste to put my two Zoho documents, "ZohoTwins"and "ZohoGemini," on my blog. The blog button on Zoho wouldn't work for me. The color didn't come through. If a person had a quick document to type up, Zoho would be handy. For your son's 2,000 point major English project, I have my doubts. I tried to "save as is" but couldn't find anything to save it to. Again, as a mass tool Zoho could be handy. As a personal tool, I'll stick with Word.

No. 17 Wiki Linked

Before wiki is started, I got the extra box off my blog. Added my link to the wiki. No trouble with setting up the account. Got interesting when adding the link. Some how got to the top section of a list which wasn't YPL's. Learned how to delete (use backspace, not highlighting.) Would be nice if the wiki would state somehow "entry added." Got link with others of YPL. Figured out the straight line is the key on the keyboard that has two lines, next to the backspace key. Have to shift it. When typed, it is one straight line. It's also a powerful little straight line, without it, the link doesn't form. Such a feeling of power when deleting because if a person wanted to they could delete everyone else's links and there would be nothing to stop them. He-he. That's also what makes wikis problematic. Once signed up, people can add and delete anything they want to. I'm looking at Wikipedia in a different light now.

No. 16 Wiki

The Book Lovers Wiki and the ALA 2006 New Orleans Wiki provided information that people would find interesting and useful. A wiki is an easy-to-edit website that can be built quickly and changed by members of the website. An interesting comment is the one that points out that a wiki's advantage, being able to be added to or changed by any of its users is also its downfall. Some information can be sujective or influenced by opinion. If libraries were to do this, I think people should be able to send their comments in to the library, but the library would need to be the editor (as the one library sytem did.) I can see an advantage to a library for posting community information. If coaches, school systems, community agencies, etc. would post their events, it probably would be popular (if people knew about it.)

No. 15 Continued

After reading the Library 2.0 perspectives, the comment that stuck with me was that 2.0 libraries do not create policies and procedures that impede user's access. Maybe it's time in YPL Libraryland to look at PIN numbers and the signing-up procedure for ILL users. I thought the Library 3.0, or virtual library, was interesting along with the Library 4.o, the knowledge spa. It will be interesting to see what renovations would have to be done to accomodate these libraries.

No. 15 Learning 2.0

Before I make any comments about Learning 2.0, I need to mention an interesting experience that happened regarding this blog. Fiddling around, I learned how to add color print. So I went back and added color, headings, and labels to my entries that didn't have any. In the process, the Flickr picture of the tiger cubs vanished. The generator image and the catalog stayed. Going through the other blogs, someone else mentioned that their Flickr picture vanished. It took all four of us on this one. We were able to find the original picture. Be careful with Flickr, not all the pictures will load as pictures. If they do not load as pictures, an image will not be generated. Which is why there is a big empty box below the image we were finally able to get loaded as a picture. We can not find any way to delete this empty box. There is not a delete button in sight. Which brings up another point. It seems once something is added to the blog, it can't be deleted. We couldn't find a delete button in any of the editing. If anyone knows why a Flickr picture would vanish, please let me know. If any one knows how to delete the box, please let me know. As usual, technology is great when it works.

No. 14 The Big Surprise - Technorati

After looking under PLYMC 2.0 in Technocarti, I found that YPL has listings in Technocarti. Some of the blogs are listed individually, duplicatey being one of them. As it is, all of the blogs are shown because PLYMC Learning 2.0 is listed on Technorati. I've linked it to the right under Everything in the Known Universe. It's almost scary when the first sentence you see is "Everything that is known about duplicatey." Thought this would be a good way to keep tabs on what is appearing in the electronic universe.

No. 13 Delicious???

After a half hour of going through these lists, I have a headache. I guess if a person had hours on their hands and were intensely interested in a subject, it would be worthwhile. First a person has to have sites. Each site has to be viewed individually. It was easy to set-up. I now have two extra links on my computer. Tagging was okay, but it doesn't take the place of cataloging. Still seems to be a jumble. One link is http://del.icio.us/ktaetwins The other link is Retirement Plans are Delicious.