Ning/Scott County Libraries

The SCOTT COUNTY LIBRARIES group has disappeared from NING.

WJMN

I skipped ahead to WJMN after reading some of the participants blogs. I was disappointed to see how few librarians make their names, libraries, etc public to MN librarians. I did find two former classmates/co-workers whom I have asked to be friends.

This would make a great site for sharing ideas(selection, policies) and just catching up with co-workers and library friends.

I am also excited about having one place to check for class opportunities!

I found WJMN easy for sign up/registration, inviting friends and browsing classes.

Twitter Friends

I discovered 2 friends on Twitter, although it looks like neither friend uses Twitter regularly. I have invited several personal friends to join Twitter.

140 characters is not very much! I'm not sure how much I will use Twitter. If I were working on a joint project with several librarians outside of the library system it might be helpful.

Twitter

After getting hung up on blog toolbox I skipped ahead to Twitter. Opened an account. After doing both NING and TWITTER I need to take a break from all of this tech stuff and look at some books.

With "office communication" I already communicate with short messages to people within Scott County. It seems like that is an internal "twitter".

Ning Thing

I joined Ning Thing! Successfully imported my photo(a first!). I also created a group for Scott County Library System in the hopes of finding someone else doing 23 things! I sent out invitations to colleagues hoping to find someone.

We'll see how this works!

Snap shots

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com
I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.
Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you "look ahead," before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.
Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.

E-mail Post

I was unsuccessful at posting via e-mail. I successfully added my daughters wedding pictures to my delicious account.

I think I would be better suited to the original 23 things. I have so much to learn. Today I went back to delicious and corrected some links that didn't work.

I hate to admit how much time each step takes me!