Rollyo

I appreciate the appeal of rollyo, but much like the bloglines feature, I don't think I'll be using it. The one category that jumped out at me as being a possible rollyo is shopping. I created a small rollyo featuring some of my favorite shops. It'd be nice to search for "floral skirt" and have the results already limited. I'll spend some more time exploring some other examples, and may feel inspired to create more. I do like how you can a "Rollyo RollBar Bookmarklet" to your bookmark bar.

LibraryThing

I started my librarything account right after I started working here- February 13, 2007. I started my library, but never finished and it's a kick to go back and see what books I read in the first few months of being in Spokane. At first I was overwhelmed, do I add all the books I own at home and tag them? Or just add books as I read them? I tried a little of both, stopped, and then joined goodreads which I like- I just add books as I go. (When I started I did try adding all the books I've ever read ever, but that was too much). LibraryThing has come a long way since February '07 and has some really cool features now, including the "talk" forum where users can connect with each other on a huge variety of topics. My favorite thread to follow is "funny requests from patrons" which is here: http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=17962#1110271.

Wordle fun

I'm a big wordle fan. I've been experimenting with one partcular piece of text because it'd be a perfect gift to frame for my sister. The lyrics to "Wasted Youth" by Meat Loaf. Long story, but it's been a special favorite for many years.

RSSs

So I was a bit stumped with thing #8- to learn all about RSS feeds and start a Bloglines newsreader account. I have to say, (horrors), I'm not a big fan. I added several of my favorite sites to my bloglines account, but found that I'd rather take the extra time and go to each site and read through them myself. I can appreciate the speediness and organization of having everything in one spot, but I don't warm to it. If I had a homepage on my home computer (which is currently afflicted with the blue screen of death), I'd probably have enjoy a newsreader much more. The one thing that has come from learning about the RSS feeds, is that I see that little orange button *everywhere* now! Including my fave: etsy.com, where I can see quickly when my favorite sellers have added items. Like these fabulous earrings from Maggie Joynt's shop..

Go go technology

For today's "technology" post, I thought I'd share a fun thing that's currently developing on facebook. I've always enjoyed getting back in touch with people I haven't seen or spoken to in years. For a while, all you could do was google someone's name and hope they left their email address somewhere. Then along came friendster, myspace and facebook. One of my *old* friends from elementary school posted a picture of our class on our sixth grade end of the year trip to New York City. Now, through that picture- and various people's comments- I'm back in touch with more than half of that class, and our teacher! For everyone who had her, Mrs. Chaimson was their favorite for life. And now, almost twenty years later, it feels great to be able to tell her how wonderful she was and what an impact she had on my life. This picture is of me and my best friend Crystal on the bus heading to NYC- May of 1992.

Flickr Fun

I've had a flickr account for a while now, but had no idea there were so many cool features! So, I've definitely been enjoying the latest 2.0 task. I think my favorite is the map, I was able to zoom in and place some pictures on the exact spot where they were taken (down to the street corner, pretty cool.) I haven't taken many library pictures lately, but here's a fave from last summer. I think Cindy would agree that this t-shirt is for pre-Breaking Dawn Jacob only.

Seattle

Thought I'd try and post a picture.. I'm a frequent flickr user- I use it as a diary of sorts, and have a posted a picture every day since May 3 2008. Here's one I took last weekend in Seattle- my friend Brook lives in Queen Anne. This is the view from the stairwell- not bad :)

**and my flickr page is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soniagustafson/

Being a successful lifelong learner

Having just listened to the tutorial about the 7 1/2 habits of successful lifelong learners, I'm able to reflect on which of them come more naturally to me than others. As a refresher, the habits are:
Habit 1: Begin with the end in mind
Habit 2: Accept responsibility for your own learning
Habit 3: View problems as challenges
Habit 4: Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner
Habit 5: Create your own learning toolbox
Habit 6: Use technology to your advantage
Habit 7: Teach/mentor others
Habit 7 ½: Play

The two that pose the biggest challege to me are the first and fifth. I'll echo my co-youth librarian Cindy here- I'm no stranger to procrastination. I can start with a very general goal in mind, but I have trouble taking the time to make miniature goals (and meet them!). The other challenge that jumps out at me from this list is the learning toolbox. It's good to collect and keep things that help you learn. I collect, but rarely keep. On the other side of the coin, I'm fairly comfortable with the rest of the list. The one I'm most proud of is my ability to view problems as challenges. I love learning new things and sharing them with others.

First post

Hello! As part of SCLD's Learning 2.0 program, we're learning about new technologies that we can use in the library. More to come, obviously :)