Twitter

The first thing that got my attention when I went to look at what Twitter was about was the description. I personally wouldn’t go to Twitter to look up “…breaking news, a local traffic jam, a deal at your favorite shop or a funny pick-me-up from a friend.” From what I have heard about Twitter, I do know that there are those that seem to like to share every aspect of what they are doing every minute of the day by sharing their “tweets,” but I don’t get the whole point of why. Don’t get me wrong, I think that it is great that the public library is on Twitter and realize that it is a great way to inform people of what is going on at the various branches. It is a great way to get that kind of information out to people. I thought it was great to see the various branches that have Twitter and to be able to see what each branch actually posted on their Twitter page. I personally don’t see myself ever using Twitter, but can see where the attraction for some people is. I did have an account set up at one point in time to follow someone who was going to be on vacation at the same resort that I was going to. The only reason, I joined was to see what he had to say while he was at this resort. For the most part, I found that I did not find the information that he posted to be of use. I also found that when I did have a Twitter account, it was not user friendly. (I think that a lot of it may have been me, but I’m not completely convinced of this.) I did eventually get rid of this account as I did not find much use for it and I didn’t really use it for much at that time. Do I see myself using Twitter in the future, not really. To be honest, I don’t really understand what the fascination for some things on Twitter are. I can see it being used for things like CPL posting things that are going on at each branch, but besides that, I don’t really see a use for it.

Library Thing

I found that this website is user friendly. I was able to create myself an account with out any problems and I was able to add some titles to my library. When I did a search on a title that I just finished reading, I found myself enjoying the reviews that others had put up. I wish I had known about this site sooner so that I could refer to it when I was looking for a review on some titles that I am interested in reading. I can see myself using this site for personal reasons as well as at work. I can see myself using it to be able to find descriptions for titles that I am interested in reading as well as finding titles that others have read and reviewed. This will help expand my library and what I read in the future. I can see myself using it at work to help find books to recommend to people as I find that we are asked to recommend books to people. This is a great way to find titles that they may be interested in reading and making suggestions to them. I think it is a great resource to keep going back to and I will definitely be using this site in the future. I look forward to being able to use this on a personal level as well as while I am at work.

Online Productivity Tools

At this point in my life, I don’t see myself using one of these tools and just sticking to the more traditional methods. If I were to use any of them, it would be the calendar. Currently, the only reason that I use an online calendar is so that I have a record of when I have an appointment, this I will usually keep track of for when I am at work. I like to put little notes on the calendar that is hanging on my wall at home as I see it on a daily basis and it reminds me of things that will be coming up in the future. I like to add things to my calendar in outlook so that I can refer back to it while I am at work, in case I need to get information if someone asks me. I can see an online calendar being convenient in some aspects, but I don’t necessarily have the time to be going to the computer to check my online calendar an a daily basis. I can see it definitely becoming a tool that may become more a part of my life in the future, but for now it don’t see it happening. I can see that down the road, Microsoft word can be replaced with Google docs as it will be the case that one can access their documents a lot easier this way without having to worry about the document being compatible or having to worry about carrying a way to save your document when you are using a computer that is not your own. I can see that this will eventually be something of convenience and eventually can see that this will be the way that we will go towards. I am sure that MS Office will come out with something to keep up with technology as there is always something new for us to use. I can’t see the competition ever going away in that aspect.

Flickr and You Tube

I have found that I enjoy using both Flickr and You Tube. I have had many opportunities in the past to use Flickr as my husband has an account and will post pictures on it from our past trips. I like the fact that, on Flickr, you can make it so that not all of your pictures can be viewed by just any one. This is a nice safety feature, in that only those that you want to share pictures with yourself in it can see those pictures. In the past, I have used Flickr to look at pictures that others have taken of a place that my husband and I are going to be travelling to. This way, I can see where we are going to and this allows the excitement to build. I also like to look at the pictures that we have posted as it reminds me of what a great trip that we have had. I do like the fact that with flickr, you can look at pictures that are either relevant, recent or interesting as well as in various sizes. I find that Flickr is very user friendly and a great place to find pictures (besides using Google and doing an image search). I do like the fact that the page for flickr is not overbearing and does not have too much information on it. It is easy to use and in my books a great resource in sharing one’s pictures with others. I also find that you tube is user friendly. I have used you tube to find videos on things like the Muppets and can sit and watch them over and over and over again. I have used you tube to find videos that someone may have posted on a specific resort that my husband and I may be going to. I do find that there will be some that can be inappropriate, but that is to be expected since anyone can post a video on you tube. I do like the layout of you tube and find that it is very easy to use, but am not that keen on the advertising that they have on the right hand side. I find it to be distracting to a degree. I also like the fact that once you start looking at a certain video, you are given suggestions of other videos that you may find interesting. I wont deny that there is an aspect of you tube that is pure entertainment. I usually use it for this purpose.I do find that, I like both websites and will continue to use them. Considering both are sites that people can post whatever they want, I would caution user beware, but for the most part, I do find that they are both great places to get information from.