Brian's library blog

the end of days

2007-02-24T13:25:00.000-08:00

As I near the end of the project, I can hear Carol Burnett singing her closing song or Don Meredith singing turn out the light the partys over, either way, my brain is goo. Yes, it was probaly goo before I started but now it is bubbling. So much information and to give each little ditty its proper due, we should spend hours. I've learned that there is a ton information out there and a billion different ways to find it and use it. I know that once I have learned all this stuff, something else will come along and my knowledge is old, however, I am ahead of many other people so I can appear smart.

Libraries can tap into these resources and use them to spread their message, sort of like helping people find Jesus the electronic way. Keeping the information relevant and current and making sure people find the information will be on going projects for libraries. Eventually, if not done already, libraries will have movies, books and games downloadalbe or streamlined to their patrons. Each library worker should at the least have a vague idead what is going in the electronic world even if they do not use the products themselves. I will go back and checkout each of these sites with more vigor, if nothing else, new ways to access porn [I joke. I joke.]

it's the podcast people

2007-02-24T13:13:00.000-08:00

Podcast can be useful for libraries. each department can generate their own podcast and patrons could click on and find useful information or a story. The problem would be keeping the information up to date. When searching for podcast, many were out dated and a waste of time. Yahoo did the best for current information. This seems to be a general problem the internet, dead data. I subscribed to my blogline libvibe podcast for the latest in library news.

youtube is on backwards

2007-02-24T09:20:00.000-08:00

I chose this video from youtube because my stepfather is a santa. this past summer, the santas of the world held their convention in Branson, Missouri. On this video my stepfather is seen riding a gokart. This video has special importance since my stepfather has been diagnosed with cancer and this video is a great example of the person he is and always will be

and the winner is...

2007-02-24T08:57:00.000-08:00

Web 2.0 awards is very useful as it breaks down the best of the best...there is virtually no way to try all the different sites which contain the information you might need. Web 2.o awards does all the work for you....I wanted to see what site was the best for showing my videos or finding videos. Everyone knows of youtube but the winner was Dailymotion. Dailymotion doesn't have quite the social aspect of Youtube but for interface interaction Dailymotion is superior. Like almost everything, the user will have to spend more time to find out what works best for them.

tickle me google

2007-02-24T08:50:00.000-08:00

Google labs offers many and I mean many choices for your viewing/reading pleasure. I choose Google groups 2 and typed in my subject and found many of groups in a lot of subcategories. There are so many to choose from, it is hard to make a choice on which ones to join.

Google Music searched the web for music videos I was looking for. i.e. Nickleback's video "Animal" cannot be found on my normal Yahoo video site but Google Music searches other sites and finds the video on Youtube.com, that is very cool.

Is the doc in/

2007-02-24T08:44:00.000-08:00

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgbrz9nq_0dmfqs2

I'm not a MRRL anymore

2007-02-24T08:13:00.000-08:00

Working on the search engine part of the project, I was happy and surprised at the available options to use as tools. Years ago, Hotbot.com was the engine of choice and I did use it to find items I could not find elsewhere. However, it came and went [at least in popularity] without much of a bang. Today, you hear about google and I don't use it much, I prefer dogpile.com which also searches google and most of the other search engines. There is a difference between google and dogpile on which engines they target first and I am more comfortable with dogpile. Using the choice on this assignment, here is what I found: I used neuropsychology as my subject. Usually people spell neuro psychology instead of neuropsychology and only one of the engines noticed the incorrect spelling.

Exalead let off with sponsored results and then the normal search, even with the pix on the side, I found it not interesting enough to try.

Wink is a people or find people with similar interest is fine if that is what you want. I tried to narrow the search to a specific area but didn't find what I wanted.

Gravee never connected... so it sucked.

Clusty reminded [name] reminded me of a female I know but the engine itself, noticed my spelling error [applaud], gave me a number of other relevant choices and made me feel like I could make progress.

Mooter If I was Ed Bundy, I would sing "Mooter. Mooter. Yum, Yum. Yum. Mooter. Mooter on a search engine that's dumb." I didn't like the cluster look, so I moved on.

Kartoo at first glance was too crowded, so I moved on.

Yahoo. is an advertising whore and it never brings up what I want.

I will go back at a later date and use all of these tools with different search criteria and see what works best for certain situation.

ebooks, what are they good for?

2007-02-20T09:48:00.000-08:00

Ebooks are not my thing. I hate them, almost as much as audio books. I cannot read a book from the computer. I've tried many of times and all I receive is a headache. They are great for saving space and allowing more materials into the library and allowing users to log in from home and checkout a book. I also dislike watching movies and such on a computer too. The feel of a book is important to me, ebooks make me feel detached and I want the world, not cyber stuff.

Tag! You're it!

2007-02-17T12:00:00.000-08:00

If you have a strange mind, like myself or maybe you don't have a mind at all or you are a stable person, tagging could be your ticket. I like the fact you can organize your materials according to your words/descriptions. Unlike bookstores or libraries where you have to figure out how they catorized a subject, tagging lets you do it yourself. If you have warped sense of thing, you could tag our items in code, i.e. articles of Britney Spears could be tagged as "baldness" or anything you wanted to use. I like to be creative and can see myself very unusual in my own tagging world. Better yet, I can view others tagging and find new and excting materials. Viva la tag.

jordan

2007-02-12T13:11:00.001-08:00

RSS feeds

2007-02-12T13:01:00.000-08:00

Like most of these exercises, the sites you go to are fun, interesting and useful, however, very addictive. Like the image generators, I could spend hours reading and looking at the feeds. I guess you would have to narrow done what you are wanting so there are not too many feeds to look at. The whole process is pretty easy to do and allows you to tie in the rss feeds with other areas, such as, flickr. I am looking forward to spending more time playing and using these items for both personal use and for work.

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

fifty nifty united states

2007-02-07T07:50:00.000-08:00

create your own visited states map

image generator

2007-01-26T13:40:00.000-08:00

I made a couple of movie posters and placed each them in a separate blog. These generators can be very dangerous. I could spend years sitting at a computer making posters, signs, books and so forth, there are so many ideas and so many ways for me to get into trouble. I tell myself, "what would Jessica do?", then I realize what jessica would like me to do, so I do it. If I offend, I don't mean to, unless it is Steve, Brian just wants to have fun. I found the generators very easy to use and hopefully people will not use them for fraud.

library nurses

2007-01-25T13:37:00.001-08:00

poster9695458,
originally uploaded by jezz89.

if you haven't seen the other movies...go rent them.

making movie posters is fun.

cool movie

2007-01-25T13:32:00.001-08:00

My creation,
originally uploaded by jezz89.

I cannot wait to see this awesome movie!

smith_06_360x240

2007-01-10T10:56:00.001-08:00

smith_06_360x240,
originally uploaded by jezz89.

I have now figured out how to take photo from Flickr and place it in a blog. Kudos to me.

Flickr

2007-01-10T08:33:00.001-08:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

don't flickr me off.

2007-01-10T08:31:00.000-08:00

Flickr, hate the name, love the idea. My first thought, was about a horse and girl riding the horse for joy and relaxation. I like the idea of taking a photo and allowing others to see it and comment on it. Maybe I haven't look at Flickr enough to see if it changes the photo into the appropiate code for other sites, like myspace. It will allow you to upload photos into your email, which is pretty cool. I have aYahoo email account, so Flickr is handy for my photos. Right now I am a big fan of photobucket. Photobucket has allowed my internet and personal photos on its site [without a limit on how many I can have] and lets me choose the number of photos and it will write the correct html text for the site I want to post the photos onto. After I become more familiar with Flickr and Photoshop I can better compare their abilities to meet my needs on the information highway.

libraries and myspace

2007-01-02T09:30:00.000-08:00

I love myspace.com. I am able to communicate with a diverse group individuals with similar interests. I tend to like a variety of people and talk with those who lean towards the strange side of life. For Mrrl being on myspace I believe the library is taking another step towards the future. The information highway is the way to go and any time you can get your message out it is positive. This is a great way to communicate with other libraries and discuss issues. I belong to three library groups: Association of Sexy Librarians http://groups.myspace.com/AOSL, Librarians Rock http://groups.myspace.com/librariansrock, and finally, Libarians are Cool http://groups.myspace.com/librariansarecool, There are many more to chose from and on all of these sites, I have met interesting people and was able to post bulletins regarding library issues. I would recommend that everyone finds a group and get involved. I would like to add some of the Mrrl patrons have notice both my personal site and the library site and both received positive comments.

Dora the Explorer

2006-12-12T06:55:00.000-08:00

Rumor has it that the United States considers Dora the Explorer to be an illegal immigrant and will be deported or shot, she could get a guest pass if she agrees to pick fruit or mow lawns . Maybe the tv show "Survivor" can do a season with contestants trying to cross the border.

Is that a wiki on your....

2006-11-29T07:26:00.000-08:00

The answer would be no, not a wiki and the answer to the question would be a totally different blog. Wiki's are nice since anyone can edit the wiki making the information more accurate, however, this is same reason I do not trust wikis. Wikipedia does have editors come in and check for accuracy but they to can miss things and I have found mistakes myself.

I do like the fact that a person needs no html or computer talent to edit a wiki, of course, it does help to know how to turn on a computer and use a mouse. Don't laugh, some people have these problems. I do have a control problem so like it is said in Wikis: A Beginner’s Look
Harnessing the Collective Intelligence
Computers in Libraries, wikis may not be for me. I will not however abandon the wiki. I like saying wiki and I like wikis for genres, allowing others to add to what can be a confusing area. The Booklovers Wiki is very helpful and I will probably use it along with the other genre wikis and I suppose the site I like the best will win out.

my blog

2006-11-28T09:35:00.000-08:00

My blog. My blog. My blog. What am I gonna do with all this blog? All this blog that looks like a hog. Thank you for joining the Beast and his blog and what I hope is a wonderful blogging experience.