Week 6, Thing 13 & 14: Del.icio.us & Technorati

After viewing Del.icio.us it was information overload! All those tags, all the links. I did explore Del.icio.us but I felt that my searches were not yielding the information I wanted or was interested in. Now Technorati on the other hand, I can definitely see myself using, especially for professional development and interests. Searching under YA literature and teen books, I found several blogs dedicated to that subject. I also searched for for my own blog and surprise, I am not the only everythingbagel out there! Through Technorati I was also able to find the blog Pop Goes the Library-one of my favorites

http://www.popgoesthelibrary.com/

This blog was founded by Sophie Brookover who is an amazing teen librarian in Camden County, NJ. Lots of great ideas on how to use pop culture for programming at your public library.

Week 5, Thing 12: Rollyo

I explored Rollyo and created a search roll titled What's For Dinner, which lists severals recipe websites. (Epicurious is one of my favorites) While I think Rollyo is a good idea, I couldn't see myself using it for my personal searching of the web. Yes, I would still wade through google. However, I think Rollyo would be useful is if one was searching for more obscure information such as rare books, statistics etc. And if a library customer wanted a list of websites on a specific topic, then Rollyo just might be the place to look. I also agree with Chicken Amuck's comment that your Rollyo is only as good as the websites you put in it.

Week 5, Thing 11: Library Thing

I have found Library Thing somewhat addictive. Once I created an account, I just kept adding titles, trying to remember all the good books I have read. I really enjoy doing reader's advisory so this may be a good tool in helping me organize the titles. It seems easier than keeping a spreadsheet which was something I had considered. I probably wouldn't use Library Thing to interact with other readers but instead use it to keep a list for my on personal use.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/kwarhaftig

Week 5, Thing 10: Image Generator

I had so much fun creating an avatar! It took me a couple trys to upload the image but I finally figured it out once I found the directions on the yahoo avatar homepage. There are a lot of clever generator blogs out there. I am going to try out the Simpson Generator next.