23 Things Summary

I enjoyed the 23 things exercise. I feel it was a good way to explore some of the new concepts that are involved in the new era of the web. I think my favorite part of the project was podcasting. I use Itunes to listen to podcasts of radio stations that are not in the Palm Beach County area. I also enjoyed learning about blogging. Although I had heard of blogging before, I was never into it, but I feel it is a good way of expressing opinions and writing down thoughts for others to see.

Overdrive website

The Overdrive downloadable audio books is a great place for PBCLS users to search for and listen to audio books without needing to come in to the library. Many different titles are available, and can be previewed to see if it is something interesting. I looked up 1984 by George Orwell and was able to listen to an introduction and the first chapter of the book. The site also gives a synopsis of the book. Overdrive is helpful to those who are disabled, or who enjoy listening to audio books.

Podcast searching

These websites are useful tools for locating and subscribing to podcasts. There are many different categories that can be browsed through to suit anybody's needs.

This is a podcast I subscribed to called Nobody Likes Onions, which deals primarily with current events.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/nlo

Another Youtube Post

This is a video of Dave Matthews Band playing their song "Everyday" from Folsom Field in Colorado on 7/11/2001:

YouTube

This is a video from the Youtube website on top hockey goals:

Web 2.0 Award Site

One site that I went to that was interesting to me is Mog (http://www.mog.com.) This is a site that users can stream music from. With the Rhapsody player, one can listen to 25 songs for no charge in a month, or it can be upgraded to be able to listen to unlimited songs for $12.99/month.

This application could be used in a library setting to stream audio CDs for patrons to listen to.

Zoho Writer & Google Docs

The Zoho website is a useful tool for those who want an alternative to word processing. These documents are created online, but can be saved to use when an internet connection isn't available. It seems to be a good money saver for those who don't want to spend money on using Microsoft Word or Works for word processing applications.

Google Docs is another website like Zoho Writer where users can prepare documents, as well as spreadsheets and multimedia presentations. The website also lets users upload previously saved documents, such as Word or Excel files to be updated in Google Docs.