What a ride - Thanks!

Spending time in the great outdoors riding the island on my bicycle is my form of Second Life or Avatar or even My Space, all without a computer. As I have said during the past twenty weeks "I am living in never land" therefore I can not take advantage of all the neat, exciting things I have been introduced too by our 20 for 2.0 team. But, I can enjoy the knowledge and my new found ability to interact with staff and patrons while at work...kind of a win win situation - enjoy the ride and be part of "whassup wit technology".

My favorite feature is Pandora - listening now as I blog away. Wiki, all things Streaming, Gmail, and Google Earth are excellent and will become faves as I use them on a regular basis.

Would I participate in an assignment like this again, ABSOLUTELY, with bells. This Learning 2.0 program is proof of Sno-Isles focus on making all things better for staff and patrons. This system rocks...and the team rocks.

I say Thank You for making me a better member of the Sno-Isle team. I will be able to talk with and understand the teens, and even older patrons who are into social networking.

Thanks - not always a Technology Curmudgeon

Gaming could be fun - rather ride!

I can see how young kids and teens could become "gaming fans" as the many sites are full of gaming opportunities for all ages and interests. I am not a gaming fan, but that is only because I am, shall we say "older for it" and have other interests. I would rather be riding or working outside than sitting in front of a computer playing games. When I am inside I would rather be reading than sitting playing games. Now competing against my grand kids "gaming on the TV" is another thing, that I do and will continue to do only because I have not gotten the upper hand, yet! And when it comes to playing Wii, that is really fun because I can do it, I can understand it.

Gaming is not for everyone, but it can become an incentive to get kids and teens into the library, as we are currently doing at Oak Harbor with our Teen program on Wednesdays. The more we connect with what Teens are interested in the more Teens we will connect with - hey, it is all about connectivity.

Google it and you are their!

Amazing, accurate and fun. Googled my house and was amazed at the detail, I could even see the mower tracks in my lawn, now that's truly amazing. I can see where this will be a huge help for traveling, home work, just visiting the world and sites, mapping, etc. Now we are talking about the real benefits of the internet. Loved it. We - Sno-Isle-really need to establish resource centers in our Major branches for patrons detailing the many, many social benefits of the internet. These would be especially beneficial for the older patrons who want to be able to use the internet but need the training/awarness.

Google it and you are their!

Not my thing, but I am not a teen

Sorry, but Avatars and Second Life do not excite me, in fact I think that Ms. Dewey is most annoying and pretty symbolic of the way Microsoft does things, I mean I gave HER a search and went to it and the entire time she was bugging me, I mean I don't need that. And Second Life...I do not need a second life, I have a life and it is not in the internet world...but that is just me. I think these are really great resources for Teens and anyone who spends time on the computer daily on a regular basis. The virtual Avatars do make it more fun in some ways. OK, now I feel better, guess Blogging could be considered a great way to build a bridge and get over it when you want to vent.

GoogleDocs and Zoho - Pretty Cool

FREE applications and tools - and they work and they are simple...Hey Microsoft, did you hear ... they are SIMPLE. Who knows, maybe Steve and crew will get the idea that everyone is not so into applications that they have to have every Tech innovation to be considered good, just KISS and we will all be happy.

Search engines - keep it simple - just Google

Great information on Search Engines comparisons from Berkeley - Rollyo, Mamma and Dogpile are all pretty cool, as I am sure others out their are also. Me, I like to keep it as simple as possible so I just Google it. Works for me, onto Applications and Tools.