So, you thought those yellow paper sticky notes were useful as they are, hmm? What if you could transfer your sticky notes to your computer? I don't mean stick them to the frame of your monitor, either ;-D And it would be better than my PDA if it would somehow manage all of the sticky notes that people leave me. Now, if I could get those transferred to my calendar/todo list, I'd love that.

Well, I thought about pre-posting (aka future posting) a few entries, but then I decided against it. So, you all got a break from me, while I got break from computers and some days, even technology, well, except for my camera. ;-DI did finally fully migrate from film to digital. I'm still not sure I buy into the whole "death of film" idea, but at some point the cost of developing, the lack of good film developers, and the lack of film, in some cases, contributed to my feeling that it was time to migrate.

I was chatting with a friend today, which made me start thinking about Web2.0 stuff (yes, I do think about other things... like which multiple media thing I'm submitting to a hybrid art exhibit, can I clear off my both my real and virtual desk before vacation ...

I finally started loading some of my presentations at slideshare. Hopefully, I will add audio at some point.This presentation was for GLA 2007 and focused on web tools for blogs.Sorry, the links work within slideshare, but the movie does not. ;-(--------------Brief introduction to Web2.0, mashups, RSS, youtube, flickr del.icio.us, and how those tools can be incorporated into a library's website or blog.

http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=drupal-1207333458969455-9 | View | Upload your own Presented at Computers in Libraries 2008 conference Link

Very nice annotated list of articles relating to educational uses of second life, second life and pedagogy, as well as second life resources of a more educational nature.http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbibAnother very useful resource of a more broad nature is the official second life blog; the blog covers just about everything including lots of howtos and tutorials.http://blog.secondlife.com/Also, John Lester out of Linden Labs (second life's company) maintains a resource list at del.icio.

I thought I'd start compiling a list of free training & workshops that I've come across, as well as a few paid resources. If you know of other classes, training, & workshops, please let me know. I'll update this list as I find new stuff, too.training resources

25 Useful Social Networking Tools for Librarians By Jessica Hupp http://www.collegedegree.com/library/financial-aid/25-useful-social-networking-tools-for-librarians "As a librarian, you want to be able to share information with patrons and students in the easiest way possible, and social networking offers a great way to do just that. With social networking tools, you can create bookmark collections, share notices, and more.

...and you know who you are....http://www.twitterholics.com/ I do love the graphics of twitter -- one of my favorites in the social networking/web2.0 field.

An interesting article on visualization of 'the net ... Under socialnetworking, LastFM is mentioned a couple of times as is youtube, but fidgt is just way off of the map. ;-)I remember seeing a LC project around 1998 or so (tied to American Memory? funny, I can't remember!) which visually mapped parts of the collections, so that you could see the relationships between items. I'm not sure what happened to that.Anyhow, here is the article intro :The Best Tools for VisualizationVisualization is a technique to graphically represent sets of data.