September 29, 2008

It's Del.icio.us!

I have to say that this is more like it! I can actually see a use for this program for libraries.
You can create a site for within the library to provide easy access to useful sites and a site for customers to provide easy access to pages on the library page as well as resources.
I love the Readers Advisory account!
Very cool.

RSS Feeds pt. 2

Well, I just tried Syndic8.com, an easy to use but ugly looking website. I managed to find a Firefly feed and added it to my Bloglines account successfully.
Overall, I found the experience to be just fine.
Truthfully, I still prefer to get RSS feeds through my email program, especially since it will make RSS feeds from bookmarks in Safari.
Thanks for extending the deadline. I and others who are even farther behind than I am thank you!

September 24, 2008

LibraryThing

I've actually used LibraryThing before this and have already cataloged some of the books I have read.
It's a useful site for personal use, but for professional use I think that Goodreads is actually better. You have unlimited cataloging space and the social networking aspect lets you find even more books on a topic that customers might like.
But LibraryThing is still nice, especially since it uses the Library of Congress catalog.
Here's my LibraryThing account.
There you go.
Can we get the deadline extended, please?

September 16, 2008

Image generator


Image generator, originally uploaded by librarybookz.

Well, here's my image generator image.
It was pretty easy to use, which was nice.
Yep.
That's it.
It's been hard to keep up, and now with the power out it'll be even longer before I get more posts on, but we'll see.
Maybe you guys can extend the deadline until Christmas?

September 9, 2008

RSS Feeds

I've been using RSS feeds for a long time now, though it was only recently that I realized I was doing so. I've been downloading podcasts for a few years now through iTunes.
Recently I started using my Mac's Mail program and it was with this that I really started using RSS feeds. It makes it so easy that all you have to do is add a url and you have a feed. You can also choose a bookmark directly from your browser's bookmark folder!
Bloglines is a little less convenient than this, since you have to go online and log in to use it, as opposed to having it built into my email program. But overall it is very easy.
The only problem: I don't want to subscribe to 10 feeds! I'm just not interested at the moment. I have used CMLs feeds and I love the feature. I've gotten in at the very top of lists, as well as found out about recent books for authors who don't publish very often.
So I like RSS feeds and the CML ones rock, but I think I'll stick with the few I have in Mail.