Category: Web 2.0

The week in Tweets

@dullroar Yup, we have Overdrive at http://www.molib2go.org. The selection is limited now, but will get better! #
@dullroar No problem – Twitter reference questions are my favorite!! #
*refreshes her coffee and sits back to watch @sglassmeyer take on @ellbeecee and @wawoodworth in the great 2010 Jeggings fight* #
@sglassmeyer This seems like a really successful strategy so far. I may incorporate it into my next presentation! Also, jeggings. #
@orgmonkey Me!!! #
Overdrive just got a lot more useful for me. I can now read my ebooks on my iPad, not just listen to audio! Hats off to @dullroar!! #
I have 105 apps on my iPad. Is this abnormal? Am I an app hoarder? Inquiring minds want to know (or at least mine does…) #
@rpringle & @RobBittner Thanks guys – that makes me feel a bit more normal… 😉 #
@rpringle are you trying to enable my iPad app addiction? *sigh* I'll go check it out… 😉 #
@dullroar I have 7 different readers on my iPad (hence the many applications…) but hadn't heard of Bluefire. That one slid under the radar #
@lilaclee Check the library's blog on Friday – I have a post with links and tips coming out. Let me know if you want to try OD at MRRL… 😉 #

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I was surfing along on the Internet a few days ago when I came across the WordPress Editorial Calendar plugin (via Chris Brogin) and immediately downloaded and installed it to both my work and personal blogs. It puts all of my posts – drafts, scheduled and posted – into a calendar that lets me see, at a glance, when my next posts are coming out and what I have scheduled in the near future. It also – and this is the killer feature for me – lets me do a quick typing of a blog post directly from the calendar. Every day has a “new post” link that brings up a simple box with the title, content, time and status of the new post. You can set up a post as a draft, schedule it or post it immediately from the calendar itself. The posting interface is simple and doesn’t include the bells and whistles that the Add New post page does, but it gets the job done pretty well nonetheless.
This little plugin has really helped me create new posts for my work blog, where I have a goal of at least 2 posts per week. Now I can easily see that I’ve missed a week in my scheduling and either move a post (via a very simple click and drag from one day to another) or create a new post right there from the calendar. It’s given me a little more incentive to write here, because as I look back at the wasteland that is my very erratic posting schedule here, I get motivated (by shame, yes, but that’s good enough for me…).
Therefore, when looking at the upcoming weeks of empty boxes on my blogs, I am motivated to write – more often than I have been recently – and will hopefully be able to produce more content for both of my blogs!

Web 2.0

The week in Tweets

So excited! I just connected to my test website running on my virtual server for the first time. I'm a big geek, I know, but it's sooo cool! #
@nsmith_piano Yes, it is lovely!! Of course, now I find that I can't FTP into it, but I think I know why that isn't working… #
@evernote I hooked my Mom on using Evernote for recipes – and then she got her sister set up! #ensticker #
@nirak Your books do that too? I thought it was just me… 😉 #

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The week in Tweets

@orgmonkey 2-21 is crazy. I found myself doing homework instead of working on that stupid level. I feel ya. in reply to orgmonkey #
RT @lisarokusek: Arguing with people who have lost all sense of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine #
@orgmonkey I've actually completed all 4 levels – I'm still fighting to get those golden eggs, though… Congrats!!! in reply to orgmonkey #
@jasonfleming73 Yes, unfortunately I didn't realize that til it was too late. Now I gotta go get the golden eggs retroactively… in reply to jasonfleming73 #
@griffey I work with a guy who used to work with her in Colorado. He's cool by association!! in reply to griffey #
@orgmonkey LOL – I'm glad I'm yours – my boyfriend and son were getting irritated at all the take-out and mounds of laundry while I played! in reply to orgmonkey #
RT @fark: The way Fox News celebrated election results, you'd almost think they weren't really independent news. http://fk.cm/go/5733431 #
I subscribed to TheYoungTurks's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks?feature=autoshare #
I like my job. Today I have worked on a virtual server, posted to social sites, set up a Fam Feud game in PPT and am off to a baby shower. #
@jblyberg You forgot? That amuses me, somehow… 😉 #

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Cloud Computing collaboration 2.0 presentations socialmedia Training Web 2.0

ALA Techsource Webinar

I, along with the ever-cool David Lee King, will be presenting a 2-part webinar for ALA Techsource on the 1st and 8th of December (both at 2:30 EST aka 1:30 CST (I just put that last Central time reminder in there for me, honestly…)). We’ll be talking about:

Collaboration with libraries and patrons using YouTube, Flickr and Dropbox
Marketing your library with Facebook and Twitter
4 things your library MUST do when signing up for ANY social media tool
Time-savers and tools for maximizing your library’s social media reach
And much more!

The cost for both workshops is $85 and you can register at the ALA store. As with all ALA Techsource workshops, you will get some reading material, worksheets for you to use at your library and LOTS of information about collaboration, Web 2.0, social networking and whatever else comes up in the question and answer part of the sessions! Join David and I as we dump out all the accumulated knowledge we’ve gotten from our experiences in social networking at our libraries and bypass all that messy trial and error stuff yourself!

Web 2.0

The week in Tweets

@itsjustkate Nah – I see food porn being bandied about all the time! in reply to itsjustkate #
CIMG0071 [pic] http://ff.im/sGfkN #
@rmazar Good project management won't prevent failure, but it will let you see it coming and reroute if necessary. in reply to rmazar #
@rmazar ok, if you can reroute completely then I'll go with that, it will prevent failure. Lots of orgs don't have that flexibility, tho in reply to rmazar #
installing Red Hat into the first of my virtual machines at MRRL and knitting during the slow parts. Exciting stuff. #
@wiredoriginals mrrl.org has migrated to Drupal – hit me up if you have questions! #intlib10 in reply to wiredoriginals #
@brewinlibrarian Until I can put that 58 inch table in my purse, I'll stick with the iPad, thanks… in reply to brewinlibrarian #
@DonovanLambrigh #nowplaying my surprised face –> : 0 in reply to DonovanLambrigh #
@brewinlibrarian LOL. Too true… in reply to brewinlibrarian #

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The week in Tweets

Wow. It's 10:30am and my to-do list has morphed to a done list. Time to go home now? #
risk takers @wawoodworth #andypoll Complete the phrase "My library could use more ___." GO. Answer & RT #
@bulldogsread sorry for the late reply! My tweetdeck is flaky… Love it! Total game-changer!! in reply to bulldogsread #

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The week in Tweets

RT @joshuamneff: Happy National Coming Out Day! I'm coming out as opposed to all discrimination against LGBT people. Enough already! (Me 2!) #

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Back to work after a traveling weekend and a day off for working next weekend. Only here til 10, though, then it's off to #MLA2010 #
CIMG0057 [pic] http://ff.im/rADOO #
CIMG0060 [pic] http://ff.im/rBiHG #
CIMG0062 [pic] http://ff.im/rBiHH #
Ugh. Good coffee is going to be a problem at #MLA2010 I may be dead soon… #

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The week in Tweets

@BillDrew4 I use Twitter to both share and get information about the stuff I care about. Work for you? in reply to BillDrew4 #
I'm listening to Dexter Is Delicious (Unabridged) Part 1 by Jeff Lindsay on my Audible for iPad/iPhone app. #
JC won 1st place for drum line!! Still waiting for results for full marching band… #
And a caption award for percussion!! Still waiting for placing awards! #
Overall outstanding drum line!! We didn't place in the marching band competition. #

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