My very own search tool!!!!!!!!!

There's going to be a lot of development going on. What a great tool. Thinking about all the applications. I'm gonna need more time with this!!

#12 - Rollyo

Checked out someonelse's Rollyo on Knowledge Management. Searched for Overload and got some great hits. Here's one: an article called Companies tap RSS to tame info overload from Infoworld.

Here's a link to a Rollyo I created on College Point, NY.

Checked out that Library Thing (#11)

Well, I like it. Found some obscure "family history" materials and added them to My Library. This will be a great place to add books related to my crazy ancestors and share the list with my mom.


Interesting ancestors:

Jeremiah Vanderbilt, Town Clerk, Flushing. In 1789 his house, along with the bulk of documents relating to the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657, were destroyed in a fire. Queens Library is participating in the 350th anniversary of the Flushing Remonstrance.


Abraham Van Nest, wealthy merchant, owner of Van Nest Homestead that covered what is now known as the West Village (why oh why did some of this bounty not trickle down?!?)


John and Priscilla Alden. Yup, I'm one of those Mayflower descendants. Of those that migrated to America on the Mayflower, John and Priscilla probably have the largest number of descendents.

William Merritt Post, my great-grandfather, was a turn of the century painter of streams and trees.

William Gardner, another one of my great-grandfathers, was a famous yacht designer, including the record breaking Schooner, The Atlantic. The Atlantic "under command of the notorious Charlie Barr won the transatlantic race for the Kaiser's Cup from New York to England in the spring of 1905 in 12 days, 4 hours and 1 minute. A record that stood 100 years."

And many more!!!


Library Thing should prove to be very useful! Glasshalffull's (a.k.a. Lianna's) Library.

On a roll....#10 This is my brain.

according to Brainscannr. Apparently I am ruled by LOVE!! Check out Brainscannr

Revolution Number Nine...number nine...number nine

Tried out Technorati for some feeds. At first I was not impressed, until I found one really useful one under their TOPIC--Life: The Simple Dollar I was interested in Technorati's "authority ranking," which they describe as "the number of blogs linking to a website in the last six months. The higher the number, the more Technorati Authority the blog has." Interesting how they use the term "authority" rather than "popularity." Can one always assume a blog is authoritative based on number of blogs linking to it. We librarians often talk to our customers about looking for signs of authority on Websites. Will they misread Technorati's label. On the other hand, maybe there is a fairly good correlation between popularity and authority. Hmmmm.

You really get the feeling of OVERLOAD when looking at Topix. I followed a few links and found some interesting articles and comments. One article really peaked my interest about a school putting a camera in the bathroom. I added it as a bookmark in MyYahoo. It seems that Topix focuses on the news and comments, rather than following individual's blogs. You can see how much Web 2.0 has spread within media!!

Trying to Catch up--#8

I've been using RSS for some time, so this was nothing new. However, Bloglines was new to me. While I like to pull all of my Web 2.0 life together in one place (I use MyYahoo), I liked Bloglines enough to want to use it too. I figure I can fill it with feeds that are pure fun (where I don't need to look at them all the time). I added feeds such as National Geographic Animal and Nature News and Flickr Photos Tagged "College Point".

I also like the folders you can create for your feeds, as well as, the tab for clippings.

Web Overload...that is my technology topic

Exploding Head Magicians
Originally uploaded by sbfisher

#7 is to blog about technology.I've found the Internet expert, Marcus P. Zillman, to be very helpful. He is author, speaker, consultant on many technology issues and has done a bit of work on "Information Overload." He blogs on this topic at: http://manageinformationoverload.blogspot.com/ He lists some resources to manage information overload, most of which are technological solutions. I tried one of them called NetVibes, but I actually like MyYahoo better for collecting all my "things" together. My "things" are my email, to do list, calendar, RSS feeds, news links, etc.Even with trying to pull my things together in one place, I still feel sometimes like my head is going to explode!!!!!

More Flickr Fun

#6 -- I checked out MANY mashups. This one is my favorite:

FlickrStorm

It's a better search interface for Flickr. You can refine search by looking at related tags.

Three cool cats I found using FlickrStorm

Playing with Flickr Mashups

Salmon fried in Panko, Spinach and Feta Strudel, White Rice, and tomatoes from the farm

Click on this link to see one of my dinner concoctions with a comment bubble. Tool used: Captioner.

Snowboots and Purrrfect

Snowboots and Purrrfect
Originally uploaded by iamglasshalffull

Took this pix on my cell phone and decided to blog it!!

Sushi

Sushi
Originally uploaded by apc33

This looks tooooooo yummy! Here is another cure to overload. When I am stressed and over the top...I simply eat SUSHI!

I'm so glad this sushi feast was free to post!

#5 Discover Flickr...done.

I checked out all the Discovery Resources and searched for a lot of photos. I also investigated the copyright rules. You can search specifically for photos that allow posting on your blog (not all of them do). If you find one that says "All Rights Reserved" that means you have to email the owner for permission. Just use the advanced search and check the box that says "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed photos." However, you can add ANY photo to your Favorites.

Check out my next post for a delicious picture!

Blogging

#3 and #4 Grab a blog and register.

I really like this blogger program and have already used it with my daughter. I helped her create a blog that combined two of her passions "watching her tadpole grow into a frog" and "collecting pictures of license plates from different states." http://toddandplates.blogspot.com/

Setting one up is a very simple process. Registering was even easier. I have been enjoying looking at other staff members blogs, especially those that have combined this activity with another.

7 and 1/2 Habits

#2 -- I went through the tutorial. I find the hardest habit is to "Begin with an end in mind." This comes from my training as a creative writer to move towards something, but not neglect the juicy morsels found in the tangents.
What habits are easiest? It's a tie between "Use Technology to your advantage" and "view problems as challenges" I enjoy using new technologies in discovering and remembering new things. My nickname is Glass Half Full, so you can guess that the latter should come easy for me.

23 1/2 Things -- #1

I'm very excited that this learning program has been introduced at Queens Library. While I am familiar with most of the things on the list, I haven't yet had a chance to work with all of them. I hope that all the librarians in the system take a crack at this. In addition to making Queens Librarians more aware of what's out there (and being used regularly by a large portion of our customers), it will open up communication and sharing opportunities not currently available.

I read the blog and learned all about the program.

If you don't have it yet...

you will!! People have been talking about Web Overload for years (remember "Information Overload" before that?) I decided to pull together tips and tools I have heard about, along with links to other sites that discuss this problem, and post them all here. I welcome comments from people who just want to vent about this and from those who have tried some things.