Thing #20 - YouTube

With football season right around the corner I thought I would search YouTube for a Ravens video. It was easy to find and easy to get into my blog. YouTube is a very cool website with videos on probably anything you could imagine. You have to use caution when searching and playing videos because you may find some things that you didn't expect to find.

Thing #19 - Web 2.0 Awards

I really like the cocktail builder under Fun Stuff on the awards list. It's a really cool website where you can look for recipes for your favorite drinks, or you can find recipes for drinks you can make with what you already have in your bar! A fun place to explore!

Cheers!

Thing #18 - Zoho

THIS IS ONLY A TEST!!!!

So far I like this Zoho word processer.

I really like the idea of it being online with no need to install or download anything to your computer. It's nice not to have to purchase expensive software and being able to share a document without having to worry about what program anyone else has or doesn't have.

This is a great concept that I think I will be using quite a bit.

Thing #17 - Sandbox Wiki

I added my blog to the sandbox wiki. I'm not sure about the wiki thing yet, but I haven't given up on it!

Thing #16 - Wikis

To be honest, I really didn't have much interest in wikis before now. I never got a warm fuzzy feeling about just anybody being able to edit the content, therefore making it completely unreliable in my eyes. Now, however, I really like the idea of wikis for the right things. I really liked the book lovers wiki, and I like the idea of a wiki for a particular event, such as the ALA New Orelans 2006 one. It's a great way to get alot of coverage of an event, and alot of valuable input from various contibutors. I think this could be a very valuable tool, and one that I may use myself!

Thing #15 - Library 2.0

Obviously the library is not the same as it was when we were young, and it continues to change with the times. Our vision of the library is no longer a building that houses thousands of books and provides a quiet place for us to read or study. It is now an information center where we go, physically or virtually, to access almost any type of information imagineable. The library's physical collection is being replaced with a virtual collection of so many things, making it a very powerful source of information.

Things #13 & #14 - de.licio.us & Technorati

On del.icio.us...I like using that one. I only added a few favorites so far but I think I could actually get alot of use out of that one. I've added a link to my del.icio.us account here too!
On technorati...so far I'm not so sure about it. I played around with it a little but didn't find much I could use. Maybe as I explore more it will become more useful.