Social networking and goodbyes

I get the feeling that there is far too much social networking happening online and that this is a loss somewhere. It is OK if it adds to interpersonal skills by providing another medium to meet and to eventually being face to face, but if it means that people are spending more and more time alone looking at screens and communicating via screens and phones, rather than really being there with each other and looking at each other in the eyes (the window to the soul), and maybe touching each other (in an appropriate way of course!) ... As far as the use for libraries, I am not sure... Will need to think more about this, but I don't have time right now, I have a book budget to balance.
Thank you very much for the experience.

Document sharing with online tools

Fabulous! Just what I have been looking for. Fantastic for collaborative work which is something we do quite a lot in the library field. I had also been looking for ways to send large files OS, music, little films, photos. I now know how to do this and will have a go. Definitely great uses for things like sharing suppliers info, updating members databases (I wonder if Community Info could use it to that purpose? Get organisations to updates their info online).

Barking mad!!!!

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

Pottering with Mashed up motivation

There are loads of promotional uses for the Mashups tools, particularly in the Youth departments I'd say. But also for adults. The nominees and/or winners of photo and art competitions can be displayed in a poster or a calendar...

Puzzled: a royal performance at a friend's birthday

You Tube, You Beauty

I have been a fan of You tube for quite a while, I particularly use it to follow up on new music I hear about (radio direct or podcasts) and to find comic relief to current affairs, It is particularly good to keep up with what is going on on a particular OS topic. In the library field, there could be plenty of uses, author talks, HSC seminars etc...

Summertime.... just beautiful...


And for a laugh: Brain food for Kevin?

Slam the boards

Hey it is on this Saturday 10 May, might register for it...

Slam the boards in the library, we could have something like a competition, Stump a librarian, where the public asked questions trying to stump a librarian...