Opening an account on delicious was certainly easy, but then most of the opening steps have been. It was interesting to do some browsing, and Holdrege PL's site was very a good indication of what you could do. Wonder who is responsible for it? Are the entries in response to a reference question from a patron possibly? Or local events?

Howsoever, I can see an immediate use for the delicious account in my personal life: I use more than one computer and in more than one physical location. Being able to put all my bookmarks in a single location is going to be great!!! Adding tags, comments, etc. will make it easier to use them without racking my brain as to which one is the most logical to use for xxzzyy. It might even require me to do some long delayed house cleaning - why did I save that one anyway? Oh, I meant to say weeding.

LibraryThing | Catalog your books online

LibraryThing | Catalog your books online

I now have the ability to "Tweet" someone. Why do I want to do this? I feel inundated with information and items that require attention or action or time as it is now. I barely get through the e-mail, snail mail, parcel post, voice mail, telephone calls, personal interactions and other events in my day. Maybe if I still had underage children that I wanted to monitor on an hourly basis, but hovering parents can't even do that; a newly found love interest; teenage navel-gazing? For heaven's sake, doesn't anyone value privacy and solitude anymore?

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Going to try and add a picture on my bookshelf.

I could fall in love with Library Thing! I just started my shelf with the six books I have read in the past two weeks for leisure reading at home - the thought of being able to go up into the attic and catalog my own collection, and then keep track of what I read from the shelves at BHPL and what I ILL, and then what I listen to. If I ever get a webpage built for the library (heard a rumor that help with a new project was coming in 2009 for "idgets") it would be wonderful to post new titles available. Will share it with the Book Circle members who are always asking permission to make little marks in the books they read.

Boy, asking for a comment on technology could open a real floodgate from all of us. I read the other posts and found many that echoed my feelings, and many that seemed to make me feel left far, far behind! I started on a Tandy so long ago that I can't remember the year I bought it; I progressed as my children grew up and were exposed to computers in school and then in college. The Apple years didn't last very long, but they were a lot of fun. I took a few courses at the local community college to try to program (out of necessity), but soon decided that other people were paid to do that work.

The real impact came when it became apparent that computers and related technology would be the driving force in my work, my children's future, and our everyday lives. The first workshop I attended about THE INTERNET was wonderful - I just wasn't sure what we could do with it that day; or even begin to imagine what it could become. Although Al Gore did.

Cell phones, public access to GPS, wireless broadband, automated catalogs in libraries, circulation statistics at the touch of a key, Google as a noun and verb and part of our daily life, instant gratification for knowledge and shopping and communication and impersonal relationships, and hours spent isolated from other human beings. These are some of the technological changes in our society in a very short time period. Both good and bad.

I love the drudgery that technology has released us from - number crunching for example - but I also hate the impersonality of it. The buzzwordof multi-tasking makes me feel inadequate at times; if you can't juggle 7 1/2 things successfully and still stay ahead of the curve. . .

Using the trading cards and magazine covers could be a real treat with kids! I am thinking of SRP in 2009 and Being Creative. This theme has been rattling around in my brain and I have not been sure what to do with the older elementary - this might be a big help; especilally if I can work at it and become a little more proficient.

I just tried one (a trading card) with a snapshot of my granddaughter and I can see the possibilities. The logistics with a group of youngsters might take some scheduling and planning, but it would be worth it - I think.