more podcasting

I was having trouble with podcasts, since I don't have an iPod. I found some software http://www.dopplerradio.net/ that lets me subscribe to a podcast, and transfers it to Windows Media Player, so I can put it on my Sansa MP3 player. I tried it last night, and it works! Doppler is shareware, which is software that is available for download and the developer asks for a donation.

end of the world

Did you know the world is going to end in December 2012? Here's a countdown site http://www.countdownto2012.net/

The Mayan long count ends in 2012.

Finally done

Well, my thoughts on this program are varied. I was already familiar with many of the concepts in this program. I think that there were people who were overwhelmed by the amount of things to do and needed more time to explore each thing and the concepts behind it and there were people who had already used quite a number of these Web 2.0 tools and were looking for something new and different. Maybe next time there should be a beginner’s track and a more advanced user’s track, like on exercise DVDs.

emedia

I love the downloadable audio books!! When I decided to get an MP3 player, I didn't get a iPod, so I could download audio books. They are great for long bus or train trips. Some narrators are better than others, I currently have "Me talk pretty one day" by David Sedaris on my MP3 player, and having the author as the narrator is a big plus. I really like that the limit was upped to 50, 3 was way to low.

The thing you have to remember is that first you need to download the overdrive software (but you only have to do this once). I download from NYPL and Queens, because they have different selections.

podcasting

I have found podcasts on a variety of websites. NPR and PBS have them right on websites. Podcasts are great, because I can listen to radio shows I like whenever I want, not on the stations schedule.

youtube

"No cookies in the library" is a classic Sesame Street bit from the 70's where Cookie Monster goes to the library. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJlkplvYdgA here is the link to it. (Because I do not have the rights to this, or any other video, I do not feel comfortable posting the actually video to my blog. With the link, you can see who actually posted it.)

I like the variety of videos on youtube, I have found some obscure music videos, obsiously taped from a TV broadcast and uploaded to the site.

I really like that I can watch videos from http://www.netflix.com/ and most television networks. I wish PBS had more videos.

Now if the creators of all these videos can get paid for their work, the world will be a better place.

web 2.0 awards

Well, where do I start? I have a LinkedIn account, where I have been looking for people I know (found a few), I signed up for a Backpack account, but the features I want to use cost money, so I will stick with the free www.tadalist.com version, it lets you make to-do lists online, accessible from any computer with Internet access. I started my tadalist to make a book list, since I was emailing my work account from home, so I could get books I wanted. The online list is great, I just add any books I am interested in, and then I can find them when I am at the library.

I tried www.last.fm, I've used www.yelp.com, www.craigslist.com, I signed up for a www.digg.com account.