The journey that I have under taken for the past nine weeks has opened up a new world of Web 2.0 applications. I had heard of You-Tube, Wiki and Podcasts, but had no real knowledge of how they could be used in our library system.
A special thanks to the Web Exploration Team for giving staff an opportunity to explore these emerging technologies.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
You Tube
You Tube has been used by the library system to bring current events to our web site, such as the recent Hagen Ranch Road Branch Grand Opening.
Podcasts
I had a wonderful time exploring my favorite radio station, NPR. I listened to snippets of NPR podcasts.
Audiobooks :Overdrive
Charming Your Way to the Top
Hollywood’s Premier P.R. Executive Shows You How to Get Ahead
by
Michael Levine
Lloyd James
Publisher:
Subject(s):
BusinessNonfiction
Introduction (WMA format)
(burn to CD allowed)
Format Information
OverDrive Audio Book
add to Digital Cart
Available copies:
always available
Library copies:
always available
Lending period:
14 days
File size:
94626 KB
0)
Duration:
6 hours, 35 minutes
Software version:
OverDrive Media Console 1.0 or later
ISBN:
0786153504
Description
Learn how to succeed by turning on the charm.
Charm is good business. It can increase your income, boost your status, and establish and maintain your reputation. It can mean the difference, in many cases, between success and bankruptcy.
Most businesspeople don't fully understand the concept of charm. It ought to be a reflex, a conditioned response, to "turn on the charm" when dealing with customers, clients, associates, and employees—but it isn't. Yet, research has proven the value of charm, and it's been made clear through opinion polls, scientific studies, and just plain old real life. It's true in politics. It's rare to hear Bill Clinton mentioned, for instance, without a comment following on his charm. And it's certainly true in entertainment, a whole industry based on the moneymaking potential of charm.
This is true for the small businessperson as well. Charm draws customers, whether to a garage, a dry cleaner's, or an investment bank. Charm gets noticed. When a customer contacts a firm for the first time, charm can seal the deal. But charm is only partly innate. Much of it is learned, from your parents, from your friends, and from people like author Michael Levine, who has made a lifelong point of paying attention to charm. And you can learn how to make it work for you. How to succeed in business without really trying? By charming your way to the top.
Digital Rights Information
OverDrive Audio Book
This title can be played during the lending period
Collaborative play of this title is not allowed
This title can be burned to CD during the lending period (for personal use only; no other duplication/distribution of material is permitted under the terms of the license)
This title can be transferred to a portable device during the lending period
Hollywood’s Premier P.R. Executive Shows You How to Get Ahead
by
Michael Levine
Lloyd James
Publisher:
Subject(s):
BusinessNonfiction
Introduction (WMA format)
(burn to CD allowed)
Format Information
OverDrive Audio Book
add to Digital Cart
Available copies:
always available
Library copies:
always available
Lending period:
14 days
File size:
94626 KB
0)
Duration:
6 hours, 35 minutes
Software version:
OverDrive Media Console 1.0 or later
ISBN:
0786153504
Description
Learn how to succeed by turning on the charm.
Charm is good business. It can increase your income, boost your status, and establish and maintain your reputation. It can mean the difference, in many cases, between success and bankruptcy.
Most businesspeople don't fully understand the concept of charm. It ought to be a reflex, a conditioned response, to "turn on the charm" when dealing with customers, clients, associates, and employees—but it isn't. Yet, research has proven the value of charm, and it's been made clear through opinion polls, scientific studies, and just plain old real life. It's true in politics. It's rare to hear Bill Clinton mentioned, for instance, without a comment following on his charm. And it's certainly true in entertainment, a whole industry based on the moneymaking potential of charm.
This is true for the small businessperson as well. Charm draws customers, whether to a garage, a dry cleaner's, or an investment bank. Charm gets noticed. When a customer contacts a firm for the first time, charm can seal the deal. But charm is only partly innate. Much of it is learned, from your parents, from your friends, and from people like author Michael Levine, who has made a lifelong point of paying attention to charm. And you can learn how to make it work for you. How to succeed in business without really trying? By charming your way to the top.
Digital Rights Information
OverDrive Audio Book
This title can be played during the lending period
Collaborative play of this title is not allowed
This title can be burned to CD during the lending period (for personal use only; no other duplication/distribution of material is permitted under the terms of the license)
This title can be transferred to a portable device during the lending period
Web 2.0 Awards
I choose Pandora as the best Web 2.0. I love music and Pandora allows you to create your own radio station and listen to the music you like.
Zoho Writer
Web based applications such as Zoho Writer allow persons to have access to WP without having to purchase expensive software. Our mobile work places are well suited for web based applications.
PBCLS Wiki
The PBCLS Wiki provides a creative environment that staff can use to express their personalities by selecting favorite vacations sites, books and movies.
Wiki
The Wiki created by the Albany County Public Library was used as a staff training tool for circulation, reference and YS. PBCLS could create a Wiki and use it for the upcoming RFID project.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 has introducing me to a world that I have read about, but never had the time to explore. I am thinking of ways to incorporate Web 2.0 into my professional and personal life.
Technorati
On June 12, I established Technorati account. I was able to navigate the process of claiming my blog and giving it more prominence in the Blogsphere.
Del.icio.us
I now have an account with Del.icios.us. After getting the account, the articles that I read about technology all have the ability to add to my account. Del.icio.us is a great way to organize information you gather and place them in your own file cabinet.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
RSS Feeds
I have added a few RSS Feeds that reflect the essence of my blog: tennis, books and politics. I also set up an account with Bloglines. Until I started this project, I saw RSS Feeds, but had no clue what they were. I am having fun.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
New Iphone Rumors
Elgan: A new iPhone this summer?
Everybody's freaking out about Apple's iPhone sales, but look closely enough and you'll find good news
By Mike Elgan
January 25, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple reported record sales, record profits and record revenue Tuesday. The company sold 2.3 million computers, 22.1 million iPods and 2.3 million iPhones in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Unfortunately, shares immediately "tumbled" because the company's outlook for the second quarter "fell short of Wall Street's expectations," according to Forbes.com.
Apple reported Tuesday that since its launch June 29 and up to mid-January, it had sold 4 million iPhones, but most analysts were expecting a number more like 5 million.
The most conservative estimate of iPhone sales would make it easily the most successful cell phone launch in history. In its first try, Apple gained 20% of all smart phone sales and clobbered everyone except, of course, Research In Motion, which sold nearly double that percentage.
So why are Apple fans so defensive and investors so disappointed? And where do analysts get these inaccurate expectations?
How to 'disappoint' Wall Street
I wrote a column in this space a year ago in which I criticized Steve Jobs for both the timing and substance of his iPhone announcement. In that column, I said that "Jobs raised Wall Street expectations too high" and "made the mistake of specifying Apple's target of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008."
Apple fans slammed my column in the form of thousands of e-mails, blog posts and columns questioning my mental health, IQ or ethics. One of the more polite critics, MacDailyNews, said that "If anything, Wall Street has so far greatly underestimated iPhone's impact."
The iPhone has been far more successful than anyone should have -- or would have -- expected. Whether Apple reaches, almost reaches or doesn't get anywhere near reaching its 10 million unit target is irrelevant. Announcing that target set up Apple to disappoint and robbed the company of a chance to beat expectations all around, which it certainly would have done.
In reality, the iPhone has been far more successful than anyone should have -- or would have -- expected. We're talking about a 1.0 product in a market entirely new to Apple. To have sold 4 million phones in just over six months in a mature market and competing against the likes of RIM, Nokia and others is, or should be, astonishing and impressive.
Instead, everyone is gnashing their teeth and either lamenting or explaining away what is generally perceived to be a "failure." And that's the trouble with Steve Jobs' "reality distortion field." It doesn't actually distort reality, just the perception of reality by those infected.
So let me say an obvious truth that I haven't heard anyone else say: All this "disappointment" and nervous chatter about Apple's iPhone numbers is the fault of Steve Jobs. He gets the credit for delivering such exciting keynotes, and he deserves the blame when those keynotes raise expectations too high.
1.3 million iPhones 'missing'?
As of mid-January, Apple said it has sold about 4 million iPhones. But carriers report fewer than 3 million iPhone customers. In all, it appears that at least 1.3 million iPhones are "missing."
After some quick-and-dirty math, the site iLounge concluded that about 35% of all iPhones sold in 2007 are unlocked.
But I don't believe that. Using an unlocked phone is niche-market behavior and definitely not for the masses.
A recently published report by financial analyst Toni Sacconaghi at investment research firm Sanford C. Bernstein and Co. said that "the data points to a significant amount of iPhone channel inventory." That makes a lot more sense. It's very likely that nearly all these missing iPhones are sitting on store shelves gathering dust.
Everybody's freaking out about Apple's iPhone sales, but look closely enough and you'll find good news
By Mike Elgan
January 25, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple reported record sales, record profits and record revenue Tuesday. The company sold 2.3 million computers, 22.1 million iPods and 2.3 million iPhones in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Unfortunately, shares immediately "tumbled" because the company's outlook for the second quarter "fell short of Wall Street's expectations," according to Forbes.com.
Apple reported Tuesday that since its launch June 29 and up to mid-January, it had sold 4 million iPhones, but most analysts were expecting a number more like 5 million.
The most conservative estimate of iPhone sales would make it easily the most successful cell phone launch in history. In its first try, Apple gained 20% of all smart phone sales and clobbered everyone except, of course, Research In Motion, which sold nearly double that percentage.
So why are Apple fans so defensive and investors so disappointed? And where do analysts get these inaccurate expectations?
How to 'disappoint' Wall Street
I wrote a column in this space a year ago in which I criticized Steve Jobs for both the timing and substance of his iPhone announcement. In that column, I said that "Jobs raised Wall Street expectations too high" and "made the mistake of specifying Apple's target of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008."
Apple fans slammed my column in the form of thousands of e-mails, blog posts and columns questioning my mental health, IQ or ethics. One of the more polite critics, MacDailyNews, said that "If anything, Wall Street has so far greatly underestimated iPhone's impact."
The iPhone has been far more successful than anyone should have -- or would have -- expected. Whether Apple reaches, almost reaches or doesn't get anywhere near reaching its 10 million unit target is irrelevant. Announcing that target set up Apple to disappoint and robbed the company of a chance to beat expectations all around, which it certainly would have done.
In reality, the iPhone has been far more successful than anyone should have -- or would have -- expected. We're talking about a 1.0 product in a market entirely new to Apple. To have sold 4 million phones in just over six months in a mature market and competing against the likes of RIM, Nokia and others is, or should be, astonishing and impressive.
Instead, everyone is gnashing their teeth and either lamenting or explaining away what is generally perceived to be a "failure." And that's the trouble with Steve Jobs' "reality distortion field." It doesn't actually distort reality, just the perception of reality by those infected.
So let me say an obvious truth that I haven't heard anyone else say: All this "disappointment" and nervous chatter about Apple's iPhone numbers is the fault of Steve Jobs. He gets the credit for delivering such exciting keynotes, and he deserves the blame when those keynotes raise expectations too high.
1.3 million iPhones 'missing'?
As of mid-January, Apple said it has sold about 4 million iPhones. But carriers report fewer than 3 million iPhone customers. In all, it appears that at least 1.3 million iPhones are "missing."
After some quick-and-dirty math, the site iLounge concluded that about 35% of all iPhones sold in 2007 are unlocked.
But I don't believe that. Using an unlocked phone is niche-market behavior and definitely not for the masses.
A recently published report by financial analyst Toni Sacconaghi at investment research firm Sanford C. Bernstein and Co. said that "the data points to a significant amount of iPhone channel inventory." That makes a lot more sense. It's very likely that nearly all these missing iPhones are sitting on store shelves gathering dust.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
ShoZu is the coolest way to experience and share photos, videos and music on your mobile phone.
With ShoZu you can enjoy Share-It: the one-click way to upload videos and photos from your phone to your favorite web sites, blogs and email addresses. It's amazingly easy.
You can also get ZuCasts - a great way to get instant updates of your friends' Flickr photostreams, cool photos, music and videos direct to your phone - with no clicks at all!
ShoZu is free to use - as are ZuCasts. You only pay for your phone's data charges.
Share-It is a free ShoZu service. It's the easiest way to your upload videos and photos from your phone to your favorite web sites like Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, blogs, email addresses and more.
You can also:
- Upload with just one click
- Upload full resolution or 'blog quality'
- Add tags, titles and descriptions
- Read and reply to comments to your posts
- Geo-tag your photos (if you have a GPS enabled handset).
With ShoZu you can get instant, free, updates of your friends' Flickr photostreams on your phone, and enjoy videos, photos, music, and news and more!
It's an amazing way to get music videos, great shows and fantastic photos - delivered automatically and invisibly to your phone.
You subscribe to the ZuCasts you want - favorite bands, funny videos, cool photos. Some ZuCasts have new stuff every week, some every day.
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