- I learned a new way to lock orientation. I had enabled screen locking in my settings and was using the little switch above the volume. Double clicking on the home button and using the option on the far left is easier.
- I'm terrible at remembering to do a reboot so it was nice to get a reminder about that and the reasons it's important.
- I hadn't used the definition option before. That was handy and worked nicely.
- I found out I could use Emoji characters by enabling that feature in settings and accessing them via the International symbol on the keyboard. I added the Spanish keyboard too.
- I had forgotten about double clicking the home button to see what's running, so that was a nice reminder.
- I'd like to try video editing when I have more time, but with no camera on this iPad, that will have to happen on another device.
- I tried searching for tips for the iPad first generation and found out I could use multitasking gestures, since the update to iOS 5. That feature didn't come with the original iOS and somehow I missed that option with the last update.
- After helping a man at Drop-In eBook Help who'd lost his sight, I looked for the accessibility options he was using on his iPad, including triple clicking on the home button to have screen options read out loud. That was a good lesson and a reminder to me that we learn tips in all kinds of ways - often from other people.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
23 Mobile Things: #2 Mobile Device Tips
It was fun to find new options for what I think of as an old device, my 1st gen iPad. Here are some of the things I found useful:
Friday, February 7, 2014
23 Mobile Things: #1 Blogging & Registering
Well, I've registered for the 23 Mobile Things and I'm just going to use my blogger account that I created for The 23 Things we did 6 years ago. (This is a good example of how things live forever on the internet. The blog is still here, alive and well in cyberspace, even though I'd for the most part forgotten about it). It was fun to read what my impressions were 6 years ago, to see how things have changed and how some things have stayed the same. 
I plan to use my Android phone and my iPad for mobile devices, although visually I can't spend much time on my phone and my iPad is 1st generation so I might not be able to get all the apps we'll be encountering or maybe I'll get a stripped down version. We'll see!I love the convenience of a mobile device, but I still appreciate the richer interface on a computer screen and I struggle with typing on mobile devices. I hope to learn about more ways to use my mobile devices and more about the ways our patrons use their devices and might be expecting to use our services on them.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
#23: Final Thoughts
Well, I took the survey and emailed my regional representative that I've completed all 23 Things. Wow - what a great feeling! I think the word I would use to describe this experience is "empowered". I already had a pretty good understanding of a lot of the Things, but others were more difficult. It felt good to be challenged a little bit, knowing I could work my way through it. It was also reaffirming that I did know quite a bit already and had the ability to learn even more. I would definitely do another 23 Things - bring it on!!!
Ever since I attended one of Michael Stephens's Library 2.0 Workshops, I've been intrigued with all this, so 23 Things was a great opportunity to get closer to it all. I don't know that my thoughts have changed very much, but I do understand a lot more about the nuts and bolts of 2.0.
This was a LOT to do, in a short period of time. I think most of us had to spend quite a bit of personal time in order to do all the Things. Sometimes in life that isn't possible and I know for some people it just wasn't an option this time around. Also, now that some people have completed the 23 Things I wonder if it could be offered again, so the more hesitant to jump in might do so, knowing there are people in their own systems who could help them work through the difficult parts.
One suggestion for a slightly different format:
I'd like to see a format of 5 Things over 6 weeeks or so, then a break of a couple weeks, to allow time to assimilate what we learned into our workflow. And then some more Things to dig into. Honestly, I learned a lot, but some of it's kind of a jumble at this point. I wish I had had more time to practice and use each of the Things, before having to move on to the next one.
THANKS!
There was obviously a lot of time and effort spent at putting this program together for us. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard on that, so we all could benefit from it!
Ever since I attended one of Michael Stephens's Library 2.0 Workshops, I've been intrigued with all this, so 23 Things was a great opportunity to get closer to it all. I don't know that my thoughts have changed very much, but I do understand a lot more about the nuts and bolts of 2.0.
This was a LOT to do, in a short period of time. I think most of us had to spend quite a bit of personal time in order to do all the Things. Sometimes in life that isn't possible and I know for some people it just wasn't an option this time around. Also, now that some people have completed the 23 Things I wonder if it could be offered again, so the more hesitant to jump in might do so, knowing there are people in their own systems who could help them work through the difficult parts.
One suggestion for a slightly different format:
I'd like to see a format of 5 Things over 6 weeeks or so, then a break of a couple weeks, to allow time to assimilate what we learned into our workflow. And then some more Things to dig into. Honestly, I learned a lot, but some of it's kind of a jumble at this point. I wish I had had more time to practice and use each of the Things, before having to move on to the next one.
THANKS!
There was obviously a lot of time and effort spent at putting this program together for us. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard on that, so we all could benefit from it!
#22: Staying Current
How will I keep up? Some days I have to admit I feel a little like this:
(Too much ground to cover and not enough time and energy. And almost as dense as Homer some days...)
But really, I already subscribe to several library-related podcasts, listservs, and emails and a lot of Library 2.0 stuff comes up in those. I also signed up for some weekly WebJunction newsletters today: Crossroads and Tip of the Week. These will be delivered to my email, which works well for me. I think it's easier to stay current if the content is delivered to me automatically, instead of having to remember to seek it out. But I do have some favorite blogs (Tame the Web and Feel Good Librarian) that I can follow through my netvibes page.
I really enjoyed the 23 Things, so I don't think it will be too much of a hardship to continue to keep up with things.
(Too much ground to cover and not enough time and energy. And almost as dense as Homer some days...)
But really, I already subscribe to several library-related podcasts, listservs, and emails and a lot of Library 2.0 stuff comes up in those. I also signed up for some weekly WebJunction newsletters today: Crossroads and Tip of the Week. These will be delivered to my email, which works well for me. I think it's easier to stay current if the content is delivered to me automatically, instead of having to remember to seek it out. But I do have some favorite blogs (Tame the Web and Feel Good Librarian) that I can follow through my netvibes page.
I really enjoyed the 23 Things, so I don't think it will be too much of a hardship to continue to keep up with things.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
#21: Other Social Networks
I joined the 23 Things on a Stick Ning and I think I added 3 friends and left comments for them. And I got comments! I uploaded a picture and customized my page just a little bit. I posted a comment to a forum, and joined another forum - all easy to do, and much more interesting to me than Facebook or Myspace.
Visit my 23 Things on a Stick Ning
WebJunction is a great resource. I've visited there before, for training resources and articles. But it's got such a wealth of information, it's good to have it back on my radar. One of the articles I read on WebJunction called online communities "Electronic Tribes". I hadn't heard that term before, but I like it. To me, it implies common interests or affiliations, with a free-ranging feel - like the possiblities are endless (and maybe even adventurous). Gather looks interesting, too. I'll be spending more time with that, I think.
I found a scrapbooking social network that looks interesting. In addition to social networking, it provides tips, scrapbooking resources, instructions, links to scrapbooking blogs, and a gallery with lots of nice layouts and ideas for scrapbooking. And they have a superstore, too, where it's fun to look at new products, read reviews about them, and sometimes see videos about using them.
NOW I get the social networking deal. I take back everything I said before, about social networks being mostly for kids. I can definitely see that 'belonging' to a group electronically has a big appeal.
Visit my 23 Things on a Stick Ning
WebJunction is a great resource. I've visited there before, for training resources and articles. But it's got such a wealth of information, it's good to have it back on my radar. One of the articles I read on WebJunction called online communities "Electronic Tribes". I hadn't heard that term before, but I like it. To me, it implies common interests or affiliations, with a free-ranging feel - like the possiblities are endless (and maybe even adventurous). Gather looks interesting, too. I'll be spending more time with that, I think.
I found a scrapbooking social network that looks interesting. In addition to social networking, it provides tips, scrapbooking resources, instructions, links to scrapbooking blogs, and a gallery with lots of nice layouts and ideas for scrapbooking. And they have a superstore, too, where it's fun to look at new products, read reviews about them, and sometimes see videos about using them.
NOW I get the social networking deal. I take back everything I said before, about social networks being mostly for kids. I can definitely see that 'belonging' to a group electronically has a big appeal.
Friday, March 28, 2008
#20: Facebook & MySpace
I created Facebook and Myspace accounts.
In facebook, it was easy to join groups. I joined several: ALA, Libraries Using Facebook, Librarians and Facebook, and 23 Things on a Stick Group. It looked like there were only 2 members in the 23 Things Group though - me and the administrator, so I'm not sure what was going on there.
I 'friended' some people and wrote on their walls and I became a fan of Hennepin County Library. I got a couple of friend requests, but I think one was somebody trying to sell poetry books and the other also looked 'spam-ish'. I didn't accept, since I'm not sure how much junk it might generate to my work email account. I'm not clear on the distinction between 'friend' and 'fan'. I think it might be that a friend means 'I like you and I want you to like me back', where a fan means 'I like you and I don't expect anything in return', but I'm not sure. I'll have to look at that closer.
I added the Hennepin County Library catalog search widget to my page, which looks very cool. It would be even better to be able to add one from my own library system. I also added a Flickr widget and posted the pictures I had taken for the Hot Reads program.
I made a Myspace page too, but I didn't like the feel of that very much. Besides the obnoxious ads, I'm not really sure why. Facebook felt more grown-up and maybe more professional. I thought the 'Grade Your Professor' option was thought provoking. What if we all started grading all the services we receive? Grade your librarian? Grade your pediatrician? Your church, your grocery store, your dining experience? But I guess we do already grade a lot of services: travel on expedia, products on amazon, restaurants on other sites. And then, there's the whole question of whose grading or review I'm reading - paid people, disgruntled people, people providing an honest review...
I can see that social networks are important to kids (my own kids and library patrons), and maybe they'll continue to be important to that generation as they age. But I think for most people of my generation, the desire to seek out new friends based on common connections isn't very strong. Between work, family, existing friends, and other commitments, there just isn't much of a need or enough time to spend on this. If I had some extra time, I'd really prefer to spend it with friends that I don't get to see very often, or extended family. But it was good to get a better understanding of why this is so important to some of our patrons.
In facebook, it was easy to join groups. I joined several: ALA, Libraries Using Facebook, Librarians and Facebook, and 23 Things on a Stick Group. It looked like there were only 2 members in the 23 Things Group though - me and the administrator, so I'm not sure what was going on there.
I 'friended' some people and wrote on their walls and I became a fan of Hennepin County Library. I got a couple of friend requests, but I think one was somebody trying to sell poetry books and the other also looked 'spam-ish'. I didn't accept, since I'm not sure how much junk it might generate to my work email account. I'm not clear on the distinction between 'friend' and 'fan'. I think it might be that a friend means 'I like you and I want you to like me back', where a fan means 'I like you and I don't expect anything in return', but I'm not sure. I'll have to look at that closer.
I added the Hennepin County Library catalog search widget to my page, which looks very cool. It would be even better to be able to add one from my own library system. I also added a Flickr widget and posted the pictures I had taken for the Hot Reads program.
I made a Myspace page too, but I didn't like the feel of that very much. Besides the obnoxious ads, I'm not really sure why. Facebook felt more grown-up and maybe more professional. I thought the 'Grade Your Professor' option was thought provoking. What if we all started grading all the services we receive? Grade your librarian? Grade your pediatrician? Your church, your grocery store, your dining experience? But I guess we do already grade a lot of services: travel on expedia, products on amazon, restaurants on other sites. And then, there's the whole question of whose grading or review I'm reading - paid people, disgruntled people, people providing an honest review...
I can see that social networks are important to kids (my own kids and library patrons), and maybe they'll continue to be important to that generation as they age. But I think for most people of my generation, the desire to seek out new friends based on common connections isn't very strong. Between work, family, existing friends, and other commitments, there just isn't much of a need or enough time to spend on this. If I had some extra time, I'd really prefer to spend it with friends that I don't get to see very often, or extended family. But it was good to get a better understanding of why this is so important to some of our patrons.
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