Beginners - Step 5

Well, like most people--or most people I run into anyway--I have a Facebook account. I was on Myspace before it died--or started dying--and even had a Livejournal before that. It is a fun and easy way to keep the connections you have and to gain new ones. For me, it's more or less a fun waste of time. I would probably lose touch with people I don't see that often if it were left up to me contacting them by phone call, text, or email, so it's a nice thing to have.

I don't have a Twitter account. I'm sure it would be relevant to me somehow if I chose to start using or subscribing. (There's got to be some reason so many people are 'in' on it.) However, I don't feel like I have enough to say to have people subscribe to my updates.. and well, I'm just not that interested in what anyone else has to stay to subscribe to them either!

I think it's a great idea for the library to be part of Facebook and Twitter, especially considering what a large percentage of people 16-30 use them. (I recall hearing that it's difficult to get this age group to come into the library.)

Beginners - Step 4

I have used the Greater Phoenix Digital library a bit. I haven't yet read an e-book, but I've downloaded a couple downloadable audiobooks to listen to on an MP3 player. I think it definitely adds to the collection significantly having a downloadable library.

Beginners - Step 3

I think wikis are awesome. I bet I've spent weeks on wikipedia. I've never submitted or edited anything in a wiki. I think that a wiki would be useful in the library setting. For instance, it could act as a set of interlinked "frequently asked questions" that would involve policies and procedures, but also reader's advisory and other customer questions.

Beginners - Step 2

Browsing Flickr, I liked this photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/powi/4793100546/

A 22 year-old Swedish cat! I hope my kitty lives that long.

I made this book cover using a generator at signgenerator.org/books/dummies:

http://www.images-graphics-pics.com/signs/books/dummies/cover.asp?pic=&title=booyah%21&text=Nothing+at+all&text3=this+is+where+a+description+of+this+book+would+be+offered%21&text2=what+am+I+supposed+to+do+with+this%3F&book=Newbies&tag=1066&time=1328

Beginners - Step 1

I think the hardest of the 7 1/2 habits to adopt for me would be to begin with the end in mind. Not that I find it terribly hard, but I guess among the choices that is the one I sometimes have trouble with. The easiest step to apply would be the last--Play!--obviously.

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this is my first test post