Tangled Up

I now have so many accounts and pages that I’m getting all tangled up trying to remember what goes where, what each is named and how to find it again. Thank goodness I did figure out the tabs in Firefox: I can have my MySpace page on one tab, and the 23 things on another tab so I can figure out what I need to do next.

One of the PUBYAC posts was about a MySpace page for a library, which I wanted to see, and had to join to see. So, at last, I did it. I’m still trying to figure out how to join the MySpace Vermont’s 23 Things group. Right now I’m trying to resist emailing Mara to give me a hint, but if this is here, I’m obviously not resisting very well.

Don’t tell me yet, Mara.

Looking at MySpace pages was not inspiring me, until I recalled that I want to have a way to upload photos, and FLICKR wasn’t quite right. So, I’ve been thinking about how to do it, and will link to it when it’s complete. (Because I’ve found out that I can edit my posts.)

Right now, I’m fighting with MySpace to edit my profile. I don’t like my birthday in there. Instead of easier, things get MORE tangled. And, more intriguing.

So, what patron is going to ask me for help on his MySpace page? Or maybe… when do I suggest that that patron make a MySpace page?

You Want Me To WHAT ??????????

My response to thing 10: This is a whole new world to me. I’m not ready to comment much, yet. I think I’m a step behind. On the other hand, if this is what kids are really doing, and I want to reach kids, than I have a responsibility to learn a bit. A lot.
Maybe I can get some 8th graders to help me. Or other Middle Schoolers. Maybe I can find a patient 6th grader.

And then I read the title for thing 11. You want me to set a facebook page? Really? Are you nuts? Am I nuts? I have to think about this for a while. Well, really, it’s not much different from what we’ve done already. I have to think of a good approach.

Today, I was doing class visits about vacation week. I bombed in the 7th & 8th grade. When I moved on to grades 4 & 5, I was getting into my stride, but still not there. At grades 2, and 3, I had kids begging for the story. And then 6th. They were really paying attention…they cared. I had written them off as the kids who were too old for me – but
.wait. I just have to find the hook. Maybe a myspace page is the hook. Maybe that’s the way to reach kids today with the same old stuff, just newly packaged.

So, already I’m thinking, how can I connect my yet-to-be-created myspace page to our library webpage. Linking is not a problem. Having interesting stuff is.

It would be great to be ahead of the curve enough to be interesting to the people I want to reach. I just have to think differently. I have to stop thinking 63 and start thinking 14.

I’m too tired tonight.

Hey, I really like this course. Get’s me all shook up.

RSS and All That Jazz

After reading about all the different readers, I found one that uses the same login name as this blog does. I thought that was a good idea, since logins and passwords are some of my biggest problems. How DO you remember them if you DON’T write them down?

Last night I wanted to add a new book to our bookblog, and it took forever to figure out how to find, then get in to that account. So, the same password on the same account sounds good. Good idea to have bookmarks in the future.

At the same time, I was trying to open the pubyac files to see a Seuss program someone had posted. I don’t exactly know how, but I found it. All this technology is confusing, and …exciting. When I tried to use the rss reader, I was going around in circles with pubyac and google and yahoo and yadayada.

I guess it must be time to get some real life, and go feed the sheep. Today is my first full day back feeding the sheep since November! They were really pushing me around, trying to get the hay. Especially Hazel.

So, I now have google reader, and signed up for the FUN package. Watched a few films, read a few quotes. Signed up for a few blogs. Looks like a lot to attach me to the computer. One thing I was thinking was that I could keep a journal on my Sheep Farm web page. It could somehow go with the Cycle of the Year page.

How would I use RSS feeds in the library world? I expect that I might eventually get to be good enough to show patrons how to do it, especially since they can’t put bookmarks or save things on our computers. I’ll have to think about this. And it’s time to go find other thing 8 comments. Right?