You Don't Have to Tell Me About Social Networking

Being the mother of two teenagers, I have been very familiar with MySpace and Facebook for some time. My daughter has been kind enough to reveal to me the many wonders of both of these networks. She uses Facebook far more often now, but MySpace is still useful in helping her find new bands who place their music on their profiles. She will often share with me pictures her friends have posted on their Facebook accounts. I have had a Shelfari account since last summer and have even answered those emails from people who want to know if they should read a book from my Shelfari list. (Should I read To Kill a Mockingbird? What a question?)

I have even socially networked with people on Classmates.com and reconnected with a couple of old high school and college friends.

The movie connection for this particular post? I'm not sure, but if they could make a movie called You've Got Mail, surely Friends on Facebook can't be too far behind.

Wiki wiki

Wiki wiki
Originally uploaded by jdlasica

I chose this photo as an homage to the Honolulu shuttle buses mentioned in the exercise info sheet. I had a lot of fun with this one. The Uncyclopedia featured article I read was about A-levels (the courses and tests that English 16-18 year olds take in order to get into University). I'd always wondered how it worked, and I'm sure after that article, I still don't know. I found an interesting ALA wiki on the subject of library sisterhoods and read about how libraries are creating global connections with one another. On Wikihow, I learned how to be a fan of an actor/actress that isn't a household name - "Don't necessarily pick a child star..Pick a person who has a good track record and doesn't seem destined for doom." Finally on wikia.com I searched for The Office televison show and found Dunderpedia. There are detailed profiles of characters, info about episodes including synopsis, cultural references, goofs and deleted scenes. I even found a list of times a character on the show says "That's what she said." Now that's thorough and obsessive...and I will be favoriting Dunderpedia.

Library on Demand

I completed the downloadable media section of this exercise and felt it really improved my ability to help patrons with this service. I got on the waiting list for a Meg Cabot book for my daughter and the title I checked out was The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch. I've always wanted to read one of her novels ever since I saw Judi Dench and Kate Winslet in the biopic, Iris. (I had to include a movie reference; it is The Film Location after all). I specifically narrowed my search to MP3 titles because we are an Ipod family, but I doubt I will transfer my selection to my Ipod because I have such a small amount of storage on mine. The choice of Ipod compatible titles seemed limited, but I understand they are just getting started and hopefully will increase in the future.