Me Too Meebo

I think IM would be very useful for both patrons and in-house communications.
It would make it very easy for patrons to ask their questions if prompted by
an inviting button to “ask your librarian” . They could do so without leaving
their home enjoying that feeling of anonymity and privacy and get answers in
writing without being tied to a phone and bothering with fax machines.

One drawback might be with staffing schedules if this service becomes too
popular and overwhelms the reference department. That might be solved by
having subs on standby working from home.

I have used IM at work and find it very convenient. It faster than email, but
not so urgent as a ringing phone. You’re not tying up the line and the other
person has time to deal with their current concerns before they formulate an
answer and get right back to you. I hope to use IM with increasing frequency.

RSS and Bloglines

Now it's getting fun!
Watching the video finally helped me understand what RSS is and how it is used.
I think it it could really help keep track of a variety of blogs. Especially blogs that don't get updated regularly and that I might not check frequently therefore. Also I'd be aware of those sites whose content changes.
I can see where it would reduce a lot of the sheer volume of information to peruse every day.
Well, we'll see how much I actually like it once I start using it.

Flickr MashUp

FlickrStorm chooses different sets of pictures
that are interesting and related to your search.
This was from a search of Washington State.
(oh, come on, admit it, they're cute)

The same sunset somewhat toned down with black and white editing.

Added to blog by adding of "view image" url.

An awesome sunset image obtained from flickr that was saved onto my desktop.

Habits

This should be a lot of fun.
I do worry about how easy it is to spend hours just playing and hopping from one site to the next