son of a gun, I used it again

I was at a picnic on Sunday with people from my church. Over our delicious picnic food, the conversation turned to computers. I dazzled the crowd with my descriptions of all the wonderful things available over the internet. My listeners, aged 30 to 90 years old, were fascinated. They especially enjoyed my tales of Facebook and my alias of Hepzibah Pontipee. As I was driving home, I was chuckling to myself that I, the least computer-oriented person around, had entertained my companions with the wonders of the computer world. The irony is delicious, I think.

putting this all to work

I just told a customer about podcasts and how to find them on the internet. She was delighted and couldn't wait to go home and try them. Hurrah!

check out the new location!

My reading blog has been launched. Check it out at:

www.carolhashernoseinabook.blogspot.com

The last post (in this format anyway)

Okay, my one sentence description of my 23 things on a stick experience would be: Wow, was there a lot of frustration involved. Not being a techie really put me at a disadvantage. I don't know a lot of the "common" procedures and the language--many of the things we looked at assume more knowledge than I have. Directions were sadly unhelpful for many of the things. I really liked the things that could help me professionally (Library Things; del.ici.ous and the RSS feeds) but the more social things left me cold. I like to be actively involved, not just reading...which I don't enjoy doing from a computer screen. I loved Flickr, could spend hours idly hopping from interest to interest, place to place. This will be useful in the future. I was delighted that I actually knew (and had recommended to customers) about one of the things (the Assignment Calculator), yeah for me! This entire experience has brought me closer to my fellow librarians because they had to answer so many questions and hold my hand through many applications and, bless their lovely little hearts, listen to me whine! It really took a village to get me through this experience!

As I said in my evaluation, please remember the children's librarians next time...or give us our own 23 Things on a Stick! I would have been happier working on this if I could easily picture how to use each thing professionally.

My last words on the subject: bring on the chocolate!!!