Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Thing 22- Keep on Learning!

I am out of my 9 Things!!! My next move will probably be to do or at least read about the other 14 Things. I think it's important to keep up with Web 2.0 as it is ever changing. I find it helps to sign up for library and tech List-Servs.

Some sites I find interesting:
  1. CouchSurfing.com helps you make connections worldwide. You can use the network to meet people and then go and surf other members' couches! I know it sounds a little odd, but you can choose to only sleep on couches of people with high ratings. They will provide you with some sort of accommodation or maybe a back yard to pitch your tent in. I am not suggesting this site will really help libraries, but it's useful to know about.
  2. I also really like Pandora Radio: "Just drop the name of one of your favorite songs or artists into Pandora and the Music Genome Project will quickly scan its entire world of analyzed music, almost a century of popular recordings - new and old, well known and completely obscure - to find songs with interesting musical similarities to your choice. You can create as many "stations" as you want. And you can even refine them. If it's not quite right you can tell it so and it will get better for you."
  3. StumbleUpon can be fun: "StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, high-quality pages that match to your personal preferences are delivered. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of 7,209,924 other websurfers with interests similar to you. Rating these sites you like automatically shares them with like-minded people – and helps you discover great sites your friends recommend."
I'll probably add more sites later!

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