Parade of Avatars & Becoming a Video Producer

I was clueless about some of the Avatars from different people, but I was able to create a simple video using my daughter's 4th birthday party pictures and some indian music. Using Animoto -- the process was very simple and user friendly. I downloaded pictures from the computer and also the music. I will use it again to create some other some videos in the future. It was lots of fun to create and I was able to post it on my blog and send to family and friends to watch. This was great non-realted iHCPL thing. Watch my posted video!

Ruchi's 4th Birthday Party

Week 8: #19 Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktops

I set up an account with Zoho and had a great time exploring all of the different fonts, colors, size, etc. I can see how useful this tool can be for both work and pleasure. This would great for customers and everyone who forget their disks or USB drives and need something to save their documents. I like the fact that it can be accessed at any computer anywhere and by anyone who would need to have access to it. I also think the MS is great too. There are some documents that I wouldn’t want on the web. I tried out the publish options and posted it to my blog. This application was new to me, but I have heard from friends who are all tech gurus.

Week 8: #19 Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktops

 

Crescent Layer Bars

 

Prep Time: 25 Min

Total Time: 2 Hr 20 Min

Makes: 36 bars

 

INGREDIENTS

1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

1 cup white vanilla baking chips

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup slivered almonds

1 cup cashew halves and pieces

1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)

 

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark pans). Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan. Unroll dough into 2 long rectangles. Place in pan; press over bottom and 1/2 inch up sides to form crust. Bake 5 minutes.

2. Remove partially baked crust from oven. Sprinkle vanilla chips, chocolate chips, almonds and cashews evenly over crust. Pour condensed milk evenly over top.

3. Return to oven; bake 20 to 25 minutes longer or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pan. Cool 1 hour. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until chocolate is set. For bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows.

 

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):  No change.

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Week 8: #18 Social Networking: Making friends in the comfort of your own home

WHAT IS SOCIAL NETWORKING? A social networking is a way to seek an association or link with other people. There are so many social networking sites available to everyone, but the most popular one is MySpace, which I have heard of. Others sites that were part of the discovery exercise which included Facebook, Ning, Yahoo!360, LinkedIn, Xanga, Rate My Space, Threadless, Infield Parking, and Dogster & Catster, which I have not heard of before. I went through all the sites and discovered that I like the look of the Facebook, Threadless, and MySpace the best. I got account for Yahoo!360 and Threadless. I might get account for MySpace, since I know some people who have MySpace account and joining will make it easier to keep connected with them. I also like to design things so Threadless was good place to have account for.

Week 7: #17 Blog About Technology

Have you ever thought about living in a world without modern technology? We wouldn’t have the personal computers, cell phones, satellites, or any other device that relies on technology. What would the world be like if all the technology we’ve developed, discovered, and invented over the last 30 years suddenly stopped working? This last month we had a very small taste of what it would be like. Technology is great when it works; when it doesn't work you just want to throw something at it. Our world has grown to rely on technology for even our most basic operations. Can you imagine life without technology? Can you imagine the kids of today without technology? Without technology, I wouldn’t be blogging right now. Technology is great!

Week 7: #16 So what's in a wiki?

I didn't know what a wiki was until I join the Leadership Planning Council when I first started working at HCPL. I'd always thought of wiki was short form for Wikipedia. But the idea of having a wiki that can be for a specific group is very useful. I really liked the iHCPL Wiki and reading the various Favorites lists and adding to a few of my own to the wiki. It’s was fine that each person had the control to edit the wiki, but sometimes that can be problems too, if lots of people are editing some documents. While searching via Google, I came across the Princeton Public Library's Book Lovers Wiki, where people can review books and it was well designed. I also liked the layout of Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Wiki.

Week 6: #15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

In Web 2.0, the internet becomes the center of a new digital lifestyle. Without the web we wouldn’t be were we are today. Today’s world, we don’t just use the internet or web just to visit sites or search something, but we use it to share network space, which drives our work, research, education, entertainment and social activities—basically everything people do every day. Everything is always connecting to one another and to the Web such as PDAs, MP3s, laptops, cell phones, cameras, PCs, and TVs. Web 2.0 is here to stay and already there is Web 2.1 or Web 3.0 out there, so as library workers, we need to learn the new, newer, and the newest technology to assist our customers and the keep on learning. Did you think about —Flickr, MySpace, FaceBook, del.icio.us, YouTube, LibraryThing, WeeWorld, and Library Elf—being part of the Web. Did you here about these programs few years ago? Our mission as library workers or on a personal level is to read and learn about the new technology that is out there and it should be part of our job duties.

Week 6: #14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

O my God! Information overload………I know why people spent so many hours on the net…….Technorati is wonderful, but it’s going to take some time, which I don’t have right now to spend searching on this site. I did claim my blog and added few favorites and tagged also. This is another smart tool that I wish I would have more time with. Once again I astonished by all the different things that people are interested in. I hope to check more sites out in the near future. It’s going to take some time to absorb what I have been doing this past few weeks.

Week 6: #13 Tagging makes the web 2.0 world go round

I already had a del.icio.us account and had a good amount of bookmarks already in my account, but ihcpl helped to increase my listings of bookmarks and I added several favorites to the listing. ihcpl offered quite a few bookmarks to my bookmark listings which I took advantage of. The only thing is now to add the bookmarks that I have at work and home to del.icio.us, and then I won’t have to worry about finding the website that I need either at work or at home or at somewhere else. The site is great!