Frankenpine: a cellular telephone tower disguised to look like a pine tree.
This I learned today from one of my new Blogline Feeds, "Double-Tongued Dictionary Entries".
Thanks to Charleston County Library offering its employees the opportunity to join the Tech Trek 2.0, I now have immediate access to updated news from around the Universe! How will RSS and news feeds affect my daily life? It's too early to say. I do know that, for now, I can help my patrons find specific agitprop in our System, and hopefully do so before a Greek Calends.
If you wish to be enlightened as to the meaning of the above, please check out the URL address to my Bloglines account:
http://www.bloglines.com/public/smithaccpl
Meantime, I am off to see if I can find any fake pine trees in my neighborhood!
Play Time!!!
Where I wish to be....pretty much all the time!!!
Friday, August 17, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
IM: Time saver or not?
On first analysis I would have thought that to IM contacts would be a valuable time saving alternative to phone calls and emails. After all, your recipient is right there online, unable to escape, under your scrutiny. It almost gives me a sudden rush of power and control! Ha ha, now I've got you, you can't ignore me now! You can't lie to me and say you weren't home when I called, or you were just too busy to read my email......I know you are sitting at your computer.....
But now that I have made my list and contacted a few members on it, the harsh reality of the IM world has sunk in. Why is my contact not answering my IM? Have they not noticed the little orange symbol, my pleading message demanding attention? What is taking them so long to reply, can they not type fast enough, are they Instant Messaging someone else at the same time, are they deliberately ignoring me????
As with most so called labor saving devices of the 21st century, I am finding IM takes up more time out of my day, and causes me more anxiety! Oh for those "good old days" of sitting in a comfortable chair, with my favorite pen and stationery and a relaxing cup of tea, writing a long letter to an old friend and patiently waiting the week or so for that welcome reply. Ah well, c'est la vie!
But now that I have made my list and contacted a few members on it, the harsh reality of the IM world has sunk in. Why is my contact not answering my IM? Have they not noticed the little orange symbol, my pleading message demanding attention? What is taking them so long to reply, can they not type fast enough, are they Instant Messaging someone else at the same time, are they deliberately ignoring me????
As with most so called labor saving devices of the 21st century, I am finding IM takes up more time out of my day, and causes me more anxiety! Oh for those "good old days" of sitting in a comfortable chair, with my favorite pen and stationery and a relaxing cup of tea, writing a long letter to an old friend and patiently waiting the week or so for that welcome reply. Ah well, c'est la vie!
Monday, August 13, 2007
Show an old dog new tricks
Who says you can't show an old dog new tricks? Am getting the hang of blogging (I think!), and am even beginning to enjoy it! Maybe I could write my autobiography on a blog?????
The Quests begin!
This is easier said than done, trying to figure out what I am supposed to do and work in the library at my job all at the same time! But, perseverance will be rewarded........
Quest one: Which habits of "7 1/2 Habits of Highly successful Lifelong Learners" were hardest and easiest?
#7 - Teaching and mentoring others is my easiest. Having taught several subjects over the years, I always maintain that all students are teachers, and all teachers are still students. By sharing knowledge, we learn it ourselves.
#7 1/2 - Play was a close second to easiest. My motto in life: If it isn't fun, don't do it!
# 3 - Seeing problems as challenges is the hardest for me. The Chinese word for problem is opportunity, and I believe this, but, in practice, it is difficult for me not to get caught up in the negativity of a problem and lose sight of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Quest one: Which habits of "7 1/2 Habits of Highly successful Lifelong Learners" were hardest and easiest?
#7 - Teaching and mentoring others is my easiest. Having taught several subjects over the years, I always maintain that all students are teachers, and all teachers are still students. By sharing knowledge, we learn it ourselves.
#7 1/2 - Play was a close second to easiest. My motto in life: If it isn't fun, don't do it!
# 3 - Seeing problems as challenges is the hardest for me. The Chinese word for problem is opportunity, and I believe this, but, in practice, it is difficult for me not to get caught up in the negativity of a problem and lose sight of the light at the end of the tunnel.
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