Twitter

Twitter was my least favorite thing during this course. I can see how useful Twitter is for promoting book-related events, programs and library news, but I don't understand all the twitting about somebody's daily routines like buying a new toothbrush or having their math test.

LibraryThing

LibraryThing looks like a place where you can spend hours and hours. I didn't create an account there, but I took a tour. You can do a lot of things there; keep tracks of the books you've read and books you want to read, look at and write reviews, join groups that are interested in particular genres and talk with other members. For a training purpose I did a search on a book I'm reading now. I've read some reviews and found them quite interesting. LibraryThing recommendations gave me some ideas for future reading. I don't see myself using this site on a regular basis, but I will probably be an occasional visitor seeking for the next book to read. I will recommend it to our customers.

Online Productivity Tools

I loved Google Calendar and Google Docs. Its free, its available everywhere and its easy to use.

Flickr & YouTube

Everyone in my family (including my 4 year old) goes on YouTube quite often.
You can find pretty much everything that you are interested in there. I would say that YouTube serves both recreational and educational purposes, because beside music and other entertainment videos you can find tutorials and instructional videos.
Flickr was something new to me. The pictures are awesome. I probably won't get my own account there, but I will be using it to look for pictures that I like.

RSS

Signing up for RSS and subscribing to feeds was easy.
The idea of receiving all the updates is great, but doesn't work quite often for me. Many websites I go on don't have an RSS feature, they just send me their updates via email.

Google Universe

Google is an amazing and friendly search engine. I use a number of products that Google offers, I have a Gmail account, I use Google Maps and Google Earth, Images, YouTube, where you can watch videos and learn how to make things like crafts and new foods. Google Translate has helped me a few times at the circulation desk when customers did not speak English. This is only a small part of the products I use and there are many others to explore. When I checked the Google product list to complete this assignment, I found some tools that I have never paid attention to before, for example Trends (my son showed it to me), Googledocs, and the Calendar feature. I am interested in learning about it.

Facebook

I have had a facebook account for a couple of years now, because my cousin invited me to be her "friend". My first negative reaction on the Facebook was when I first registered, I was overwhelmed with amount of people who wanted to be my friend. But after sorting all of the names, I ended up finding people that I continue communicate with. I don't use Facebook very often, but it is a decent way to check what is going on with your friends and family.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is one of my favorite tools. It is often my starting point on research topics.
As a part of the assignment I edited the article about the city where I was born, but the next day the old information had come back.

Delicious. What is it?

At first sight it looks a little busy, but once you get used to Delicious, it is convenient and easy to use.
You can organize, share, sort and bundle sites in a practical way.
I will definitely promote Delicious to our customers.

Blogs

I want to learn about technology because the world is changing into a place where it's extremely important to know and understand the use of it.
I am really looking forward to complete this course because I want to be able to help people with their How-To questions.