#23 Is this really ther end? Or just the beginning...

Although very time consuming, this has been a really enlightening and enjoyable program to participate in.
I discovered many things I knew absolutely nothing about. Also managed to do a few technological things I would never have thought I could do. Possibilities have certainly opened up. I know our library service has used this program as an impetus for improving our service to the wider community.
I particularly enjoyed playing with image generators
LibraryThing was also fun. Everyone in the world seems to be into YouTube.
But perhaps the thing I most enjoyed was being able to manipulate my blog to add in website links and images.
I hear there are more of these Learning programs people can do - Learning 2.1, 3.0, etc. Certainly participation and experimenting are the best ways to learn these new technologies.
Yeah! Finished. Now it is time to undermine my dogsister.

#22 Audiobooks (or "The end is in sight")

There were some interesting ebooks available from the Worldebookfair site, such as those from the CIA's Electronic Reading Room.
Although now that this in my blog I'm sure to be under surveillance.

#21 Podcast, Smodcasts

Well, after clicking backwards and forwards between all three suggested podcast directories over the last 2 hours (!!!), I eventually added the SirsiDynix Institute podcasts to my Bloglines account as an RSS feed. I think I need to go back and actually put an RSS Bloglines widget/shortcut icon/link into my blog, because I'm not sure how I can access the podcast from my blog, other than through this actual post. Spent a bit of time looking for Australian library podcasts without much luck.
Found more interesting podcasts, such as the TripleJ Movie Show podcasts, from the ABC website. These podcast directories are easy to use, but full of advertising - like everything else. I found the Yahoo! site a bit frustrating because it just took me to the actual podcast files and I wasn't too sure what the content was, but clicking onto the web section from the search menu was better for me.
But I am now blogged and podcast out.

#20 You too can YouTube

YouTube is a great source of clips. I know you can spend hours here. I think the funny library clips would be a good ice-breaker in staff training sessions, or in a staff-blog. There is everything from the wacky, to the useful, to the usefully wacky! I found one about how to remove permanent ink from a whiteboard and another on how to remove scratches on DVDs with a banana.
I apologise for the length of my Kransky Sisters clip, but I feel they must gain wider attention beyond the ABC and SBS. Don't you think they look like stereotypical librarians?

The Kransky Sisters

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools - Upcoming

The Web 2.0 tool Upcoming looks like it could be useful to have as a link to a library webpage or blog because you can localise it to any location - even Melbourne, and add in your own events. Someone has added the VALA Conference "Libraries / Changing spaces, virtual places" being held in Melbourne on 5th February 2008.
I was surprised at the amount and variety of Web 2.0 tools available. I think the advertising in many put me off.

#18 Web- based applications

Used Zoho writer to create this muffin recipe to my blog. I used a recipe template. A bit of trial and error getting the template to become a document that I could send to my blog - but I did it! This is a really nice and easy recipe if you have left over bananas. Now the price of bananas is down it is very economical. Swap yogurt for buttermilk if you prefer. These muffins are best eaten warm, but can be reheated in the microwave. They can also be frozen.