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Since I signed up for iGoogle and was messing around with some of their tools, I signed up for their Google Reader. I could "discover" other blogs that they suggested were similar to my interests. I did that and found several local newspapers and news outlets plus a few library related. I added KETV and OWH news feeds. I could also just click on "Add a Subscription" and could do a search by keyword. I searched for "library" and it came up with many individual library feeds as well as the Wikipedia entry for library. I signed up for the "librarian.net" & "Nebraska Library Association" and "Nebraska Library Association." I also subscribed to the "Fresh Air" podcast and to a couple bloggers from O! What a Geek.

I'm at NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd and 5th Avenue trying to use their Internet. At least it is free - just had to show ID and wait for about 40 minutes. Just like home, they've got all the features shut down, so can't have more than one tab open at once. For this exercise I'd like to comment on how much people are willing to share and reveal about themselves and their friends on their "social networking" sites. I haven't explored a lot of them, mainly Flickr and Face Book, but I'm sure it happens in the other sites as well. In exploring, I've determined that I want to try to be cautious about how much information I put out there for all to see. When I rant about a social issue or cause or air my political views in person, I am usually doing it in front of people I know and trust. I don't feel like it is in my best interest to do this in a forum without any boundaries. It is great the technology can unite people of like mind and vie...

Ok - - - explored - found where I could order some really cool tiny photo calling cards - - I've received a few of these in the last few months so NOW I know where they come from. Found I can make a book with my own text and photos. Sure wish I'd known about this when my friend Pam was sick this spring. I made one for her on the Wal-Gren's website only to have my connection "time out" after spending about 2 hours working on it and having to start all over again. Probably would have been easier AND more expensive from here. Posters, calendars, postcards--we could make a few of those from our excellent postcard collection to sell......I FINALLY found the fun free tools - the group of librarians with librarian trading cards - - scrolled through and found a couple of OPL's very own librarian's with trading cards, and discovered that the "travelin librarian" at the Nebraska Library Commission is one of the leaders in number of librarian trading c...