Turns out that one can also create flickr slide shows, but only through third party add-ons (with Picasa it's done within the application). There are several out there--I chose slideflickr to create this one. It was very simple--just enter a user name and a couple of clicks later code is generated. Then paste the code into your blog or Web site.
Picasa now allows you to embed slide shows in your blog...check out this one of historical images of Ohio University and Athens sports women. Images courtesy Ohio University Archives and Peggy Pruitt.
SimpleSpark.com has created a 333-second long video showing the logos of 5000 browser-based applications! SimpleSpark is a searchable and browsable catalog of Web apps.
Assignment #23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...
This is the last assignment of the Ohio University Libraries' summer of 23 Things. It was a lot of fun! I had some small experience with Web 2.0, but for this I worked at trying things I had not yet tried. I would love to participate in another of these sort of things, or help with a Web 2.0 learning blog.
I think my favs were del.icio.us and LibraryThing. I will definitely continue using them.
And thanks to all the folks who helped with this! You were great.
Assignment #22 Face-to-Face Space: Social Networking Communities
I joined Facebook a couple of years ago after hearing an OU speaker on a technology panel held here in the library. The speaker espoused all staff joining Facebook as outreach--just part of the job at an academic institution. As Women's Studies bibliographer, Facebook has helped me keep in touch with Women's Studies students and various student groups working on women's issues. It has been effective for me and I would recommend it to other library folk. I also belong to several library interest groups.
Recently I joined the LinkedIn business network and am having fun with it. I've invited both OU and colleagues from the archival community to join. A newer feature in LinkedIn is "groups," --I need to explore that further.
I don't know that I'll ever join MySpace...it's way too UGLY and bandwidth-intensive for me (remember I'm on dial-up at home). But really it's the general ugliness and bad usability of most of the pages and interface that keeps me away.
