Podcasts and Audio

I have an iPod already so I proabably won't be using the one the library is giving us much (I'll probably give it to a friend) but I usually just use my iPod for music and every once in a while for podcasting. Where I love to use my player the most is in the car. It's great to not have to bother with CD's or the radio. Just set it to shuffle and your done!

Sharing Information

I have really liked Learn 2.0 because not only have I discovered new applications that I love, like dogster and bookmooch, but I have also been able to help some of my co-workers who are not as familiar with computers or the internet. I don't know if I could function without the internet! I only say that though because there are so many people I've met, useful websites, and places (such as wikipedia) where you can learn about pretty much everything you want. It's nice that people who haven't had as much exposure to it are getting to see what the fuss is all about!

Digital Music

The way I stand on DRM is that as long as you buy the album once you should be able to put it on your iPod, copy to another CD or just leave it on your computer if you want. I think that you should be able to copy a CD to your computer if you just paid 12 dollars for it and I don't think that if you do it should put harmful programs on your computer (as was the case with sony not long ago with some albums they released). I don't use napster or iTunes when it comes to where I get my music actually. I use a site called allofmp3.com. You can download songs for a bout 10-20 cents each and albums for about 2 dollars (a little more a little less depending on length). Also, there are no restricitions on what player you can put your music onto and you can simply burn them to a disc if you want. Something else that this website offers that iTunes doesn't is that you can pick what format and the quality of the sound.

Play time

Of all the applications mentioned this week the one that I really enjoyed was Blufr. I'm a sucker for any type of trivia game, and this is a nice twist on the old true or false format. I also very much enjoyed dogster since I have dog of my own. She's a silky terrier and she is a very spoiled dog, but at the same time a very sweet one (as long as you giver her some table scraps.) I really loved to see other people's prized pooches.

I haven't tried to the adventure portion of this week's activities yet, but I may if I have the chance.

Library Thing

The library technologies that I really love are the downloadable audio books and the mylibrary DV. They are both very convenient in that it gives people the chance of not having to come to library to find a book or movie. It also helps in case the movie or book you are looking for are not on the shelf. Also the fact that it's a digital file that doesn't get scratched up, lost, or broken helps both the patron and the libary itself.

Of the applications mentioned I really loved book mooch since I have many books that I'm willing to give away and the idea of a worldwide book swap is very interesting. I also loved shelfari as a way to catalog your books and see what other people have. I use one for my DVD's since I have so many and people are constantly borrowing them as a way to keep track of them.