My Rollyo

I put together some of my favorite bread baking sites so that I could easily trouble shoot any recipes I am trying to perfect. Some of the sites I search often have suggestions for ways to improve on a recipe, or help me figure out why my ciabatta does not have the "holey" texture I keep striving for.

Web 2.0 Learning 2.0

I read the 5 articles posted by OCLC and had to agree about the different attitude that is prevalent now about providing patrons with the information they need. Not that many years ago, the attitude was "What's the matter with that guy? Is he too lazy to copy his own article. The library is not that far a walk." Now we strive to make it as easy as possible for the patron to get what he needs in the most convenient way. Our job is not to create obstacles to information retrieval. I read an article about "library policies" which said to examine carefully every time you tell a patron "No". Is there a good reason?

Helpful LibraryThing

I really like the aspects of LibraryThing. I entered a series of mystery books that I really like and then used both tags and "Helpful Suggestions" to find other series I might find interesting. I did not try the "Bad Suggestions" link, I find enough of those on my own.

My Del.icio.us

I set up an account with Del.icio.us and put an active tab on my browser, but have not been back to look at it or add any links since I set it up, so it appears that it is not something I will use on a regular basis, although I have not been using my computer at home much in the past couple of weeks, so maybe in the fall when things settle down?

OU Libraries Learn Wiki, et al.

I registered my blog as a favorite and added a movie as a favorite as well. I enjoyed the Books wiki. I also helped my son-in-law use Wikipedia to answer the question "What is the longest running TV show"? He guessed "Law and Order" and was wrong by a mile. The oldest running one was "Meet the Press", followed by almost every soap opera imaginable.

Technorati Profile

I set up an account and added links for some of my favorite web sites. Recipe sites that I use regularly and also sites for Ohio events that my husband and I might be interested in attending. I also check for cooking classes offered at several locales that are updated regularly and I can check easily from any computer I happen to be near.

Bitty Butterfly

I used an image generator to create a mosaic of a butterfly perched on a flower. I first tried using a photo of the Christ Statue in Rio, but it was too monochromatic, so it did not work.

My RSS Feeds

I thought this was interesting. I subscribed to NYT Book Reviews and there has not been a new feed in the last week. But there are a lot of bread and recipe sites that I like to check, so this will be a good experiment. I also subscribed to several particpants blogs.