Twitter

I signed up for a twitter a few weeks ago, but I haven't tweeted much. I really just use it to keep up with my favorite bands/authors/events/topics, and I've found it to be very useful when it comes to that kind of thing. I don't have the intention of using it as a means of social interaction; I have both a facebook and a tumblr, which is another type of blog site, and I keep in touch and converse with my friends through those.
I follow mugglenet, paramore, sugarland, jk rowling, and a sort of fan club for nerds like me who love literature.
I think libraries could most definitely utilize twitter to get the message out about events and announcements; because the tweets are short, sweet, and to the point, people won't be tempted to just skip right over the library's posts.

Picnik

I've known about picnik for a while now, but I've never actually used it. I think it's pretty cool, but it's fairly limited. Yes, it can crop, resize, and alter the quality of photos, but pretty much any Office program can do that too, to a certain extent. I think I'll keep it in mind in the future, but I don't think I'll be using it much. I think I'll investigate Pixlr.

Flickr

I have already had a bit of experience with flickr, but I don't know nearly as much as I could, so this exploration was very informative. I really like the option of searching for tags, since it automatically pulls up everything related to the search keyword. I use photobucket as well, but it does not have this option, so flickr may just have proven itself to be better than the current system I use. I searched for "library animals," and a picture of a snake that a library has as a mascot came up. That reminded me of when I was really young and my mom would bring my brother and I to the downtown library every week, and each week, we would be absolutely fascinated by the snake down at the end of the circ desk. My brother was kind of afraid, but I always wanted to go see it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mclspix/5571495837/

Google Reader

Now that I know what Google Reader is, I think I'll be using it a lot. It looks like it could be a real time saver for me, since I read so much. Bring on the rest of the 23 things!

First post!

I just got my blog for 23 things, and this looks like it'll be interesting! I think the library will be able to utilize many of these resources, but I hope we don't go overboard in trying. Sometimes, and I think in this case, less is more.

Library Homepage
Yay for links!