Subscribe in a readerMay
28
RSS Feeds 101
Filed Under Instruction, Libraries, Technology | 2 Comments
I’ve incorporated RSS into classes on blogs and blogging in the past, but tonight I taught a class focusing on RSS, aggregators, and ways you can use RSS beyond subscribing to blogs. I covered a lot of different examples, including using RSS to keep track of news, job listings, real estate, financial news, shopping deals, eBay listings, travel deals, medical information, packages, flickr photos with a specific tag, and of course library new releases and upcoming events.
In case anyone’s interested, the slides are viewable by clicking on the screenshot below. This is also the first time I used Google Docs Presentations alone. I didn’t use PowerPoint or Keynote at all and I was really happy with it. Running the presentation straight off my browser helped create a seamless transition between the presentation and the various websites I used as examples. I didn’t have to fuss with going back and forth from Firefox to PowerPoint, which was very nice! Also, I feel like the basic Google Documents feature is clunky and creates problems when you try to export as a Word doc, but Presentations is pretty clean and functional. Still, embedding a presentation into a blog is kind of messy. It’s nice that the code to embed a published presentation is made available, but it kind of screws up some of my text layout and I can’t have that. I guess nothing’s perfect 
May
20
Bulls pick 1st!
Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
YES! The Bulls landed the first pick in this year’s NBA draft!
Will it be Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley? I haven’t seen Beasley play much (just a few highlights from the NCAA tourney), but I caught a few Memphis games on television this past season and Rose looks incredible. Oh, it’s a good day to be a Bulls fan! Read more at ESPN.
May
17
That’s why I live here
Filed Under Culture, Libraries, Skokie | Leave a Comment
One of the best things about the village where I work is its diversity. With nearly 100 different languages spoken in Skokie homes, it’s one of the most diverse places in Illinois. Every year the community celebrates this diversity with a Festival of Cultures. It’s basically a huge gathering of people celebrating each others’ cultures with performances, booths for each culture, children’s activities, and food….lots of food (had the gyros myself)!
The library always takes part in the event by bringing the bookmobile and having a table set up with information and goodies for everyone. Today I had the opportunity to work the table and I really enjoyed it. Besides spreading joy to the masses by handing out pinwheels to every kid and adult who passed by, I also had the chance to talk with people about the library. A lot of people told me how much they love the library and how important it is to them. My favorite comment came from a woman whom I asked whether or not she uses the library. She kind of looked at me in a slightly surprised way and said to me matter-of-factly, “That’s why I live here.” She lives in Skokie because of the library! How cool is that!
May
10
Facebookin’ library
Filed Under Libraries, Social Networking | Leave a Comment
My library has a page on Facebook. Check it out!
May
7
Rain v. Colbert
Filed Under Humor, Videos | Leave a Comment
The dance-off of the century. Exactly what everyone’s been waiting for. Via Angry Asian Man.
Polls
Loading ...