Week 7 - Podcasting

I visited postcastally.com - from many interesting podcasts under the Health topic. The topics listed are diverse and there is something for everyone. I have listened to NPR online for years and enjoyed the ability to listen to previous shows. I listened to the PubMed the Quick Way I understood the instructions as I use PubMed but it would have been nice to have an instruction page to download to follow the audio instructions. I searched 'library' when using Odeo and found a lot of material. I look forward to reviewing Odeo in the future.

Viewing library videos on YouTube by different sort options produced different videos; I decided to use the "Relevance" option. I found comic and education videos that were interesting. I noticed several libraries had videos posted on YouTube. A library could use YouTube or their own library site to display specific special programs or speakers, instructional videos or videos announcing programs within their library. While I could see using YouTube to connect with the younger users in a library, some videos may attract other library users.

Wee 8 - Mashups and API

I viewed mashups at both sites listed and found several interesting sites but most I found I would not use. One I will use in the future will be BillShrink for comparison of cellular phone services, maybe find one with a lower bill. Another one was FlickrStorm, after yesterday with 'interesting' weather in Arkansas viewing still pictures was nice (tornadoes did not get too close). Also, I found I did not work for one of the best 25 companies to work for.

I think I would add to Rollyo the ability to list search results in date order so I could read the more current items first. Searching the word 'privacy' produced many results, some of which I did not find interesting. Searching by a specific word does not necessarily produce the results desired. Some of the items did not deal with libraries or librarianship but personal privacy issues.