Things Five, Six & Seven

It's Week Three and one of our tasks this week is to create a post on anything technology based. Since "Things" 5 & 6 relate to reviewing Flickr and mashups, I thought I would post on some of the Flickr aspects that interested/intrigued me. I checked out FDToys and was amazed by varied options offered here- particularly MapMaker and Jigsaw. Both offer what you would expect from the names. Mapmaker allows you to design and produce maps based on your travels. Jigsaw allows you to customized your photos turning them into puzzles. Has anyone ever tried either of these products? The mashups were interesting. I am particularly interested in the tremendous current cultural interest in sharing photos. I was impressed by the vast and varied options for turning photos into almost every conceivable product, even personalized trading cards for librarians. As a librarian, I have to say this is the last group I expected to see on trading cards! Ha, Ha! Cute though. I can see the attraction here, but is anyone concerned with privacy issues? I'm not judging, but interested in what you think?

Day One in the Life of a Novice Blogger.

It turns out that you do learn something new everyday! It was with curiosity and a little apprehension that I set out to create my first blog. I am a librarian and creating this blog is part of an ongoing assignment for a Reference class in Library Studies. While I have participated in other blogs, I have never thought of creating my own. I was never very good at keeping a diary. Will I have enough to say? We'll see...

I named this blog RefThoughts because I thought it would be a place to discuss and reflect on a variety of Reference and library related issues. With so much going on in libraries right now, there should be plenty to discuss - from recent reference finds to best new "reads." Well, here we go....