Parties!!

Please sign up for the parties for the University Library 23 Things Program. We want a lot of people to attend.. there will be food!!
Even if you didn't finish the program- please come out:)

If you did finish- the grand prizes are awesome!!! iPad2!!! iPod!!

Hope you enjoyed the program!
:)

The end of the program..

Well the program has come to an end and it's been fun! Even though I was on the development team, I've learned a lot. I also enjoyed working on the team- all the people involved were great!
I now look forward to the parties in May and to give away the big prizes.. they are cool! We are excited to give away an iPad2!

I had an ultrasound last week and our little girl is doing well. She is already over 61/2 pounds! So everyone who thinks I'm small.. she's in there growing! lol Getting very excited to meet her now. Only 5 weeks to go!!!

:)

Online Mapping/GIS

Since I wrote this post.. I have done it several times but found it fun to use Community Walk. I enjoy Indian food or food in general, so I thought I'd do a community walk map based on finding food in Saskatoon!
I think GIS and mapping is very useful and will continue to be in the library.
Well next week is the last post for the program! Wow! It's been a lot of work but fun at the same time. It has also gone by fast as well.
Looking forward to my next week's post and the parties!!
:)
On a personal note- had another ultrasound today. My little girl is already over six pounds and has 6 weeks to go! I think she might be big.. or she will come before June 3rd. June 1st is my b-day.. so maybe.. lol
:) :) Getting excited!

Social Bookmarking & Widgets

I've never really used social bookmarking before but it's very interesting. I will have to add Diigo toolbar to my home computer. I enjoy using widgets- I added the countdown clock to my iGoogle account. I made a countdown to when our baby is arriving! 53 days! Wow!! Coming soon:):) I also played around with Google calendar. I tend to use Outlook calendar for everything but this will be useful for those who can't get access to my calendar if I wanted to share it. Web 2.0 is very social indeed! :)

Social Networking and Twitter

I've been on facebook for a few years now and still use it. I'm not on it all day, like some, but maybe check it once a day to see what my friends/family are doing or if people email me. I use facebook for emailing and to contact friends/family that live in other parts of the world or to re-connect with people I haven't talked to in years. I don't play any games or use farmville. My husband used farmville for a while but then even he got tired of it because you have to check it all the time. I haven't watched the movie "The Social Network" yet, but I've heard it's good. I heard after watching it, you might not want to support Facebook! lol I created a Twitter account a few years ago. I was watching Ellen on tv and everyone was "following" her so I did.. but hardly ever used it. I don't really care or want to know what people are doing every second of the day. Also I don't really want to tell people (or find my life that exciting) what I'm doing every second of the day. I can see if I was in politics or had a following.. maybe but it's not for me. I like having my own space and don't feel the need to share my whole life. Some people love it though and that is great! :)

Flickr

I haven't used Flickr myself to upload photos. I don't generally take photos very often. I hate photos of myself (I am camera shy) but I know with having a baby we will be taking a lot of photos. We bought a video camera/camera not too long ago for the occasion. I was the 3rd child out of four and there are VERY few photos of me when I was little. Hopefully I will be able to take a lot of her so she won't say the same thing in 20 years! lol This is a photo I took from Flickr from Laurel. I don't know who Laurel is but I love her little kitties. The grey one looks like my cat Rocky. Also my husband has two birds and my cat loves to watch them. I always know what he is thinking too..mm... lunch! :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/lerual/1680229835 I was trying to add the image itself to my blog and it doesn't seem to be working.. so I'll have to try it again later. I did, however, provide the link. SOOO... after asking Tasha why my picture wasn't loading- she realized that Laurel has not given permission to do so. Sad:( I guess she wants to keep her kitty pictures off other people's pages. Anyway use the URL to check out the picture- it is cute! :)

So since I couldn't add that picture.. I added another cute kitty picture:) It's okay it's a Halloween picture! It's cute:)

Wikis!

I just added my thoughts to the 23 things Wiki but I will repeat them here. I have used Wikis for a while now. I have been working with many groups (like HSL for Medical Informatics) that use Wikis to create contnet so that everyone can see and manage. When you aren't in the same location- Wikis work well. There is a bit of a learning curve but once you get the hang of using them-easy to use.