Gail Borden Online

What was interesting about Gail Borden Online was discovering I'd already participated in a lot of the activities as a writer/blogger/performer/victim. ;-) I have done book review clips for YouTube, I blog weekly on the Good Reads blog, and my turn as a Confederate widow at the Lincoln Gala you can view on Flickr. Or right here...



I also am one of the friendly, chatty people answering questions on Ask Away Illinois, manning the Spanish queue once a week. So I guess I was Web 2.0 for a while without realizing it! For me the most fun was creating this blog, and as you can tell, I've had a lot to say and I will continue to express myself through this humble little blog.

I would like to do more podcasting. For one thing, some of us look fat, but nobody sounds fat. :-) We can offer book reviews, bibliographic instruction, menus of services, all sorts of delights via podcasting, and nobody needs to moan about how fat they look on YouTube. ;-)

Social Media Networking

I signed up for the Good Reads social media networking site. I created a profile thusly listing some books I vaguely remember reading. I may keep up with posting what I've read, but I have no desire to interact with other readers online. Why waste time reading about what other people are reading when I could be reading a book? ;-) However, the library could use this site to post lists of books by genre or reading taste.

Now, I'd like to get back to my book... I'm reading Don't Try This At Home, about famous chefs' culinary disasters. Then maybe I'll cook something. ;-)

Wiki wiki woooo!

I wead about wikis wecently--hee hee! I learned how to post to one and edit a page. I submitted a title to a bibliography on women's history via the library's Tapestry of Freedom wiki. It wasn't too difficult.

I visited Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. I liked the wealth of info available on readers advisory. Other sections were bursting with good info as well.

The "wibwawy" could use wikis in a variety of ways. They could be used for collaborative book lists, focus group discussions, online suggestion boxes, special programs, etc. Weally, we could work with wikis awot.

Signed,
Dat Wascawy Wabbit