Way ahead of you on this one. Have been listening to Pandora for over a year now. Have several "radio stations" set up--Epic Soundtracks (movie scores), Swingin' Christmas and Christmas Carols (if you don't know what these are...), Frank Sinatra (big band era including Frank, Ella, Dean, Sammy, Julie, Margaret, Jo, Bobby...well, you get the idea. For you younger folks, I'll provide last names if you ask), Brothers Four (folk music from the sixties--Brothers Four, Kingston Trio [not King 'n Trio], Judy, Joan, Peter, Paul, & Mary, Gordon, and others).
I love the variety and can change stations whenever I feel the need. You can listen for 40 hours a month for free. After that they want money. So, if I need to, I switch to AOL music. It give you a large variety of choices.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Webolution 2009
Here we go again! Looking forward to doing all the activities, but wondering when I'll find the time. ILL has revved up lately, and keeps me busy all day.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Last but not least
Yes, I did take the survey. There was only one problem--we weren't asked what we'd like to learn next, only if we'd like to learn. Soooooooo, I have a suggestion. How about web page design. Huh, Nancy? Huh, huh? I'm ready!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
#23--It's all downhill from here!
WooHoo--the light at the end of the tunnel was NOT a freight train, but the beautiful light of an open laptop computer! Yes, all you Webolutionists, I definitely see a laptop in my future!
This whole Webolution idea has been fun, interesting, and definitely a learning experience for this over-the-hill (Hill? What hill? I didn't see any hill!) mom and grandma. I most likely would not have explored half of these things if not "forced" into it by the lure of a laptop and a chance to learn something new.
Just learning how to blog has been exciting and useful. Once my novels get published, I can see the benefit of not only having a web page, but a blog to go with it. The possibilities are endless.
I have to admit that, except for things like the ATS Wiki which allows for signing up for computer classes, I basically have no use for wikis. I see too many problems (or is that my conservative nature coming through) associated with being able to change, add, etc. to someone else's work. I doubt I'll pursue wikis much further than what I did here.
I struggled the most with Flickr and Del.icio.us. It took me a while to figure out how to add tags and organize them, but once I figured it out, WOW. Now when I'm working the ATS desk and need to access some of the ILL bookmarks that are on my office computer, I can. I have tags that are shared and tags that cannot be shared, such as my Illiad requesting sites at DU and CU.
Although I was mostly familiar with the Ebsco databases, I enjoyed that exercise. Making myself familiar with the Ebsco "family" is extremely helpful and useful with Interlibrary Loan. I have filled several article requests by using Ebsco.
I loved YouTube and Image Generator. I'd like to experiment more with Image Generator. But my very favorite, oddly enough, was the podcast. When we first started this adventure, I couldn't have told you what a podcast was. Now I have two that I've added to my bloglines account and will access them on a regular basis--not necessarily daily, but definitely weekly. One of the podcasts is a humorous NPR program that really brightens up the day. The other is a podcast on writing, with "classes" and interviews of authors, instructors, and other related subjects. I can never learn too much about writing.
When I took the challenge, my only goal was to win that laptop. Having completed all the tasks, laptop or not, I consider myself a winner. Now when someone mentions RSS feeds, podcasts, YouTube, Flickr, etc., I'll at least be able to relate and understand most of what is said.
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks! Bring 'em on!
This whole Webolution idea has been fun, interesting, and definitely a learning experience for this over-the-hill (Hill? What hill? I didn't see any hill!) mom and grandma. I most likely would not have explored half of these things if not "forced" into it by the lure of a laptop and a chance to learn something new.
Just learning how to blog has been exciting and useful. Once my novels get published, I can see the benefit of not only having a web page, but a blog to go with it. The possibilities are endless.
I have to admit that, except for things like the ATS Wiki which allows for signing up for computer classes, I basically have no use for wikis. I see too many problems (or is that my conservative nature coming through) associated with being able to change, add, etc. to someone else's work. I doubt I'll pursue wikis much further than what I did here.
I struggled the most with Flickr and Del.icio.us. It took me a while to figure out how to add tags and organize them, but once I figured it out, WOW. Now when I'm working the ATS desk and need to access some of the ILL bookmarks that are on my office computer, I can. I have tags that are shared and tags that cannot be shared, such as my Illiad requesting sites at DU and CU.
Although I was mostly familiar with the Ebsco databases, I enjoyed that exercise. Making myself familiar with the Ebsco "family" is extremely helpful and useful with Interlibrary Loan. I have filled several article requests by using Ebsco.
I loved YouTube and Image Generator. I'd like to experiment more with Image Generator. But my very favorite, oddly enough, was the podcast. When we first started this adventure, I couldn't have told you what a podcast was. Now I have two that I've added to my bloglines account and will access them on a regular basis--not necessarily daily, but definitely weekly. One of the podcasts is a humorous NPR program that really brightens up the day. The other is a podcast on writing, with "classes" and interviews of authors, instructors, and other related subjects. I can never learn too much about writing.
When I took the challenge, my only goal was to win that laptop. Having completed all the tasks, laptop or not, I consider myself a winner. Now when someone mentions RSS feeds, podcasts, YouTube, Flickr, etc., I'll at least be able to relate and understand most of what is said.
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks! Bring 'em on!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
#22--Podcasts
This is amazing and exciting. I successfully added FictionRight and NPRs "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" podcasts to my Bloglines account, with some interesting results.
FictionRight is a series of lessons and interviews on writing. The first one I tried to listen to sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks and I couldn't figure out how to slow it down. The second one was the right speed, so maybe this will work. The podcasts include lessons on dialog, plots, and ideas, and interviews, including one with Connie Willis.
NPRs "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" is a humorous look at news events.
I'm going to try to subscribe to Radio Time Zone which is a podcast of old radio programs, but I needed a yahoo account and didn't want to take the time right now.
I could see where podcasts could get addictive. This one was fun!
FictionRight is a series of lessons and interviews on writing. The first one I tried to listen to sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks and I couldn't figure out how to slow it down. The second one was the right speed, so maybe this will work. The podcasts include lessons on dialog, plots, and ideas, and interviews, including one with Connie Willis.
NPRs "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" is a humorous look at news events.
I'm going to try to subscribe to Radio Time Zone which is a podcast of old radio programs, but I needed a yahoo account and didn't want to take the time right now.
I could see where podcasts could get addictive. This one was fun!
Addendum
It worked! I'm actually listening to "One For the Money" by Janet Evanovich as I'm typing this. I'm officially part of the "audio" generation, providing there is such a thing. Who'd have guessed?
Friday, September 21, 2007
#20 & #21--Downloadin' and Listenin'
I successfully, I think, downloaded "One For the Money" by Janet Evanovich to my home computer from Netlibrary. I haven't had a chance to listen yet, as it downloaded overnight, but it's showing in "My Documents" so I'm assuming it's there. I chose Netlibrary for this experiment, as I didn't want to download the program needed to download an Overdrive book. I haven't tried to burn a CD. Maybe in the future. This was fun, and it took me more time to remember my Netlibrary log in and find a book, than it did to download. Okay, maybe not quite, but seemed like it.
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