Thing 6 - Image Generator

WOW! I can't wait until our next author visits Concordia College! Trading cards with the author's picture and information about him, and a trading card for each of the books with a short description.

Thing 5 - (again) More Flickr Fun

It would be very easy to waste a lot of time here. But as I looked through the different mashups, I did see lots of potential for our Library Marketing committee. We have a "brand" already selected, so adding that with some other graphic to a poster or a "magazine cover" might be one way to get our image to the public through the wallpaper on our computer desktops. We know that we quit paying attention to signs, notices, etc., if they aren't changed often. Using the Flickr apps would be a way to use our own brand, yet change the way that it's presented - thus preventing it from getting stale.

Thing 5 - more Flickr

My creation
Originally uploaded by connie.jones36

Flickr has some great apps. I have lots of cute pictures - what fun!

Thing 4 - Flickr

I had fun exploring Flickr and looking for pictures of places I've visited. Cradle Mountain in Tasmania was an incredible sight and I was thrilled to find such a great picture of the Boat Shed that we hiked past. I will have fun taking pictures in the library to add some "live" shots to put in my Blog. When our kids were in Australia last year, they created a blog for friends and family to "follow" their adventures - what great fun seeing them in their new setting!

The Boat Shed - Dove Lake - Cradle Mountain - TASMANIA

The Boat Shed - Dove Lake - Cradle Mountain - TASMANIA
Originally uploaded by tassiesim

Thing 3 - RSS Feeds

Thanks to another savvy colleague, I set up an RSS feed earlier this year, using Bloglines. I have to confess that I was not very regular about looking at it in fall. Now I've organized my feeds, so I can look at categories - Children's Lit, "Library Stuff," Education, Marketing, etc. My favorite site is Stephen's Lighthouse - Stephen Abram's blog. (His CASLIS Evening Event is great.) I wasn't very selective at first, just subscribing to everything I found. Now I need to get rid of what I don't find as useful.

I also subscribed to a few fun feeds like skits from the Morning Show from MPR - my favorite radio program, Daily Show videos, etc. I'm sure there will be some Election 2008 blogs that I'll want to subscribe to, as I've become pretty addicted to the election/primary/caucus news these past weeks.