Twitter

Twitter...

Firstly, as the Teen Zone Tweeter I'd be really interested to know what the library peeps think about my tweets.

I have had some interesting conversations about how Twitter can be used. Jack was telling me about airlines using twitter as a marketing device by offering seat sales only through their twitter account. That way their customers are more inclined to jump at offers that come through the airlines tweets, making the customers feel like it is a genuinely unique/limited offer.

This has given me pause--making me wonder about how I can better utilize the teen zone account.

The question I have is how do I get teen followers. Up to this point the only people following me are library people, other organizations and book-ish adults. Hmmm...any ideas???

Library Thing

I am already a Good Reads user so I don't see myself signing up for LibraryThing. However, I do see the application for it. It is a nice way to connect with like minded readers. It also makes it easy to track your reading.

online productivity

I've always been a paper girl--however, since using Outlook at work I've been leaning more and more towards electronic. This was my first go with Google Calendar and at first glance I have to say it is amazing.

Hmmm...should I let google take over my life??

Flickr and YouTube

I do find Flickr and YouTube user-friendly. To date, I have not registered with Flickr. I use Googel Picasa. However, I have used Flickr for image searching and have always found it useful.

What I find interesting about these sites is the balance between user and product in terms of the content management. These sites are userfriendly and it seems to be because their management systems are user-driven...something we could learn from.

Bloglines

I was able to set up a feed. I've always wanted to use RSS, but have never bothered. I'm looking forward to seeing how this works.

I believe it'll make information collection better because it will bring succint information to me as opposed to me having to go get it...somewhat like your 'home' on FB. However, I also see this as just one more way for me to be bombarded with messages...more things to read.