Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Twitter is not my cup of tea

Well, I participated in another "thing".
I created a twitter account and have begun my journey into tweets. So far, I really don't care for it, as no one I know has a twitter account.
I have noticed that a lot of "Rap Musicians" as well as movie and tv stars really like to write tweets.
I really don't understand why you would want to write an account of what you are doing at any given moment for "followers" to see.
Trust me, I am not that interested that you are about to take a sip of morning coffee, or who you are going to interview in the next 10 minutes, or that you are arriving at the airport and on the lookout for the papparazzi.
Anyway, I can mark this off of my "thing" list-

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

I love technology

Hello- I have worked in a library setting for almost 13 years, and am pleased to be finding out just how far the system is willing to go to make itself remain important in all areas. When I first came to work at the library, we only had access to amber-screened (dumb) terminals which was several steps backward for me and I was totally disappointed. The director was of the mindset that you only needed access to any machine that was relevant to your position, otherwise "stay off".


I didn't know if I could work at such a place, but 13 years later I am still here. I believe I did lose several skills to the "do not use" mentality and I suggested as often as possible and to anybody that would listen that computers and technology were our friend and if it could be done manually or on a typewriter it could certainly be done better and faster on a computer! And yes, I understand- budget, budget, budget.


In the last several years we have been able to rethink and acquire the much needed people and technology the system has so desperately needed. I have to say that I am amazed at all the various changes our library has undergone, it's been quite a transformation and it just keeps coming! Suddenly I find myself lagging behind and am grateful for this opportunity to "catch up" on a few things... maybe even 23.