Remember the Milk & Jott [Project Play: Week 3: Semester 2]

This week we got to play with Remember the milk and Jott. Both have the potential to be useful tools, particularly for list makers. I successfully sent a message to Remember the milk. I added a due date and then clicked on "complete". It took me a while to figure out where my task went to after I did that. I think with a little more effort I could tap into the usefulness of Remember the milk. Whereas, with Jott I'm not so sure. I do see it's usefulness, but I have never lived and died by my phone. I do have a cell phone, but I'm still learning to use it. My screen is so small, I really haven't wanted to use it for email & texting. I guess I'm just old, but I am trying to play more, learn more, and fear less.

Google docs never sleeps. [Project Play: Semester 2: Week 2]

This week we got to play with Google docs. It's quite a powerful tool. I was impressed by the ability to share documents and look at all the revisions. I can see why groups of people use it. However, when I was do the editing it seemed to take a while to load. Another potential problem is that it relies on the Internet to work. Without a stable, high speed Internet connection one could be up the proverbial creek without a paddle, so to speak.

IM, the smart choice [Project Play, Semester 2]

It's second semester of Project Play and we are learning how to use IM. Although I didn't have an IM account (I do now), I was familiar with IM. I do virtual reference (AskAway) via Question Point which has an IM capability. However, I don't use it very often. But when I do need to communicate with my fellow online librarians or have a technical problem it is nice to be able to communicate instantaneously.

The first part of the assignment was pretty easy. I found someone who was online, typed a message, press enter, and waited for a response. And what do you know someone replied back. Yee haw!

I already had a yahoo account so I thought that I would start by using yahoo messenger, but I wasn't sure how to find people to talk with. So I signed up for a meebo account and put a link in my blog. It was pretty easy. My office mates gave me their IM names to add to my buddy list. I did chat with my office mate using meebo. I even figured out how to get a picture of my cats on my meebo page.


Finally I tried out the sloganizer to come up with my title for this post.