random thoughts

I feel as if I don't want to give up this blog just yet, or at all. I have come a long way and don't want to lose my thoughts about what I have learned. Last night at a book club I belong to, I was able to share with the folks information about blogging, twittering, and wikis and more. Many of us are quite new to the technology and it felt great to be able to share some of my newfound knowldge with these friends.

However, I have not yet used these much at work. I did tell a patron about Zoho, for saving his work. I have seen numerous patrons come in, type up information and then have no way to save it. Even though I have not yet shared much of the information I have learned with patrons, I feel grateful that I have become aware of these technologies and am not in the complete dark ages. I think my Goodreads link will be helpful for me when recommending to a patron a book I've read and can't remember the title. I haven't decided if it will replace my paper and pen journal for listing books I've read, but I am giving it a go.

The December 2008 issue of Money Magazine had a great article called "How Not to Act Your Age at Work," by Dan Kadlec. He discusses these new (new for some of us) technologies, and I understood what he was talking about. Everyone is talking about Facebook. Twittering, texting, wikis, and blogging are becoming staples of online business communicaton. You can actually glean important information from others twittering. He states that these are becoming more useful and quite necessary in the workplace. I am still wondering how folks get their work done, but it seems they must be doing both.

I was a reluctant joiner into this world, but I now can see the value for those who participate.