Thanks for the great 2.0 trip!

What to do with an MP3 Player?! Listen to lots of music recommended by my nephews so I can be the cool Aunt!! (Like "Party like a Rock Star!")

How I would use an MP3 Player?! Listen to music especially stuff my nephews keep talking about so I can be the cool aunt!
Really enjoyed 2.0 and learned a lot. It was a challenge keeping up but an adventure as well! I was like Bear Grylls surviving in technology wilderness, making my through and discovering I was up for it!

Digital Rights Management debate: Metallica caught a lot of flack for their stand on protecting their music. I think creators/ artists have the right to protect their work; I'm all for the free sharing of information as much as possible but think that artists creating works should get compensated for it.
I like the music web sites; I confess to playing "6 degrees from Kevin Bacon" and tried to find him as a music individual/group but no joy. I did find him on liveplasma under the actor category though.
I like Emily Wallace's web site!

Ok, I've nosed around FLICR although I've been here before to view OCLS images so I was familiar with it. I looked up images of icebergs and found some really great ones! Also images of iceberg lettuce...
I enjoy online learning; the most challenging thing for me is making time to do it as you don't want to rush through things. I've found that at work it is more difficult to do this as I experience a lot of interruptions in the course of a day and I'm trying to keep up with email, committee work, staff needs, customer needs etc. I've gotten stuck a couple of times and have asked questions of others which is helpful and is another way to work together as a team.
I thought ProtoPuppy was really cute! My page is called ProtoBerg.

I'm fascinated with the different names for things, like "mashup." Who creates these names and how do they catch on? The word mashup makes me think of a car crash between two vehicles, each carrying a load of potatoes!
I went to the websites linked in Week 7; I tried to find Hangman in Puzzle Player but no go!

My favorite library technology is the use of design programs to create information for the Virtual Gallery. I think the VG is fantastic and has an incredible amount of information!
(FYI, I think it would be appropriate to include Jimi Hendrix along with Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain for wondering how artists would use 2.0!)

Regarding MySpace and YouTube: I was not surprised by our presence not just because I already knew we had a presence and have visited but because OCLS really does a great job staying "edgy" with technology and understands the importance of staying on top of and participating in social networking and other computer and tech related adventures!

Here are some of my favorite polar adventure titles:
1. The Arctic Grail/Pierre Berton
This is a great overview of exploration in the Arctic involving the search for the Northwest Passage and the search for the lost Franklin expedition.
2. Ice Blink: the mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin's lost polar expedition/Scott Cookman
Two large ships and 128 men who were never heard from again...
3. The Worst Journey in the World/Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Cherry-Garrard was a member of Scott's 1910-1912 South Pole expedition which ended in Scott's (and his traveling companions) death on his return from the Pole in 1912. His description of the expedition and most especially his journey to an Emperor penguin rookery (the worst journey) is riveting.
4. Mawson's Will/Lennard Bickel
The unbreakable spirit of Antarctic explorer/scientist Douglas Mawson facing excruciating hardships on the ice brings tears to the eyes.
5. The Coldest March: Scott's fatal Antarctic Expedition/Susan Solomon
Absolutely fascinating version of the story wherein the author intersperses contemporary Antarctic experiences with the experiences of Scott's expedition to bring a better understanding for what Scott was up against.
6. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition/Caroline Alexander
Lots of photographs and a great telling of Shackleton's entrapment in the ice and his open boat journey to obtain help for his stranded crew.

I really enjoyed the Web 2.0 video and especially how it was composed! Its composition was a message in itself! "We are the Web", how mind blowing is that?! I found myself thinking of stories by Isaac Asimov (Multivac, the ultimate super computer RE: teaching the machine) and Ray Branbury. How awesome is the Web and how fearsome is it as well? Interesting question for a philosopy...or digital ethnography class!

The first crunchy step

I've never been to the Arctic or Antarctic (yet) but enjoy reading about polar exploration. Stories of discovery, adventure, hardship, heroism; breath taking tales of entrapment on the ice, hidden crevasses, killer whales, auroras, blizzards! If you haven't read a book about Arctic or Antarctic exploration I encourage you to check something out! I'll post suggestions next time!