#10 Image Generators

Today I tried Generator Blog and FD Toys, and created two personalised calendars. Both of them are great and gave me lots of fun, but it was very time consuming (hope it is worthwhile). I created November's calendar with Generator Blog. First I went to Calendar Generator, and chose a month, and uploaded a digital photo from my PC, and just clicked on Generate Calendar. It came out very nicely. I saved it on my desktop and uploaded it to my blog. Then I tried FD Toys and created a customized calendar from my digital photgraph. It is very easy. I just followed the intructions they provided for and sent it to Flickr. It is posted publicly. Here is the link to my creation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15357293@N03/?saved=1

# 8 Make life simple with RSS

It is so handy. Before I knew anything about RSS, I bookmarked several websites for current news. From time to time, I had to go back to or refresh the sites from my favoriates to check the updates. Now I don't have to do that anymore. I just go to my Bloglines for my newsfeeds and check the updates - save me so much time. Signing up for Bloglines is very easy but subscribing to feeds is a little bit confusing at the beginning. It took me some time to subscribe to more than 10 feeds. I feel so good now because I can read the updates without being bothered by the unnecessary information.

#7 Technology

Technology is good when it works. When we first had RFID in place in our library, neither customers nor staff liked this new system, because people were so used to the old way of checking out materials in the library. When the new system had problems or gliches, they even became more unpatient. After a while when they get used to it, they like it very much. It is much faster, and also saves both staff and customers' time. It is always the case that people are resistent to new things. When they get used to it, they are so attached to it. Technology is good in a way that it speeds up everything we do now in this world, but when it breaks down, it creates more problems, therefore, we cannot depend on it completely. We have to have a contigent plan in place.

#5 Flickr - Queens Library Photos

Now I have a Flickr account. I took a photo of the community library and uploaded it to my account with tag of "Queens Library".
Queens Library serves as a community center. It is no long a place for people to borrow books and other materials. It is a center of people's life, especially the new immigrants.Here is one of the many photos of the library in a busy afternoon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15357293@N03/?saved=1

#4 Register Your Blog - My Virtual Office

Today I set up a blog through Blogger and registered with QL.thing. I hope I will learn all the 23 and 1/2 things in the next few weeks.

#2 Lifelong Learning

Everyone has his own lifelong learning style. Some can learn by reading, others can learn by playing. Everyone is different. But the important thing is to have an objective in your mind so you can plan ahead and plan well. For me, it is easier to set an achievable and short term goal. Once you achieve it, you feel you are rewarded and relieved, and then you set up another goal. Therefore, it is never too old to learn because you have different goals for different period of time in your life. So on and so forth, you are moving forward with your life, until you achieve your final objective. The hardest lifelong learning habit for me is to use tech. to my advantage. We are used to the everyday pace we set up before, and always feel that we don't have time to keep up with the technology. To participate in the Library Learning 2.0 is to try to overcome this obstacle and to achieve this short term goal - blog with people.