Netlibrary and downloading audiobooks

Reluctant teens will find downloading books another way to "read." Not all books are listed, but quite a few of the best sellers are included in that list. Downloading books is another option for people with reading disabilities who now have more titles to choose. I signed up for MCPL netlibrary and find the instructions easy to follow.

iTunes-podcast

We downloaded lots of music to the ipod using iTunes. It was easy enough that I can follow and download my favorite CDs to my ipod and listened without the spouse screaming at me to turn down the music. Thanks to the ipod, I don't have to hear anyone unless they pulled the earphone from my ears.

I liked podcast.com which is what came up when podcast.net failed. I enjoyed browsing through foodpodcasts.com. I mustn't forget to add bookpodcasts.com as well.

You Tube

I find this site very useful in instructional and entertaining from viewers who want the world to share their videos. For example,I learned the proper way of using a Neti pot to clean out my stuffy nose. I didn't think there would be anyone willing to demonstrate the use of a neti pot, but I was wrong. There are good, bad and excellent videos that the viewer can choose. I find that YouTube is a good visual aid to describe a word to someone who may not understand what I'm trying to say. Example: enthusiastic applause.

Web 2.0 Award Winners

Web 2.0 award winners I am familiar with and have used: google maps, zillow, craigslist,and two that I haven't used until recently: Delcious and ImCooked. I like visuals when it comes to cooking and I like to see how the end products comes out. I used zillow to check out how the prices in my neighborhood is faring..not good, craigslist to look for stuff, and google maps because I have a bad sense of direction when driving. I will definitely check out the other sites.

Spreadsheet heaven

I haven't used the spreadsheet application in google docs until this exercise and find that it's so much easier to use than Excel. I have my Christmas spreadsheet in my google account which is much easier to find. The document features easy to use and I enjoyed the instructional video on sharing documents. I also went to Zoho Writer to check out their site.

Maryland Libraries Sandbox Wiki-NOT-Thing 17

After numerous tries before and after my overseas trip to Japan, I GIVE UP on Thing 17th. I tried with help from my good friend,MB, but I still couldn't get into the sandbox. It takes a lot for me to admit DEFEAT, but I am defeated. It's time to move on and finish up the 23 things exercises before 2010. Bah!