Summary

As you may have guessed, I decided that I just needed to finish this Web 2.0 stuff. I hope you passed me. I use the stuff that I find useful (duh), and don't use the other. Now that I finally use the Google feed reader, I see how handy it is. The other tools I use regularly are Flickr and Googledocs. I find that Twitter and Facebook take up too much of my time, though I do check them daily -- not to add anything but to keep track of my children and the ducks. Good enough?

Craigslist

I like looking for a new place to live on Craigslist. Here's one of them:

http://longisland.craigslist.org/reb/1198533466.html

Google Docs

As you well know, I use Google Docs all the time. Please pass me.

Wiki

I always forget that the PALS Wiki is there. It does have some useful information. I enjoyed the Princeton Book Review but noticed that it's not an active Wiki -- they just used it during their summer program 2006. I found some stuff that could be useful on the Library Best Practices wiki, especially regarding staff training. It was frustrating when I hit a couple of dead links, however.

Finding new feeds

Of the search tools you mentioned, I found the Google Reader one the easiest, though I didn't have any trouble finding something of interest using each of them. I found blogs on tiny houses, bonsai trees and strawberries. I just get overwhelmed by the volume.

Discovering feeds on our catalog and website

This was no discovery to me since I knew they were there. I think there are plenty of patrons who would read feeds on the catalog and/or website but not necessarily set up their own feed reader (I know I did this for a while). I imagine the feeds for new movies, books and programs will be the most popular.

Google Reader

I have a Google Reader account and am following mostly local blogs and NY Times feeds on new books. Here's a little something I got off a friend's blog.

http://resqrev.blogspot.com/2009/05/christmas-whistle-you-gotta-hear-this.html