wev 2.0 continues (adventure)

The where's the mouse video was interesting. So much so, that I sent the link to other people. This hits home to me because I do tend to watch quite a bit of tv. The fact that I don' t interact with it never really bothered me. It begs the question, "Is this why I don't provide feedback on other websites (except for this one of course)?" I don't know. Perhaps I better start participating in the real world more now.

I'm not sure if I would classify playing world of warcraft as more productive than watching tv. I suppose you are interacting with people, but I talk about the tv I watch with other people and we discuss episodes, even if we don't watch them together. Either way it is a use of cognitive surplus.

I'm not sold on the idea that people will be more productive because of the internet. I think that the same people who did not lay lathargically on the couch with the advent of the sitcom, are the same types of people, if not the same people who are out there making changes. However, I will give him that the internet is a tool, and it's very possible that there is even just that small fraction of people who shift their mentality from wanting to watch tv to choosing to participate in web 2.0 instead. Just that small percent could change a lot.

Web 2.0 Continues

I have had many patrons complain that we do not carry certain titles. Sometimes what has happened is that we owned the copy and it was lost, or was old and we withdrew it because no one was checking it out. However, there is a patron requesting this title now, but it seems as though the title is out of print. I clicked on the books subject in seomoz's.org and the second website might be able to help. It is called biblio.com and you can purchase out of print titles there for $1. Seems like quite a steel to me. I might suggest that to the patrons now.

Minti.com was an other web site I checked out. I notice that we have a lot of circulation of childcare books. This site was devoted to childcare questions and might be a good suggestion for patrons needing quick advice, but don't have time to come into the library or wait for a book by mayl.