Blogging for S554, #1
This is my first post for Library Systems, S554. I have used Blogger before, both for classes and personal use. I’ll say right up front that I’m not a good blogger—I’ll get into it for a few weeks, and then get busy and stop posting. This class will force me to keep it up! In the past I've tried to write about my running schedule and kept a personal blog for friends to read, but haven't updated either in months. I've had the best luck with my running blog, though--when I DO have time to get outside or to the Y, I record my workouts in a running log set up by a college teammate--so when I'm training for some race, it's not too hard to find something to write about related to training. When I was training for my first Mini (2006), I was pretty good at updating the blog.
I have taken two VIC classes—one through SLIS as a participant in the VIC classroom on the IUPUI campus, and another as a distance participant (in high school--I cannot stress enough how hard it was to learn AP Chem through the TV—sooooo frustrating!!!). I live in Indianapolis so I don't need to rely on distance learning to finish my degree, although I have taken some online classes when my work schedule didn't allow me to take any other classes "live."
I like to read blogs and message boards in my free time, but I rarely contribute—I’m more of a “lurker.” I’m very comfortable with computers and technology; I have taken a few classes where we looked at blogs, creating audio and video for the web, and Second Life. I subscribe to several library listservs (AUTOCAT, LIBREF, NEWLIB, LIBSUP, to name a few) because finding a library job, figuring out what I still need to do in order to put myself in a good position to get a library job, etc, is one of my current obsessions. I'm sort of overwhelmed by the amount of information I get in my inbox every day. I use a Gmail account to handle all my listserv messages, and have it set to automatically sort them into folders so I can read them when I have a moment, which helps.
oh, I had to add: I'm not really a "pink" person, but I didn't like ANY of the default templates on Blogger. Maybe I'll figure out how to make a better one...
I have taken two VIC classes—one through SLIS as a participant in the VIC classroom on the IUPUI campus, and another as a distance participant (in high school--I cannot stress enough how hard it was to learn AP Chem through the TV—sooooo frustrating!!!). I live in Indianapolis so I don't need to rely on distance learning to finish my degree, although I have taken some online classes when my work schedule didn't allow me to take any other classes "live."
I like to read blogs and message boards in my free time, but I rarely contribute—I’m more of a “lurker.” I’m very comfortable with computers and technology; I have taken a few classes where we looked at blogs, creating audio and video for the web, and Second Life. I subscribe to several library listservs (AUTOCAT, LIBREF, NEWLIB, LIBSUP, to name a few) because finding a library job, figuring out what I still need to do in order to put myself in a good position to get a library job, etc, is one of my current obsessions. I'm sort of overwhelmed by the amount of information I get in my inbox every day. I use a Gmail account to handle all my listserv messages, and have it set to automatically sort them into folders so I can read them when I have a moment, which helps.
oh, I had to add: I'm not really a "pink" person, but I didn't like ANY of the default templates on Blogger. Maybe I'll figure out how to make a better one...
Congratualtions on your running...if only I had that kind of self discipline!