Comments on: My Top Technology Trends for 2007 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/ A librarian, writer and educator reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Dawn E. Bergacker http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-181111 Dawn E. Bergacker Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:04:29 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/#comment-181111 I loved the screencast. That's a great idea. What software did you use? I'd like to use something simple to do some library instruction screencasts for our community college students. I've tried to download a Mozilla Firefox extension called Linky that does small screencasts, but I'm having no luck getting it to load. dawn I loved the screencast. That’s a great idea. What software did you use? I’d like to use something simple to do some library instruction screencasts for our community college students. I’ve tried to download a Mozilla Firefox extension called Linky that does small screencasts, but I’m having no luck getting it to load.

dawn

]]> By: pollyalida http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-179685 pollyalida Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:30:13 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/#comment-179685 More time for fun and all the rest - those are important goals! Clearing up junk on the floor - that's on my life goal list too. May never get there, but I'll keep trying. ;-) More time for fun and all the rest – those are important goals! Clearing up junk on the floor – that’s on my life goal list too. May never get there, but I’ll keep trying. ;-)

]]> By: Scott Walter http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-179426 Scott Walter Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:51:24 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/#comment-179426 Great presentation, and nice to see the shout-out to Champaign Public (the "only" library in Champaign-Urbana, according to my daughter). Great presentation, and nice to see the shout-out to Champaign Public (the “only” library in Champaign-Urbana, according to my daughter).

]]> By: Meredith Farkas http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-179294 Meredith Farkas Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:53:57 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/#comment-179294 Hi Timothy. I use Captivate (now from Adobe -- used to be Macromedia) to create the screencasts, which has quite a lot of tools for annotating the presentation and creating neat effects. In fact, it can do a whole lot more than what I did in this little screencast. It's a very fully-featured tool, but it has a pretty hefty price tag to boot. It's great though for creating online instructional content. Polly, wow, I wish I had the answer to that! The truth is that I put a lot of things on the backburner (exercise, fun time, laundry, etc.) to work on stuff like this. This is why I'm planning to cut down on the library-related committments and focus a little more on having fun and making sure I can walk from one end of my house to the other without tripping over junk. ;) Hi Timothy. I use Captivate (now from Adobe — used to be Macromedia) to create the screencasts, which has quite a lot of tools for annotating the presentation and creating neat effects. In fact, it can do a whole lot more than what I did in this little screencast. It’s a very fully-featured tool, but it has a pretty hefty price tag to boot. It’s great though for creating online instructional content.

Polly, wow, I wish I had the answer to that! The truth is that I put a lot of things on the backburner (exercise, fun time, laundry, etc.) to work on stuff like this. This is why I’m planning to cut down on the library-related committments and focus a little more on having fun and making sure I can walk from one end of my house to the other without tripping over junk. ;)

]]> By: RefLibrarian http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-179285 RefLibrarian Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:42:12 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/#comment-179285 This is a wonderful presentation! I especially like the open source information. I wish all the administrators in my library system could see it. This is a wonderful presentation! I especially like the open source information. I wish all the administrators in my library system could see it.

]]> By: Timothy Greig http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-179186 Timothy Greig Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:43:49 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/#comment-179186 Cool presentation, Meredith! I'm going to pass it on to my library manager! ^_^ PS: what tool do you use to take your screenshots/put those yellow boxes around things? Cool presentation, Meredith! I’m going to pass it on to my library manager! ^_^ PS: what tool do you use to take your screenshots/put those yellow boxes around things?

]]> By: pollyalida http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-179166 pollyalida Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:38:08 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/#comment-179166 Great presentation! Nice organization of trends and interesting examples. Thanks so much for sharing this. Now share with us your secret to finding more than 24 hours in your day. :-) Great presentation! Nice organization of trends and interesting examples. Thanks so much for sharing this. Now share with us your secret to finding more than 24 hours in your day. :-)

]]> By: Paul R. Pival http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-179128 Paul R. Pival Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:53:19 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/15/my-top-technology-trends-for-2007/#comment-179128 Wow, that was really well done, thanks Meredith! Didn't catch a single mistake in your narration either :-) Know what would be cool? Upload that presentation to Viddler.com and tag the individual trends as "chapters", but also each of the libraries mentioned as they're mentioned in the presentation. Wow, that was really well done, thanks Meredith! Didn’t catch a single mistake in your narration either :-) Know what would be cool? Upload that presentation to Viddler.com and tag the individual trends as “chapters”, but also each of the libraries mentioned as they’re mentioned in the presentation.

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