Week 3, Semester 2 - Productivity Tools

I spilled my milk :(
Originally uploaded by Boered

I am all about making lists and checking things off my list. So I was excited to read about this week's tools - Remember the Milk & Jott.

Remember the Milk is like the ultimate tool for list lovers. I did walk through the Getting Started option in the Help menu. Sounds like you can get pretty fancy with your tasks and lists of tasks. That was when I started feeling a bit overwhelmed. I was having feelings of fondness for my little slips of paper that currently hold my tasks. As with any new tool though, it's usually just a matter of trying it out and getting used to it.

Regarding Jott, it sounds great! Reminds me of a friend who calls her answering machine at home when she needs to remember something, only this tool allows many more options. I can see how coordinating the use of your tools, eg. using Jott to call your Google calendar, would be quite handy.

Week 2 , Semester 2 - Google Docs

Warmer Days
Originally uploaded by hynekamy

Had to add a photo of a warm memory to counteract these chilly days. Yes, my photos are digressing from library world.

Google Docs is yet another great feature of Google. They seem to have thought of most everything. Gone are the days of having to be working on the "right" computer. Now we can work on our interlibrary loan spreadsheet from any computer at the library.

As for using Google Docs in my personal life, there are many ways. A friend is starting to share recipes with a group of us. This would be another way, besides email, for her to share.

Week 1, Semester 2 - IM'ing

At Stoughton Public Library we IM in-house amongst staff and we offer IM reference services in the evening hours. So I'm fairly comfortable IM'ing. I must say that IM reference is quite different than face-to-face reference. As the name implies, patrons expect an answer immediately.

One thing I learned this week is the first step of adding someone as your Buddy - ask her for her screen name. Then you can go through the remaining steps of actually adding her (or him) in. Thanks for the tip Jean.

(By the way, it's birthday month at our house, thus, the cakes.)