Delicious De.li.c.i.o.us. Oh My!

OK... I admit it. I can't remember how many dots are in the social web site scrumptious. No, that is not a misprint. I'm ready to fire up my new site scrumptious. I just need ideas people. I need help. Won't you send me ideas so I can be rich and famous like the founders of De.li.cio.us. or however you write it. By the way, see how my site has no dots! I am a genius of simplicity (no, not a simpleton). That's one reason people will be falling all over themselves to visit my website. Now, I'll wait patiently for your wonderful ideas. Let's collaborate and get going!

Web 2.0 Thoughts

I just read the Web 2.0 thoughts and it was very informative. I think I will comment on just a small portion of my reading because so much ground was covered. Let me see.... oh I know... let me pontificate on digital media and its future in the library. There have been many discussions about how DVDs and music CDs are heading the way of the dodo birds. Netflix allows you to stream about 10% of their library to your TV. No need to receive or send back those cute red envelopes anymore. As for music CD's, the writing has been on the wall for a while now.
So what is the library's stake in all this? Will we just download movies and music CDs from a future library web site and not need to set foot inside the library for these items? What about the new Kindle from Amazon? Are books going to be obsolete one day? Maybe we'll visit a virtual library on our computer and get everything we need. What do you think?

Technorati

Technorati, the leading search tool and authority for blogs, over 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media are currently being tracked by the site. There are over 175,000 new blogs (that's just blogs) being created every day.

OK. I get it. This thing might be out of control. I was just getting excited about Blogs, maybe I could make my own blog, sell advertising on Google, retire and live in my choice of two or three homes spread around the globe. Jeesh. I guess it's getting a little too crowded for one person to stand out from the crowd and make his fortune. But this is the land of opportunity and if I work real hard and toil 24/7 on my blog, I too can make a mint and join the other people making oodles of money and build my McMansion too! After all, it's the American dream and I want mine.

library thing

Here is my library thing site:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/librarygeektothestar

Volunteen time is almost here! We can't wait for the help.

RSS Feeds Excitement

I just learned about RSS Feeds and I am so stoked! Now I get to waste, I mean utilize my time in a more efficient manner. Instead of bookmarking all my favorite news sites (i.e. USA Today, NY Times, CNET, and Tulips Today, I get to have them all in one convenient space! Hopefully, I won't be so engrossed in them that my nails and hair won't grow to Howard Hughes length and I'll remember to check the outside world once in a while.

Howard Hughes, before he let himself go.

Videos Videos everywhere...

OK. I'm taking a stand. No youtube videos on librarygeektothestars! Why? Because this world is saturated with videos. Did you see the movie Blade Runner? Harrison Ford is running around a future Los Angeles and everywhere you look you see giant video screens* with ads and information for the pedestrians on the street. You can't escape them. You go to get some Chinese Take-out and what do you see? A big television. Go to any restaurant and instead of having a nice chat with your dinner companion you end up getting drawn into what's up on their 50" plasma. Give us a break. Soon when we're born they'll just implant the virtual screen chip in our brains and we'll be set for life. Sheesh.






* disclaimer - I just bought a 42 inch plasma tv and it rocks!