Monday, May 18, 2009

Week 3: RSS and Social Bookmarking

Congratulations, bloggers - now that you've got your personal blogs up and running, it's time to learn about RSS and social bookmarking, two tools that help keep web information organized and readily available. Yes, that's two Things in one week, but we know you can do it - we've also scheduled a catch-up week later in the course, so that you have an extra buffer zone while you work at your own pace.

Your next tasks, should you choose to accept them, are to read the information below on RSS and social bookmarking, and participate in the discovery exercises therein.

Part I: RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

RSS is a digital tool that brings news to you so that you don't have to visit countless websites individually. Click here for a slideshow tutorial on just how the magic works; those of you who are visual learners may prefer the following video:







Ready to find out what your fellow explorers are blogging about? Choose a newsreader, sign up for an account, and subscribe to at least one feed (thing #3). Feel free to subscribe to your fellow adventurers' blogs whose links are found here - other suggestions, both work-related and not-so-much, are also available through the Week 2 wiki page.



Part II: Social Bookmarking


Social bookmarking is the fancy name for using web-based tools to organize your links and info. It's not unlike bookmarking links on your computer, but with the added bonus of being able to access those links again from any computer with internet access. So if you've moved your feet and lost your seat, you won't have to redo your searches, or wrack your brain trying to remember whether the address of that really cool site you found had an underscore or a tilde in the URL.

Roll that beautiful social footage, there, CommonCraft...









Now that you're in the know, it's time to sign up for a del.icio.us account and add a few links (thing #4). If you're feeling adventurous, you might want to explore tagging and/or adding other users to your network. - see the support materials on the Week 3 wiki page for more details.

Remember to leave a comment on this entry (week #3) so that you can get credit for completing the assignment. In your comment you should briefly discuss your experiences signing up for a newsreader, and share your del.icio.us username.

As ever, let us know what questions you have, and how we can help.

160 comments:

  1. Part 1. Had this assignment done months and months ago, and didn't even know it. I'm an RSS addict.

    Part 2. jessb83 on del.icio.us... This I am less familiar with, so it should be fun to play around with.

    -Jess, Woods Run

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  2. This week my brain hurts working on this assignment. I was really confused about getting feeds from other 23 bloggers because I could just "add feed" which meant it would go right onto my work computer (not what I had intended). Finally, I realized being a "follower" is what needed to happen. It was confusing. I'll work on part two when my brain recovers.

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  3. well, i've been using google reader for quite a while now, so the rss part is covered...i even have a subscription to this odd little blog called "library alchemy."

    as for delicious, i offer you the neglected film and audio account: http://delicious.com/filmandaudio

    i had to recover the password so i could add a few new links to prove to you fine people that i know what i'm about!

    amy, film and audio, clp main, lowercase

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  4. RSS is in the bag. I have been doing that for a while now. Now the social bookmarking is something new for me. I have heard of it but just never clicked that click. Honestly, I use the same computer most of the time and favorites work o.k. for me. I can see that I would use it more if I were more mobile. The signing up experience was easy and I imported my favorites in a flash. My new account is suzy24. Hope every week goes this smooth. :)

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  5. Amy - whoops - my bad - is there anybody else in the building who has a del.icio.us account? Brain like a sieve...

    Glad to hear the RSS is mostly not a brain-breaker. You know where to find us if you need us...

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  6. I found the RSS bit very confusing, particularly the purpose of it.

    My delicious account is samccarthy1

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  7. I signed into Google News Reader eventually. My delicious name is -- joezabka.

    Joe/Wilkinsburg

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  8. Tried them both and had no trouble setting them up. I did a complete profile so people can find me. My userid is slasher20412. If u need any other information, let me know. I'm Linda Scott at the Penn Hills Library. The videos were a big help to me. I had one error because I had IE open elsewhere but I was able to recover.

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  9. Kara, Shaler North HillsMay 18, 2009 at 12:29 PM

    I completed the RSS and the delicious accounts, and though I mainly stick to one computer (like Suzy) I think this could be very useful when going mobile. I had never even heard of delicious, so that was cool to learn. I found the little video tutorials very helpful and entertaining!

    My delicious user name is Kara718, found by typing delicious.com/Kara718. Is there another way to check out other people's delicious accounts once you're within the site?

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  11. The one thing about del.ic.ious is that now I can access things I like from both home and work. It is totally annoying to bookmark something @ work then you can't find it on your home computer or when you;re mobile. Thumbs up to everyone who completed the exercise - now time to give your brains a well needed rest!

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  12. Kara, it's the one drawback, in my opinion, of del.icio.us: you can search for and browse tags, but not users (at least, not as far as I can tell!). Once you know somebody's username, though, you can add them to your network, which will lead you to other people you might find interesting.

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  13. Whoops - again, brain like a sieve - remind me to post that Chicago Tribune article about people's brains and long novels...

    What I was going to say was, the main purpose of RSS is to bring things to you in one place. Instead of checking 20 websites all the time to see if there's new content, putting them in an RSS reader will let you log in once and see right away which blogs/sites/etc. have new content, and which don't. Saves tons of time.

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  14. I haven't started subscribing to things yet but I agree with Natalie that my brain sort of hurts. I will do more exploring when I have all the instructions sorted out.
    Grace
    LAW

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  15. Meghan from Carnegie Library of McKeesport. I had heard of RSS but didn't know much about it. Very interesting.

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  16. I always wondered what RSS was. Now I have set up two in My Yahoo. The social bookmarking is a bit confusing. I did set up an account (messerl) but am having difficulty with the toolbar. I will try again tomorrow as my brain is getting numb.

    Linda
    Upper St. Clair

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  17. CP&A is trying to keep up with the assignments. RSS Feeds are useful beasts...as are social bookmarks, when we get the knack of them. :)
    --Jackie & Tara (Main) - CLP

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  18. I've used RSS before, but I miss the serendipity...

    --Jane, CPL-Main

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  19. Delicious is my favorite thing on the web. My user name is mkdean.

    I love the videos from commoncraft.com!


    Marlene - Monroeville

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  20. Done and done. Hard to believe, but I had already set up an account on Google Reader and Delicious. My user name is visneskyh- I'd like to choose a clever user name, but I'm too old and I'd forget it by tomorrow. Anyway, I added some new subscriptions and bookmarks; now I just have to remember to check these accounts more often and use them instead of bookmarking on individual computers.
    Over & out,
    Holly / Mt. Lebanon

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  21. I had never heard of delicious before but now that I've been introduced to it, I feel it will be very helpful when traveling. In hindsight I should have gotten my bookmarks in better order "before" I transferred them, but why start doing things the easy way now? My screen name in delicious is "edingerm".

    RSS also seems to have the potential for time-saving convenience. I still feel like I need to play around with both to refine my use of them.

    Maureen
    Jefferson Hills Library

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  22. I have used google news reader before.

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  23. I have just set up Google Reader as my homepage. I don't really read news or blogs online--mostly I just read webcomics. However, this might encourage me to keep up with news a bit better--and I might start reading some blogs again as well (thanks for the suggestions!).

    I have also set up Delicious. I don't really like sidebars on my screen, but maybe it will grow on me...

    -Megan Fogt, CLP - Squirrel Hill

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  24. I am highly entertained by the new pretty buttons for Delicious that are now on my Firefox browser :) I am WAY too easily distracted by buttons, but it does make it easy and convenient to use the application.

    -Megan Fogt, CLP - Squirrel Hill

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  25. Wall Wall Wall.I'm on vaycay this week, but I'm so OCD i had to do my homework before we head out on the road.I was able to watch the slide show for the RSS, which I had used before with Yahoo browser and Firefox, but I used Google Reader to subscribe to Lyrasis Podcast. I also signed on for Kelly B's I heart String Cheese Blog, Pop goes the Library through add a URL on Blogger and eleventh stack through the list of blogs you posted.I watched the video for social bookmarking. i hadnt used dekicious before so that was fun discovering and tagging sites that appealed to me relating to music and poetry. my delicious user name is pvmay3. my url for delicious is
    http://delicious.com/pvmay3

    thanks for all the info and i hope to be exploring more blogs and other resource sights. the internet for me is like a giant candy store and my wandering attention span spins off into cosmic nether regions of cyberspace at the drop of a reference question. if patrons arent looking for info then i am sniffing down my own arcane facts and fissures.
    best to all
    peter
    andrew bayne
    bellevue,pa

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  26. I heart RSS and social bookmarking. I've added all those who shared their delicious user name and my own, if you'd like to add me (I have a million and 3 bookmarks!) is afewsocks.

    What I love about delicious is the ability to organize all my bookmarks with tags because each new day I seem to come up with new categories for things, so it works well if I just add every possible tag to each bookmark so I can find it again under any circumstance.

    I have to admit, I'm still learning about the 'social' part, mostly because I don't know a whole lotta people on delicious - looks like that is changing now!!

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  27. Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of following feeds. I like to see websites in their native form, and I've cut the ones I follow WAY back. I don't feel uninformed. Plus I can't really see why I'd use anything other than the feeds feature of my browser--I find google reader impossibly ugly (can information have an aesthetic?) but I might mess with it a bit. I don't like the look of Gmail either but it certainly is useful and fast. Maybe I'll get used to it. I signed up for Bloglines to try that too.

    Delicious seems like such a good idea, but then I never use it. I'm trying it again. I'm so good at remembering urls in my head that it's difficult for me to want to use it. But I can see the benefit in terms of access from multuple computers.

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  28. I didn't know that I was social bookmarking. I have been using delicious for about six months. I really like the fact that I can import my bookmarks from both of my workstations. The RSS I am still not too sure about. I subscribed to MSN, and there seems so much. My Delicious id is denisegraham

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  29. I agree with Jeff: I find Google Reader to be really ugly. I signed up for bloglines to see if it's any less offensive to me. I think my problem with RSS feeds is that I like to classify things into smaller categories--on my home browser I have my most visited websites under their own classified tabs and then I go to them as needed. I don't want work people's blogs sitting around with friend's blogs. But I know that's not the most efficient way, and is probably slightly neurotic. Hopefully Bloglines will help me keep up with my professional reading.

    I did just set up a delicious account last month (username: nails_barber). Mostly to keep track of all the stuff I want to go back to eventually, but not every day: awesome video archives, spanish language publishers, and artist websites, and knitting patterns, etc.

    -Tessa (CLP - Sheraden)

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  30. I've also had Google Reader for some time - Kelley did you make me do that some time along the way?? - but have to admit I still just went to my favorite news sites for updated/breaking news but will make a concerted effort to go to the reader instead! I do use the RSS in Outlook (mostly for library-related feeds, i.e. Library Love Fest, As a Matter of Fact/NPR blog) but again they tend to clump there utnil I take an afternoon to weed through them.

    Delicious will take a bit more work as I tend to use the same tags and that can't be helpful to find things more easily!!

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  31. I think all of your comments are really valid and intersting. The thing about all of these tools is that you need to make them work for you - not the other way around. And if they don't work - you select another tool. I am just glad all of you are trying this out and being frank about what works and doesn't work for you!!

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  32. Mary Beth ~ Woods RunMay 19, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    I completed the tasks for week #3. I added a RSS feed to Google Reader and also to my blog. I created a delicious account ~ socialbutterfly1201. I did these things not to long ago while in graduate school. I deleted everything when class ended. The tasks were not difficult, in fact, it appears that the applications improved from when I last used them.

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  33. Amy East Liberty
    I created a delicious account- kormana. As a
    list maker I think I will enjoy adding to it.
    I attempted to create a RSS feed using Bloglines. Not sure if I was successful.

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  34. Deb Conn USC
    I've been using Delicious for a couple of years and have found it very helpful. It's especially great when traveling because you can always find your links.

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  35. Have a Google Reader account but I never seem to have the time to check it. This task gave me an excuse and I had more than a thousand items to read! Boy you have to stay on top of this.

    I registered for a delicious account and have added bookmarks. It will be so nice when we move to the new library to have my bookmarks saved!!! Great tasks this week!

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  36. Have a Google Reader account but I never seem to have the time to check it. This task gave me an excuse and I had more than a thousand items to read! Boy you have to stay on top of this.

    I registered for a delicious account and have added bookmarks. It will be so nice when we move to the new library to have my bookmarks saved!!! Great tasks this week!

    Jen Pickle
    Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Allegheny Branch

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  37. I made a google reader account...Im still a little confused, but time is of the essence. I will continue to work through it this week. Will work on the delicious account at a late date.

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  38. I created a Google reader account about 6 months ago. I think I signed up on too many to keep up with. I also have an RSS feeder for news that appears as a gadget on my desktop at home.

    My del.ici.ous user name is jokii. I like to save links to the library catalog for books that I want to read.

    -Joelle, music dept.

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  39. I RSS'd a couple sites on my home computer and just now set up a delicious account with a site bookmarked. The only trouble is the RSS items are on my home computer and the "My Delicious" & "Save to Delicious" buttons are on my work computer. I have been using "My Yahoo!" for years and still prefer that site. I can save to, or access bookmarks and up to the minute news from any computer.--or did I miss something in the exercise?
    Jo Anne S. Northland

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  40. Whew! My head is spinning - now I'm going to need a way to find the time to read all of my "feeds"!
    -Marilyn@ACLA

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  41. Molly, Hill DistrictMay 19, 2009 at 5:27 PM

    Signing up for the RSS newsreader was relatively easy.

    I'm also doing some more recycling for the delicious portion of this week, as I already had to create an account for the same class when I created the blog. The username is motheman13 (http://delicious.com/motheman13).

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  42. Charley of McKeesport says, I'm completing the assignments, but I'm afraid I am understanding less & less of what it is I'm doing. Sorry, I can't be more positive.

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  43. While I seem to still be finishing the assignments, I seem to understand less & less about the assignment and its milieu.

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  44. heather.anderson is my delicious account name. I am pumped to have my favorites ready for me at any PC that I use.

    Also, I have used bloglines for a year now. I am personally not a big fan of feeds. I think I signed up for too many feeds and get overwhelmed. I don't do much online reading. I see their value to the people that make good use out of them, though! :o)

    Heather Anderson
    Castle Shannon Library

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  46. To complete the RSS assignment, I used Google Reader to subscribe to a few sites related to a couple of my favorite pastimes -- crossword puzzles and gardening.

    I already had a delicious account established (account name: cjbrl). It's a great way to access all your favorite websites when you are using multiple computers throughout the day, for example when spending a few hours at the reference desk.

    Cathy L.
    CLP - Library Support Center

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  47. I forgot to post my delicious ID, sorry! It is: fogtmk

    -Megan Fogt, CLP - Squirrel Hill

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  48. I found the first part of this assignment to be challenging, RSS feeds. I was thinking to myself, "How do I sign up for a newsreader?" The comments made by participants for this assignment helped me. Plus, I was able to use the help feature. I didn't realize Google Reader existed.

    My del.icio.us username is SportsGal11

    Mindy
    Monroeville Public Library

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  49. I do use, but rarely use, both a google and yahoo reader. I find that checking them regularly takes up quite a bit of time. I tried to segregate them by topic. News & tech stuff on yahoo and librarian stuff & blogs on google.

    My del.icio.us username is melissamc. I will try to use this more regularly too.

    Melissa - PC Center/CLP

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  50. Google Reader in use, check. RSS feeds for 23thingers bloggers named some permutation of Meg/Megan/Meghan added, check. RSS feed for NY Times Sunday Book Review added, check.

    I did have the same problem as Natalie initially where I hit the "Add this feed" link and then realized that was the overly helpful Internet Explorer. *shakes fist in air* "IEEEEEEEE!" So I had to go back and fix that.

    I'm still not a fan of RSS feeds. Like several other people here, I like to see posts in their native habitat. I'm not particularly sure that I save much time by scanning something that is harder to concentrate on/read than quickly typing in several series of URLs and easily scanning through them as intended. But I've got weeks more to find out if I'm simply biased. :)

    Once I tried to get my reference department to adopt del.icio.us as a bookmarking tool rather than using Favorites on our computers. That died an apathetic death. It's changed a lot since then, and I like the changes a lot. Maybe I'll try to use it just for me this time. (Oh, and I'm megs23things on del.icio.us).

    Also, I have a poll on my blog to help solve the gnome hat controversy taht popped up. Votes appreciated. That's megs23things.blogspot.com. (A more accurate name would probably have been megs82whimsies, but there ya go.)

    --Meg, Northland

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  51. My sympathies to everybody who's struggling with time constraints - I am, too, this week. It's all about finding balance, but since people have been trying to do that for thousands of years, I'm not overly discouraged that I can't always pull it off. ;)

    Seriously, the fact that this keeps coming up means we'll be working on it and addressing it. Thanks for the feedback. This IS overwhelming sometimes, and you're all fabulous for soldiering on.

    Charley made a really good point: it IS hard to grasp the milieu of all this - the best way I can think to explain it is, it's trying to put yourself in the mindset of a person who has always had access to these tools and technologies, grown up with them, and considers them a natural part of his/her world. At some point, all our patrons will be that way.

    That scares me a little. I sometimes worry I won't be able to keep up. Then I remember I don't have to do it all by myself and feel a little better. :)

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  52. Part 1: My del.ici.ous user name is suzywaldojr (my mother-in-law is suzywaldosr.) I am not precisely sure when I would use this...I visit the same websites over and over again from different computers all day and it seems more timely to simply type the web address in. However, since East Liberty is closing soon, it will be nice to export all of my favorites from my main computer. But, I'm still up in the air about the usefulness.

    Part 2: RSS feeds are nifty. I added one to my blog(waldosbooks.blogspot): Powell's Books: Review-A-Day. Since I wanted to do a book blog, I figured something random like CNN wasn't going to cut it. I found some very interesting feeds and some pretty useless ones.

    Now, if only I would actually BLOG.

    suzy- east liberty

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  53. I have to say that I am finding that the assignments are taking so much time because the instructions in the emails seem unclear to me and I spend a lot of time just trying to decipher what I should be doing. Once I locate the links, the process moves quickly but I am not sure why we are doing some of these things. Sorry to all that are working so hard on this. My del.ici.ous username is hufmans. Sheri - USC

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  54. Just wanted to make sure anyone that's interested can find my blog. It's PamelaUSC@blogspot.com. I look forward to any comments any of you may have.

    Pamela from USC

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  55. Well, now I have an account with delicious, and I am looking forward to all kinds of interesting information coming my way. I always love learning something new. Thanks.
    Pamela from USC library

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  56. My head hurts too. Colleen had to come help me. First I couldn't get the step to copy the url to subscribe to someone's blog - is that like following the blog? Then the delicious page instructions to import bookmarks worked- sortof - but I was ready to give up. If week four is this hard, I won't make it til the end. -Do you want us to keep writing in the blog? - I might be able to handle that.
    Helen from USC

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  57. I didn't have any trouble signing up with a newsreader with Google, but I sure had trouble signing up with del.icio.us--I couldn't read the coded numbers and letters they use to make sure I am a real person (!) I did it exactly 7 times--the 6th time I was absolutely sure I was reading the letters correctly, but no, again it came back "did not match", so I asked one of my colleagues to read the letters the seventh time, and we agreed on them, and it worked! My username is frumiousr.
    Ruth
    Mt. Lebanon Library

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  58. I feel liked I've climbed Everest: exhausting yet exhilarating at the same time. Google reader: check. (And even checked daily!) Delicious user name: nsemiliani

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  59. I joined Google News Reader, and my name in delicious.com is poisin6.

    Marc/Wilkinsburg

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  60. Wow, I have had an igoogle homepage on my laptop for years. It is perfect for traveling to other libraries, research centers and cemeteries keeping all the best of bookmarks, while keeping up with the Pittsburgh and world news. All this time I was using RSS feeds and never knew it! It is soooo simple.
    You were correct when you said it was adictive. I will have to check my igoogle page more often, I added a few more.
    Well, my laptop and I are off to Harrisburg for some research. I will be in the PA State Museum and Archives and hope to get into the darkened State Library ...
    I have set up my del.ico.us page (AuntCessie) and am going to import more sites tonight.I am going to give it a try while away this weekend. I.google or deli.icio.us which bookmarks win -- I'll let you know
    Lesle
    Shaler North Hills

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  61. I set up a Delicious page (nancybssite), but not sure how often I will use it. I really am not on the internet all that often and don't really have specific areas of interest that I search for on a regular basis. Sometimes, I guess you can't teach an old dog new tricks - I find this very confusing and really don't see how or when I will use all these new tools. Not really interested in setting up an RSS at this time.

    I am enjoying learning new things and will continue with the tutorials. Hopefully this old dog will start to learn some new tricks soon.

    Nancy (Brentwood)

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  62. I've had a Bloglines account for a while and have managed to even make folders to separate "library" and "personal" feeds.
    I've also had a delicious account (user name - Beazor) because we roam from computer to computer around here AND I often need to put my storytimes together at home. Having them in one place is great but remembering all of the usernames/passwords is a test of my poor memory!

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  63. Did the newsreader thing, subscribed to only 1 thing so far..I really do not spend much time reading or searching the internet..Don't know if I would use this. My Delicious username is map240. Did not read about tagging and other offers..will go back to that. I was happy I was able to get this much done.
    Millie/Andrew Bayne Library

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  64. Both of these items were new to me. I signed up for Google Reader and I think this will probably be a useful tool to see when my favorite sites have new updates. I often go to my bookmarked sites only to find they have not changed, so once I get in the habit of using the Google Reader, I think I will like it. I signed up for a De.licio.us account - my id is 'kanokeli'. I have to explore this a little more to see if I will use it. I can see where being able to see what other users have bookmarked would be interesting, and it would enable the user to perhaps come across a great site that they wouldn't have otherwise, but I'm not sure if I will continue to use it. Time will tell. I am however very glad to have learned about these two new 'things' and look forward to what we are going to learn about next. I really learned a lot this week since I've never used either one in the past!

    Lisa R., Shaler Library

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  65. I am way into Google Reader. It really helps me stay informed without getting overwhelmed. because I can just read the headlines if need be, but from a bunch of sites. Then I read more when/if I have time.

    My del.icio.us account for this has username vachonjude.

    Jude, CLP Main

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  66. I signed on to both rss and delicios. Still a little uncomfortable waited two days to post, have been trying it out. Seems to work ok. so I'm still working. pwk-npl

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  67. Completed this week's assignment
    sunflower3457 is my "delicious" name
    Kathleen - Shaler

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  68. I'm up and running as well. It took me a few tries to get the subscriptions working on rss, but I managed. My delicious username is Kay95. Love the instructional videos, by the way!

    Kay
    CLAV

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  69. Setting up the RSS account at Google was very frustrating. It is very difficult to decipher out some of the figures. Barbara USC

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  70. Wow. my delicious accont from years back still exists. I love google reader, so I've been playing with bloglines.


    Kim
    CLP-Sq Hill

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  71. I completed both RSS and delicious bookmarking assignment for this week. My delicious username is venkateshs. I liked both RSS and delicious bookmarking for the reason that I can access to these from any computer.
    Shylu - Upper St. Clair

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  72. I did both assignments this week. I didn't find them too difficult but I thought they were a little more confusing than the previous weeks. Now I need to figure out how to make these work for me. I don't think I'm really a blogger. But this week's RSS and delicious are more about saving time and having everything in one place. I think that will be useful.
    Maureen
    Upper St. Clair

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  73. I forgot to add my delicious username
    maureencase
    So very creative.
    Maureen
    USC

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  74. Well, today I got an email from del.icio.us saying that my import was "not completed" because of a problem with the import file I uploaded. They gave me the website to try again, and I did register again today. So now my username is dormouser, and let's hope this time it worked (!)
    Ruth
    Mt. Lebanon Library

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  75. I chose bloglines for my RRS reader and subscribed to several feeds. After that success, I signed up for a del.icio.us account and added a link (I think!) My username: librarykb. The only computer available to me is at work...for work! Any extended browsing, blogging, or "playing", I must do on my own free time. I want to be somewhat knowledgeable about what's new in technology, but the weekly exercises are very time consuming for me and, at least so far, things I probably will never use again. Looking forward to lots more great things to come --- I'll keep on trying.

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  76. 1. I've had an RSS feed for a while now. I use it to keep track of the news (world, national, and local) and library blogs. It looks like I could add a few new ones after seeing the list you've provided here though! I do also have a section for "Fun Stuff," such as Cute Overload, Cake Wrecks, and Unshelved (a webcomic about a public library).

    2. I had a Delicious account back in Grad School, but never really used it. I made a new one for this assignment though and stuck a few links into it. I should add some more when I get a chance. My account name is ntrlbrieann.

    -BrieAnn, Northern Tier

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  77. Good job, everybody! And thank you for being honest about what is a struggle, and what is coming easily.

    Two thoughts:

    1) If you're having trouble with one RSS reader, try the other one and see if it works better for you.

    2) If you're already very familiar with one of the products (del.icio.us, etc.), try using an alternative - that way you'll be trying something new instead of repeating what you know!

    Hang in there, Thing-slingers. Think of it as the Pittsburgh digital marathon - everybody's at different points in the journey, but eventually we all cross the finish line...

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  78. I like that you can put all the websites you visit onto one place, but the social bookmarking is even better. Having your bookmarks anywhere is very convenient and I'll probably start using that a lot.

    Simon
    Knoxville

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  79. Oh yeah, my del.ic.ious username is *drumroll*:
    razmataz650
    Yay!

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  80. Thanks everyone for your comments and posts. As with any new application there will be fans and there will be people who aren't fans (Just look at American Idol this week). As 23 things 'n@ progresses you'll find applications that you love and others that you can do without. Thinks about it as a buffet of technology - by the end of this process you'll be able to say you tried everything!

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  81. I think both of these new "things" will be handy and easy to use.
    They are new to me and I can't wait to get home and organize my husband's enormous favorites file.
    My username is barsottir

    Ruth - CLP Knoxville

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  82. I have yahoo and google accounts, but I thought google reader seemed a little easier than the yahoo one, but maybe if you like yahoo better, let me know why, maybe i should try that as well. My delicious account is dudders.

    Ann
    Lauri Ann West

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  83. Jill - Lauri Ann West Memorial LibraryMay 21, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    Although I've had a bloglines account for a long time and have subscribed to various feeds, I rarely go there to read them. For this exercise, I did add Shaler's Books and So Much More blog to my feeds.

    I've set up two delicious accounts in the past. One is for the websites we like to use at the reference desk and the other one serves as a repository of library-related articles for my director. Again, though, I rarely use delicious to find the websites that I've bookmarked. I'm still a creature of habit that uses the favorites in my browser.

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  84. I have a my.yahoo.com account that uses RSS feeds, and I've also used a newsfeed program on my mac before (sorry can't remember the name of it at the moment).

    I just signed up for a delicious account, username tcarter242. I downloaded their tools for firefox and frankly I don't really like having delicious stuff all over my browser window. So I'll probably disable that and just use their web site if I do any follow up use of it.

    Tanya--Digital Resources (PC Center)

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  85. Signed up to follow a couple of folks blogs, looked at my Google reader, 900 unread items, ack. I had a Bloglines account ages ago. I will try to find something new...Also, love love love delicious.com. My username is pghgurl30. I guess alternatives to delicious would be Digg, etc? Blogging may be late as this was/is a crazy week.

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  86. I signed up for Google reader (I like how Google has a lot of different applications on one page). I'm not sure if I'd use the RSS feature much. I really didn't like the way there was no homepage for the blogs..just multiple entries. Its a bit dry. On the other hand, it is nice having everything come up in one place as opposed to logging on to multiple websites...and the reader would be helpful if working at different computers.

    My user name for delicious is herringtonj. I enjoyed learning about social bookmarking since I've heard so much about it. Once again, I'm not sure if I'd use this application since I have my bookmarks all organized by folders/subfolders....very much like the tags in delicious. The major benefit with delicious is the ability to log on at any computer.

    Joy - Shaler North Hills Library

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  87. I found that signing up for an RSS feed was a bit confusing because the actual steps differed from the ones mentioned in the video clip. I couldn’t figure out how to sign up for feeds using an aggregator, so I tried a few different methods. First I added some feeds to my computer using the Internet Explorer browser, but they disappeared the next day. Then I went to the Bloglines.com, – one of the sites listed in the video- signed up for an account, and added feeds there. I think Bloglines is convenient because it can be accessible on more than one computer .

    I felt a bit overwhelmed as I signed up for the delicious account because there were so many parts to steps 3 and I wasn’t sure whether or not to install the buttons mentioned in step 2. Once I registered though, I discovered that the site is easy to use.

    My Delicious username is Ordinateur09.

    Whitney
    Northland

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  88. I completed the assignment for week 3 but need to use RSS and Del.icio.us more to be comfortable using them. My Del.icious username is janec107

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  89. Ann Litz from Harrison (CLAV)May 21, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who has trouble reading the warped-looking letters and numbers -- I had to try four times before I got in! The rest wasn't too bad. I've started writing down my user names and passwords because my brain hurts.
    I too find these exercises a bit time-consuming yet superficial; part of my hurting brain is still thinking of ways to use blogs at work and would like to know more. but wait, we're on to something else. Two somethings.
    It's nice knowing what the whippersnappers are doing though. Just remember: We can never let them know or they'll stop using it.
    My delicious name is Ann_Litz. As I said, my brain hurts.

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  90. I don't think I'm going to be a big fan of the blog feeds, but I do see the value of the delicious accounts. It will be nice to access favorite sites from any computer. How does everyone keep all their user names and passwords straight? Do must people stick to one password for everything? What if I become senile overnight and start saying my passwords out loud? Will people empty my bank account and post mean things on my blog? Just asking.
    My delious name is lostinthefutureat23things

    Diane
    Bayne Library

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  91. I set up RSS and del.icio.us accounts. My del.icio.us account is jbtwentythree. I don't understand a lot about these and will have to work with them to be able to use them easily. I have found it helpful to read comments about how other people are experiencing using the sites.
    jb at Northland

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  92. I signed up for 3 feeds on google reader with no problem. My del.icio.us username is libdhpt. I could see immediately that tagging carefully is important, especially with a lengthy list of bookmarks. The CommonCraft videos are very helpful to me, though I also used the instructions on both the google reader and del.icio.us websites. (I decided to unsubscribe from a feed I didn't want to follow.) I like original websites also, so might use del.icio.us more than google reader.

    Deb, Ref. Services, Main

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  93. I managed to sign up for Google Reader and subscribe to one feed. My delicious username
    is kinzua, subscribed to one feed. I feel lucky to have gotten that far, I need to explore more.

    Barb/Carrick

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  94. It sounded so straightforward on the videos, and then I tried it. I'll need a little more practice, but I'll get it.

    Regina G., CLP SubPool

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  95. My del.icio.us account is Sharilynneh20. I think it's going to be very useful to have this web based bookmarking as opposed to "Oh gee, I have that marked on my work computer." I'm still figuring out the RSS Feeds, I've managed to set up MSN (by accident, just trying to get baseball updates) and Goggle Reader (seems easier to work with).

    Sharon
    Bayne Library

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  96. I really learned a lot this week, I had never used a reader page and really enjoy it. The bookmarking is also a handy tool.
    del.icio.us account is alm180

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  97. Ive completed the assignment for the week and now have to go back and thoroughly explore rss and delicious.

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  98. YES! I finally caught up with everyone else. This was the assignment that took the longest. It did take almost an hour to complete. My delicious account is barblawer. Notice I'm trying to keep it simple so I can remember my logins. I'm going to go back and set up some more things to follow.

    Barb CLP-Mt. Washington

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  99. RSS question: I subscribed to a 23 things blog, and also a feed from a home and garden site. Using Google feed reader, I am presented with more than 100 items for the home/garden feed, a few interesting, most not. I'd like to delete the "junk" and keep the ones I want to read. And then delete them once read. Hmmm. Can anyone tell me how? After I figure that out I'll probably unsubscribe to that feed -- too much information! (I think maybe it has to do with marking them as “Unread” – but I wasn’t always offered that choice.)

    My head is aching now too. Went back to that H/G feed to keep trying to figure it out; now there are only 10 items – the other 90+ have vanished. Go figure. And the 23 things blog I subscribed to is somewhere on my work computer, but for now I have no idea where. Oh – and I checked on Google Reader again – now there are 100+ items again. Sigh. I’m going to put this on hold for the day, and hope that del-i-cio-us is more fun! My user name there is pager1.

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  100. Well, it took me til Saturday to do my homework. I got a little confused by RSS, so I did the 4th thing first. My delicious user name is nancymusser. Then I set up an RSS feed on that. Hope that it works!

    Nancy
    Baldwin Library

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  101. Meant to add this before my last comment.
    "My thoughts about RSS before I started: I'm trying to figure the why of using RSS also. I'm on information overload, and wonder why I want/need more information landing at my feet. I'm on too many email lists of good info on a variety of issues/topics of importance to me, and often don't have time to read them. Plus I'm constantly visiting diverse websites as the need for info arises. My preference is to go find information when I need it.
    There must be a reason rss is so popular - maybe some people have more time?? Well, I'll be setting up a few feeds today and will see how it works. One from 23 things and another one just for fun."

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  102. Thanks to my daughter in law I learned to add new blogs to follow on google reader and to add my favorite blog to delicious social bookmarking site

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  103. I'm super addicted to RSS feeds, so no issue here!

    Delicious was a new thing for me to try.. my user name is sbdeantonio!

    Sara Beth, Sewickley Library

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  104. On Monday I attempted to complete these tasks, as I usually do, but found myself more frustrated than usual. It could have been we were busy and I was mostly alone at the desk, or it could have been that I feel that delicious and RSS are useless to me. I dunno.

    Either way, I have no completed these tasks by joining GooglerReader and creating a delicious account (ReadingRedhead). I am also in better spirits today (despite it being Saturday and I'm at work) and have found that once I gave delicious a second try (monday did not go so well) it's not so bad. I still don't think it's all that useful to me as I know almost all of my favorites urls and those I don't, I google but now they are all together regardless. As for the reader thing, I still despise it mostly because it takes the fun out of looking at various websites to see if/how they have updated. Bah.

    Oh well, week 3 conqured!

    Dani Thomas
    Shaler North Hills Library

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  105. http://delicious.com/lynnly4

    Lynn Hahn from Bethel Park here!
    lynnly4 is my delicious, delicious name!

    Enjoy the day,
    Lynn!

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  106. Hello! Not a big user of the RSS, I like going to the actual sites, I have no idea why. :)
    My delicious name is reving - www.delicious.com/reving

    Ing Kalchthaler
    Shaler

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  107. Well, I set up the RSS and the delicious account ( saxmans ). I'm not sure how much I will use them but it was good to get a basic understanding of what they are.

    Susan S.
    USC

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  108. I'm moving at a snail's pace but I am excited about the glimmers of understanding that are "clicking" for me. I needed to read through everyone's posts here and watch the video clips several times before the lightbulb went on about what an newsreader actually was. I signed up for Google Reader and was surprised to find that our blogspot blog gave access without having to create a new account.(You are all probably saying "duh" but it was news to me!) I also now understand the remark in one of the above posts about prefering to see blogs in their "original" (not sure if that was the exact term used)form. I suscribed to Library Alchemy, and a visually lovely blog I occasionally visit about Indian cooking. Seeing just plain text present itself from both those blogs was a bit of a let down.
    Cathy (Northland)
    ps- I'll eventually get to part B of this assignment.

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  109. Ahh....so many bookmarks, so little time. I can relate to lots of the comments here, and have done a bit of musing (yet again) on the assignment on my 23 things blog. Organizing sites that I want to check has its advantages, but sometimes feels like more trouble than it's worth. But in the end, I feel (as others have noted) that we need to tailor these tools to our needs as we become more familiar with them. The assignments are refreshers for those who already know this stuff, and a nice intro. for those who don't. I'm somewhere in the middle, but am enjoying the ride thus far.
    del.icio.us username is ShanSteve.
    Shannon
    Mt. Lebanon

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  110. Ar-r-r-g-g-h-h!
    It's Memorial Day and haven't completed week's assignment of exporting bookmarks to "delicious". Once again I'll need someone to hold my hand. Nor can I access wherever I need to access in order to do a new blog. Somebody find me and get me back on track.

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  111. Last week got away from me, but I finally signed up for Google Reader and subscribed to an RSS feed, but I haven't had time to even look at the second half of the assignment (thing #4) yet. Maybe this week!

    Sharon D. - Northern Tier

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  112. I set up a bloglines.com acct and established five feeds. May never look at the account again. Enjoyed the RSS video and the one for social bookmarking as well though. My del.icio.us user name is wannabeluddite. I can actually see using this web service - more because of using different 'puters and less for the social part. But you never know. Gwen/Slibberty

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  113. I really liked the RSS Reader. It is very easy to use. Delicious was a little bit of challenge for me. As soon as I have the time, I will go back in and explore more. My delicious username is pisteybj. I really enjoy learning all this new stuff!

    Bev
    Whitehall Library

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  114. I enjoyed using Google reader. To be honest I don't think I will use Delicious that much - doesn't seem to be worth the time and effort.
    Delicious name: Melanie73

    Melanie
    LAW

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  115. I signed up with Delicious and still need to spend a bit more time playing around to be able to understand it all. I tried to add a rss feed to my blog but I don't think that I did it correctly.

    Michele
    McKeesport

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  116. I created a del.icio.us account a year or so ago, though i'm a fan of the bookmark setup in safari (at home) and don't use it all that much. I originally created it, to have quick access to the wealth of reference links in the CLP reference dept's account, http://delicious.com/clpmainreference.

    I don't really read blogs that much, but added a few subscriptions using google reader and think it could be a useful tool.

    Ian
    CLP-Hill District

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  117. I use delicious mostly to bookmark craft or program idea sites. That way I'm not constantly printing things out and filing them away. That takes up too much space!

    I love my google reader, but sometimes I forget to check it for a while and then craftblog has 500 new posts and I need to decide whether or not to sort through them or mark them all as read. Oh well.

    Oh, my delicious account is keparo.

    Kelly, Sewickley Public Library

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  118. I found this a tad confusing. I signed into Google News Reader,and my delicious name is lucious518.

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  119. Using the RSS feeds was fairly simply and kind of fun! I do want to understand how to get connected to others through their ideas and blogs.

    My delicious name is lovelymel82. Since I am on the library computers and using Firefox, it might be a little difficult to set it up. I will have to explore more. I am not sure if I will be using this much.

    Melissa Haas
    Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Main

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  120. I didn't have much problem with these 2 exerecises except for trying to add the buttons to the toolbar in Explorer. We could only get them added in Firefox. Anyone else have this problem? I don't read many feeds so RSS won't help me much. Jury still out on Delicious.
    Kathy
    Sewickley Public Library

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  121. I forgot - my Delicious username is just koltask. Was I supposed to make it something creative? If I get too many usernames, I can't remember any, so I kept it simple!
    Kathy
    Sewickley

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  122. I love Del.ic.ious! It's the perfect tool for seperating your bookmarks with a simple keyword. It will be amazing for planning an event, job searching and organizing my favorite procrastination-promoting websites! RSS Feeds are also helpful, and we have a few on the Bayne Library blog that help keep visiting patrons up to date on what blogs we get ideas from as well as something as simple as how the weather is in Bellevue. Definitely an enjoyable and helpful "thing" 3!

    Megan Helfrich
    Andrew Bayne Library

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  123. Oops! I forgot too, my Del.ic.ious name is MHelfRMU!

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  124. I got a little behind last week. I was finishing up my last class for my BS in Managemant. I just got done with both assignments and I love social bookmarking. 23 things has been a great experience.
    Kim E NPL

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  125. Sorry, I forgot my user name is englertk. I don't have time to remember all the little quirky names I come up with and lose half of what I want to remember.
    Kim E NPL

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  126. Okay, so I kind of get this. Still I'm a bit fuzzy about people being able to access my network. Anyway, my username is of course: idratherbequilting.

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  127. I have very little experience with RSS, so I'm happy to have the opportunity to learn about it. I am using both Google Reader and Delicious. My Delicious user name is kbear93. I'm having fun with this so far, but will continue to explore when I get free time.

    Karen B.
    Robinson Township Library

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  128. Forgot to give my delicious user name. My name is pwk68. pwk/npl

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  129. I've already been using Google Reader for quite awhile now and love it. It makes it so easy to keep track of the blogs that are of interest to me.

    I've had a delicious account for quite some time now, but don't use as often as I should. Sometimes I find it more overwhelming and less easy to organize than my browser bookmarks. Although I don't like being able to access it from any computer.

    Tracy
    Monroeville Public Library

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  130. I liked using the Google reader for the RSS feeds. Very easy and I like keeping the things I do in the Google "family".

    My delicious name is nataliesw. Not much up right now but will be adding to it.

    Natalie
    Northland Public Library

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  131. RSS and social bookmarking have really simplified my life with all my favorites in one place, although my Google Readers has 263 unread posts right now!

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  132. I'm a week late finishing #3 and #4. The newsreader was very awkward and I will never use it. But I did subscribe to Google newsreader. The social bookmarking is really interesting. The bookmarking part, not so much the social part:) I like being able to access my bookmarks from any computer. I'm looking forward to exploring the tags and other options.
    Charlie
    Shaler

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  133. I set up my feed in google reader which is very easy to use. A RSS reader is great if you use different computers but if you only use one computer than IE is by far the simplest- just one click is all it takes.
    Susan S
    Northland

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  134. opps I forgot to add my delicious username in my previous post. It is s41e70n72

    Susan S
    Northland

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  135. Completed Part 1-RSS
    The google reader was so easy to setup. I have my favorite sites listed

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  136. Completed Part 2-Social Bookmarking.

    I absolutely love it! Thanks!

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  137. http://delicious.com/sutterline

    I had set this account up a while back, but not really used it much since. I would like to figure out how to re-arrange order of display, re-grouping, if that's possible. otherwise a problem of one more site with too many links and not enough organization..
    I have my.yahoo.com where I set up a new RSS feed.
    Edith Sutterlin
    Northland Public Library

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  138. I went back and watched the Google Reader tutorial- that was clearer -- VERY well done. Good helpful link. Thanks. Edith S. Northland.

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  139. Ok, I did the RSS and subscribed to a feed. My delicious name is katonarla, same as my blog because my brain has logged out. I did these a few weeks ago and then looked again today because I still don't really feel like I know what I'm doing. Trying to catch up. Maybe I'll get week 4 done during week 6!
    Kathy, Subpool

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  140. I posted my comments on my blog instead of here.... (June 3, 2009)and have added more thoughts at the end today (June 4).

    Well, I found the Wiki lesson easy and fun, so have gone back to RSS to see if it got any better. And I think it did, just a bit. The key for me seems to be sticking to one reader (Google is my choice right now) and finding things I really want to read. I seldom go to the same site on a regular basis - made me wonder if RSS was for me. I've picked 2 new feeds (and learned how to unsubscribe to the first 2 I had chosen, which really were not that interesting). One new one is NPR's All Tech Considered, (a blog) which I think will be fun, useful - and mostly short articles! The other is a gardening feed, but I'm skeptical about it. If I don't like it, I can dump it. I'm going to be more particular about choosing future feeds.

    I subscribed to several blogs from other 23 things people, and can't decide which I like better - following them on blogspot or getting the feeds.

    6/4 Have played with Delicious this morning and think I will like it alot. Their instructions for getting started were confusing - they seemed to insist I click on a button I'd installed in the browser - but I hadn't installed anything. (That seemed to defeat the purpose of being able to use Delicious on any computer.) When I finally figured out how to ignore that instruction, everything went well. I really wish there were a way to organize the bookmarks by importance! Alpha order or date order are not going to be much help if I add a lot of bookmarks, some not often needed. So far I have not been social, not ready to share until I'm more comfortable (plus right now most of my bookmarks are sites referenced from 23 things - which everyone here has!). I did note a few other Delicious accounts I'm curious about, so will probably add them to my network. My account is pager1.

    Question - with Google Reader can you get rid of feeds once you've read them or are you stuck with them forever?

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  141. Finally getting around to these assignments! I have a Delicious acct. (my son encouraged me to get one a while ago), but had never done anything with it. So...that part's done. Also, I have subscribed to some fun feeds. Loving this whole process!
    Doreen
    Mt. Lebanon

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  142. I did week 2-5 excercises all within the last few days and enjoyed each one. My delicious account name is Glorioski. By this week's exercise I am starting to get a little overwhelmed by all the account sign-ups.

    Gloria R. - MPL

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  143. I too am starting to get overwhelmed. We are learning so many new programs that there isn't enough time to "learn" and use one before we start another. I can see how all this ties together and should make using the internet easier.

    Cecilia Shaler North Hills Library

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  144. Have set up the Rss and delicious accounts. Am glad to know about them, but not sure how useful they will be. I need time to go back and digest exactly what they are. Delicious username is "chrisfben". I am beginning to get lost in passwords and usernames.

    Chris B. Shaler North Hills Library

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  145. Once again, another great tool that we have learned!

    John K. Shaler North Hills Library

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  146. RSS feed causes me to wonder: what happens to all the collected entries--are they removed after a specific amount of time?
    I heard about delicious at a CLP Staff Day. Glad to finally become acquainted. Also glad that they removed the internal periods.
    Delicious name: nathansone

    Esther Nathanson, Downtown and Business

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  147. I just finished this lesson on RSS and Social Bookmarking. I have never used these tools before. I liked how you can now just go to delicious.com and the popular websites you visit are right there. That is after you add them. I had one of my co-workers show me how it works because I was lost after I made an account lol.

    My username is kbyerly83

    Katie B from
    ACFree

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  148. I have a quick question how do look for other people's bookmarking to see what they added.

    Katie B from
    ACFree

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  149. I set up my RSS and delicious accounts thanks to the help of my friend Eileen. I am late again because of downed Internet and this time, vacation too.

    Jean, Shaler Library

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  150. Linda_Z, Bethel ParkJune 20, 2009 at 4:54 PM

    I set up both RSS and delicious accounts. The RSS is a good way to skim a lot of items and just read those that actually interest me. I think I need to play around with delicious a little more, because right now the only benefit I see is being able to access this from different computers. I'm not sure how much I will really use this.

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  151. I am having trouble setting up the RSS with Google. I am waiting for password clarification. But I will keep trying. I certainly know how the patrons feel when told their password is wrong!

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  152. I'm really late to the party, but just set up my RSS and am moving on to del.icio.us as we speak...

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  153. I set up my RSS, but there's something I don't quite get. Do I have to go to the bloglines site in order to view the feeds, or can I somehow combine them with my blog?

    Marlene - Monroeville

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  154. And I'm the latest to the party yet, but I set up my RSS feed on Bloglines (and immediately subscribed to Dave Barry's blog -- that's some quality reading right there. :)).

    My del.icio.us username is the same as my blog: prb42


    ~~ Pam (Monroeville)

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  155. Playing catch-up here. I had signed up for Google reader when we did week #3, but never signed up for a del.icio.us account. Did that now: http://delicious.com/CLPNB
    The feeds just keep coming and I'll readily admit that I don't have time to read them all. We'll see about Delicious....not sure I'll use it to its full potential.

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  156. Plugging along, but finding these tasks a bit frustrating. I added a feed to my blog (I think). Now I'll see what I can do
    with delicious.

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  157. Revisiting early weeks, trying to see what I've finished and where I need to work. (I've done a little in all the weeks, but not finished or written them up.) I'm rethinking RSS, beginning to get the hang of it, finding some work & some are a waste of time. I still really like All Tech Considered from NPR, found many websites too time consuming for the info they provide. Like the way the blogs I'm following appear, I tend to forget to visit blogs I like. Question: using Google Reader - how do I get rid of (permanently) the items I've read???

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  158. By the way under the May 23rd Joanne comment I forgot to put the Library name. Shaler North Hills Library

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