I searched the listed directories, plus another for libraries. Podcast Alley and Podcast.net seemed to have the best hits with some duplicates. Podscope and Yahoo! didn't seem to do as well.
Of sites found, SirsiDynix Institute seems to have a good selection that I would like to listen to.
Podscope doesn't seem to hit many searches on target.
Postcast Alley's magic term was 'library'. With that one, I got over 100 hits, many from different libraries.
Some of the ones I am finding seem to only play on a pc or iTunes. I have downloaded a couple of mp3 podcasts in the past and they worked fine on my player.
Podcasts are something I would like to continue with in the future.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Week 9 - YouTube continued
OK, I've gone back to trying to embed a YouTube video on my blog. I have followed the instruction on the iHCPL blog, I went to the source page from iHCPL and copied that code and tried it, I am doing all of these from the Edit Html tab in create posting, I have followed YouTube's help page with these instructions...
Yes, you can autoplay movies! In the "About This Video" section of the video watch page, we give you the source code to embed the video:
(then follows their code for this)
To make it autoplay, just append "&autoplay=1" after the video ID so it looks like this:
(then follows their code for this)
substituting my video address for theirs in both places.
I got it to play once from one of these, but it would not play a second time.
I have tried several different videos. The most I get is a box that shows up when I mouse over it.
I don't know if there is something blocking me or what but I have become VERY FRUSTRATED trying to do this!!!!
Yes, you can autoplay movies! In the "About This Video" section of the video watch page, we give you the source code to embed the video:
(then follows their code for this)
To make it autoplay, just append "&autoplay=1" after the video ID so it looks like this:
(then follows their code for this)
substituting my video address for theirs in both places.
I got it to play once from one of these, but it would not play a second time.
I have tried several different videos. The most I get is a box that shows up when I mouse over it.
I don't know if there is something blocking me or what but I have become VERY FRUSTRATED trying to do this!!!!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Week 9 - YouTube and video sharing
I have a YouTube account. I had been finding some movies that I wanted to keep track of, including the skateboarding dog. I have also done bookcart drills. I don't tend to spend a lot of time on the site, but it is a fun site.
One problem with using it at work is dealing with the CIPA disclaimer notice everytime you try to do anything. I understand why, but it is still annoying.
Doing searches on librarian comes up with some very good videos - some ads for libraries, what librarians do, and some libraries have tours and instructions online.
I tried multiple times to embed a YouTube video, but following instructions and trying everything I could think of, I was unable to get the video to embed. I don't know if I was missing a step or what, but I give up!
One problem with using it at work is dealing with the CIPA disclaimer notice everytime you try to do anything. I understand why, but it is still annoying.
Doing searches on librarian comes up with some very good videos - some ads for libraries, what librarians do, and some libraries have tours and instructions online.
I tried multiple times to embed a YouTube video, but following instructions and trying everything I could think of, I was unable to get the video to embed. I don't know if I was missing a step or what, but I give up!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Week 8 - Web-based Apps
This is my first time to use Zoho. So far it has dumped me twice and made me start over. I have no idea what I did for it to do this. I also haven't found where to name docs after they have been saved.
I'm going to try to do several things with it including importing it to my blog. We'll see.
I was on vacation at the Quilt Festival for a week taking classes and shopping. One class I took was a basket weaving class. Here are a couple of pix.
I don't like the fact that you don't seem to be able to adjust the size of a pix once you have imported to the document.
It was not obvious how to post to the blog, but someone here figured it out. I have also looked at Google docs and might use it instead, though Zoho seems to have more apps. I'm still looking at them.
Week 8 - Social Networking
Well, I'm back from vacation and mostly missed the Horizon meltdown.
Now, I had signed up for Myspace and Facebook accounts sometime ago to see what they were like. And because I have a Yahoo account, I've logged into Yahoo! 360. I just don't really get the point. I know the kids are able to put up wallpapers, and other stuff on their sites. I have not been able to figure out how to do this and it all seems to take a lot of time. Also, it is frustrating to use Myspace at work because you have to keep clicking past the restricted page.
Looking at some of the other social sites:
Xanga lets you look around and seems to make it easy to change themes, look at pix, videos, etc without having to register on the site. The HGTV site looks like fun. Catser is also fun. Ning seems like an OK site. You can search for groups that interest you.
I guess the answer is, if you are young and like keeping in touch with Myspace, or Facebook or whatever site you use, then great, but this is not my thing. I would rather blog.
Now, I had signed up for Myspace and Facebook accounts sometime ago to see what they were like. And because I have a Yahoo account, I've logged into Yahoo! 360. I just don't really get the point. I know the kids are able to put up wallpapers, and other stuff on their sites. I have not been able to figure out how to do this and it all seems to take a lot of time. Also, it is frustrating to use Myspace at work because you have to keep clicking past the restricted page.
Looking at some of the other social sites:
Xanga lets you look around and seems to make it easy to change themes, look at pix, videos, etc without having to register on the site. The HGTV site looks like fun. Catser is also fun. Ning seems like an OK site. You can search for groups that interest you.
I guess the answer is, if you are young and like keeping in touch with Myspace, or Facebook or whatever site you use, then great, but this is not my thing. I would rather blog.
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