iHCPL Next Generation #79,# 80 & #81

The Future of Media#79: Television

1. I checked hulu.com and tv.com; both are fine, but I decided to watch my favorite show, "House Hunters International", on hulu.com. This half hour cable program has only about two minutes of commercials on hulu, so that was great. On hulu.com the choice of popular tv shows, movies, movie clips was alright, since I only watch few of half hour tv shows per week.

2. No, I never watched a tv show on my cellphone, because my phone is an older model. I am not interested because I do not want to pay money to watch TV on a phone.

3. Yes, I do enjoy watching YouTube online at home. I never submitted any video online.


The Future of Media #80: Movies

1. I watched Star Trek VII:Generations on hulu.com for a few minutes. I will not watch an entire film on computer, because staring at a 15" screen for almost two hours would be too hard on my eyes. I still prefer to watch DVDs on TV.

2. Yes, I found the current film information on Apple trailers to be very helpful. I would watch the clip and read the review first, before considering selecting a movie to watch.

3. Yes, I would very much like to use Redbox service. To pick up a DVD from Redbox, will take me less than 5 minutes of driving, from my home to around the corner to the drugstore. A DVD costs $1.00 rental fee and $0.08 tax for total of $1.08. I though this is a pretty economic way for a family movie night.

The future of Media #81: Get out Your Crystal Ball

1. Internet TV will be my pick for the most influence. I could see myself and the family watching internet YouTube on television in my living room. "on Demand" is a feature on TV to catch up on programs we miss, but I feel it still needs to improve its quantity of shows.

2. I am not an early adopter of gadget, usually I wait for a year or two before I purchase any new gadget. My favorite game was MYST, a computer game come with a Greek tragic family drama, excellent writing and narrator, classic graphic design. The game player is like a nerd on an Indiana Jones mission on a strange island.

ihcpl next generation spring Cleaning #30

spring cleaning #20 Take a Load Off Our drives

Exercise #4:

The oldest file I deleted was from May 2007, for BC 2007 magazine list.

Yes, I did found this this exercise is very helpful with my job.

week 3: # 7 photo editing tools

At the Arch
Originally uploaded by seveninning

I went to the picnik to edit my arch photo.

week 3: #6 more Flickr fun

Flickr is one of my favorite website, I think ten best flickr mashups is nice tools for myself to use in the future.

week 10: #23 Is this really the end? or just the beginning...

My favorite discoveries and exercisers are - week 4: #8 make life "really simple" with RSS ... and a newsreader, week 9: #20 Discover YouTube and other video sharing sites.

I enjoy working on 23 things project, I think this learning experience let me have better understanding with new technologies.

The unexpected outcomes from this program is how much i enjoy this learning experience.

I may not using these technologies at HCPL for myself at work, but it would be great help to our patrons, to let they know that where they can find these technologies information.

I would like HCPL continue these new technologies program.

week 9: #22 downloadable media

I think HCPL have very nice layout for our patron to searching the digital media catalog, and looks very easy for anyone to follow instructions for download e-books, music or video.

I also like Wowio, easy to search and detail book description is excellent.

Librivox give readers many choices and forum posts are great.

week 3: flickr fun & photo editing tools

At the Arch
Originally uploaded by seveninning

love flickr and post a arch picture on my blog.