Thing 9: Merlin, etc.

Well, this was fun! Browsing through Merlin was like a stream of consciousness experience. I found Beth's link to finetune and am listening to my favorites as I do the rest of this exercise. Then I browsed through some library blogs and ended up at the Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library web site, where they refer to databases as "premium resources." I find that terminology quite a clever marketing ploy.

Thing 8: RSS

I set up several feeds on Blogline and could probably find quite a few more, but I've got 15 more "things" to do...

Thing 7: technology

Digital cameras have made marketing professionals' lives much easier. Back in the old days, we took pictures on film, had to wait for them to be developed, cropped them manually using a crop wheel, and submitted them to printers. (I know, I'm showing my age...) Now we can see pictures immediately and edit and manipulate however we choose in a matter of minutes. What's next?

Thing 6: Warholizer

I need to save more pictures to my laptop to fully explore all the Flickr tools. I wanted to make my own librarian trading card (even though I'm not a librarian), but then I saw this Warholizer tool - cool! I could have all kinds of fun with this - personally and professionally!

Thing 5: Greetings from Austin

A couple of years ago, I spent a few days in Austin with my best friend from college. She lived in South Austin, a part of town known for its quirkiness. That's something for Austin, whose slogan is "Keep Austin weird" (as in, keep the locally owned stores in business instead of malls and big box chains). As we walked from her house to South Congress Avenue to do some shopping at those local stores, we passed this mural on the side of a building. I loved how it was just like one of those old postcards you don't see much anymore.