May 29 2008
Hello world!
Hello, world. This is my first blog. My name is Rose Myers.
Who I am (as a student): I am taking my 11th of 12 courses towards my MLS at Southern Connecticut State University. I work very part-time in a very small private school library. (Both the library and the school are small.) I also volunteer in my local public library, mostly reading shelves in the children’s department. (I find it soothing, challenging, good exercise, and a way to select books by judging their covers.)
I am somewhat comfortable with technology, especially older technology: I learned to program using punch cards, our VCR always has the correct time, I have used ftp and kermit to share files before there was a Web, I remember using “hello, world” as sample text when testing software, and, as of this week, I can make a phone call to someone not pre-programmed in my cell phone and even hang up without having to turn the thing off! (I only recently acquired a cell phone.) I have a website, but putting things on it is hard for me. I do not regularly use any Web 2.0 tools; I occasionally read people’s blogs and recommended YouTube stuff. But I am looking forward to learning a lot about Web 2.0.
