Thing 7

First of all, I think it's funny that now we have to have something like Meebo to mush up all the IM networks into one. Sometimes the Internet makes things easier and sometimes it gets too big- like this. That being said, it is a great idea for those who love to IM. It certainly makes things easier to have all the different providers linked together. I think it would be great to provide an IM reference service to our patrons. I'm not sure how much it would be used or how we would staff it, but I think it's an interesting idea. I think we might be able to use it to get in touch with each other quickly and ask a question. I can't decide if it would be faster or easier than just picking up the phone. I would like to try it out in work situations to see.

Twitter- the description using the term "hyper–connected" kind of bothered me. But I think it's a great term to describe how younger people function. They don't know any differently because this stuff's always been available to them. I just think they need to disconnect sometimes. I also find it ridiculous that people have to broadcast every single thing they do, I'm sure this is a sign of my age because most younger people do this stuff all the time. They constantly update their status in Facebook or Twitter. I wonder how many of them actually look to see what the others are currently doing. I got my account on Twitter and I kind of had trouble getting it. I'm still not sure why I would use this, which means I probably won't!