RefWorks

Just completed the Refworks project using Scopus and Google Scholar.
What an interesting little tool! Wish I had decided to start the project before I wrote the paper for LIS 2000. It would've been neat to test out integrating the reference page onto an actual document.

It took some getting use to, and I still haven't figured out if there's a way to select multiple items from Google Scholar and upload them at the same time. But all in all, I really think this will be a tool I continue using in the future.

The biggest problem with the project was finding a ton of articles that I want to read. Not sure when I'll find the time to read them, but at least I have a record for the future.

I'm nervous because I decided to complete this project early and get it off my plate. I didn't rush, but not using every avaliable day is really out of character for me. I'm sure I did everything properly. Fingers crossed!

Week 2 Lecture

I found it very fortuitous that this weeks discussion was on operating systems. I am having issues with my wireless connection lately. It's almost like the wireless reader in my laptop has just disappeared.

It turns out that one of the possible issues has to do with a BIOS update gone wrong. I had no idea what that meant until this class. I'm not much closer to figuring out how to fix my problem, but at least I understand what's going on a little bit more.

I'm also realizing that it might be time to back up my files and restore my computer to factory defaults. After 5 years, there are just little bits of program that didn't uninstall correctly, items that I can't remove at all, and things that I can't figure out why they're there.

Fingers crossed that I do it correctly!

Feeling a bit overwhelmed.

I'm trucking away with all of the reading, video watching, and downloading all the different requirements for the class and I'm getting really overwhelmed. In a week or so I will have this whole thing figured out, but right now some of the information is just going over my head.

Fingers crossed!

Let's get it started!

Welcome to the first post of my blog for LIS 2600.

I'm not banking on this being particularly interesting for anyone outside of LIS 2600, but this should be a fun way to process my journey into the abyss that is Computer Technologies.

This class is reminding me of a pimped out version of 23 Things, which is exciting! Most of the information is going over my head right now, and I've had quite a few mini panic attacks when trying to process all of the information, but I'm sure by the end of the course I'll be one step closer to being a tech savvy info-geek.

I read the "Content, Not Containers" article this morning and really enjoyed it. It's neat reading things that were written a few years before about technology and seeing what has come true, what hasn't, and what new things are being done that weren't even on the radar.
I am famous for making the statement, "It's not about the books! Book are just the 'box'," so seeing it in print in an actual journal makes me feel great.


Reading the article reminded me of an episode of This American Life from 1997 called Tales from the Net. It was recorded at a time when computers and the internet were becoming the standard in people's homes. It's just fun to hear what people were doing on the internet 10+ year's ago, and how "new" it was compared to how we use computers and the internet today.
Tales from the Net

Ok, I think this is my rant for today.
Stay tuned for our next episode!