110 best books: The perfect library!

To top it off.....I will add the 110 best books: The perfect library! from the Telegraph.co.uk.

#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...

The end....already?

This was a fun venture for me...searching for new fun tools to use and experiment with online. Who wouldn't enjoy that? I will admit I have researched or experimented with about 1/3 of the tools previously. But there are so many more (even more being created at this moment) to explore. Many of these tools have been around for some time. Others are just a new spin on a tool or online application. Others are a very defined, single-use tool which may have been an offshoot of a previous application.

Who would think that 10 years ago a company displaying videos uploaded by users would be purchased for Billions of dollars??

I would have to give a nod to YouTube as being one of my favorite online tools if you can include it as a tool. It is an easy way to promote and distribute online video. It can also be an enormous time-killer as you browse through the hundreds of thousands of videos online. Who knows you may find something you didn't know you were looking for?

I also enjoyed finding Lulu.com, which I did not know about before this learning experiment.

#22 Audiobooks (or "The end is in sight ")

I will admit I am not a large user of audiobooks. My iPod is full of music, as is my home and car. When I am in the car, I do not listen to the radio, I prefer my own music.

I would like to become a user of audiobooks though. I mean, look at all the information you can download.....for FREE! It's all out there for us to select. I think if I were to download audiobooks on a regular basis, I would probably look into computer books and "how-to" books.

#21 Podcasts, Schmodcasts!

Podcasts are a great tool for distance learning and time-shifting events or presentations. Think of them as Tivo for real life.

I do use podcasts on a somewhat regular basis. One of the web design groups I belong to regularly has the last meeting available online as a podcast. So if you were not available to attend, you can still digest the meeting information at a later time.

#20 You too can YouTube

I did a search for "Library" and came up with many funny videos. I also narrowed my search to Nebraska libraries (being a Cornhusker and all...) and found this movie from the Columbus Library. Great video advertising all the features and things you can find at their library. Enjoy!

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 Tools

One of my favorite sites or Web 2.0 Tools would have to be Lulu.com. Lulu.com is self-publishing at it's best. To have the power to publish any book you create is amazing to me. This is something I would like to look into more at a later date.

Another of the winners and one of my top picks would be Cragislist.org. This is a low-tech, high-tech garage sale of sorts. You can list anything on Craigslist. It is exactly what it needs to be and nothing more.

One of my favorite T-shirt sites is represented in the winners category for Retail. Threadless is an online T-shirt "shop" and online community. You can upload your designs and users rate or give suggestions on what they would like to see or how to change your design. I love the voting feature for the designs. The top designs are picked each printing and the designs are printed and available for sale. The top pick designers are also rewarded with $$$$.

#18 Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktops

I like the idea of GoogleDocs and other Web-based applications. My favorite feature in GoogleDocs would have to be the online calendar. Many applications, including email have a built-in calendar which is great if the person you want to shanre the information with is also on your mail server. Google Calendar makes a calendar which is available to anyone (or anyone you wish to share it with). This could be highly useful for groups or families that want to keep a schedule in this oh-so-online-interconnected world.

Another popular product is Basecamp. It is an online project management tool, similar to a wiki in ways, but it allows you to attach documents or proofs of a project and comment and leave notes for the group to follow along.