Lesson 10 Challenge

The mere fact that some cities and states are weighing laws regarding whether or not it is legal to film law enforcement officers tells volumes about the impact mobile technology has had on society. Many years ago the Supreme Court ruled that a person in public has no reasonable expectation of privacy. If you are walking down a sidewalk in broad daylight what you do cannot be construed as private. I think about this every time I hear a story about using a smartphone to film something that is being done IN PUBLIC. Filming it doesn't make it any more or less real, but oddly some people seem to believe it does. Someone was complaining recently because their elected official had "passed them off" to an aide. The person felt slighted and ignored. Do you really thing telling your legislator or congress member something gets things done quicker? The aides are the ones who get the work done. Smart technology may make reaching out to elected officials easier, but smart technology doesn't make the constituency any smarter.

Lesson 9 Part 2 Library Digital Offerings - Zinio

This service is going away March 31, with more periodical titles being added to Overdrive. Three titles: Martha Stewart Living, Saveur, Star 7 Formats: iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows 8, Mac, PC, Kindle Fire/HD/HDX Zinio allows me to exercise my guilty pleasure: Celebrity Gossip. I can read the trashy star mags without slipping them beneath a loaf of bread at the grocery store checkout line.

Lesson 9 Part 1 Hoopla

What If by Randall Munroe Insurgent by Vernonica Roth The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty Services like Overdrive, Hoopla, Zinio, etc. have made it possible to be a library user without ever actually setting foot inside a physical library. With SAPL we do require our patrons to get their cards in person, but some libraries do not.

Lesson 8 Part 2 Challenge

OVERDRIVE The Book of Old Houses by Sarah Graves HOOPLA The People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jenn Mann Probably because I search for things all day long, I don't find either Overdrive or Hoopla difficult to navigate. I can use boolean terms to pinpoint pretty much exactly what I want in Overdrive. Hoopla's format is more akin to that of Netflix or Hula. With that said I guess I tend to use Overdrive for my serious searching and Hoopla for the more relaxed, let's-see-what-I-can-find search. I am a user of both services.

Lesson 8 Part 1 Challenge

DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth ebook formats available for Kindle, Overdrive Read and EPUB Owned: 82 Available: 34 eaudiobook Owned: 16 Available: 0 3 Holds

GRAIN BRAIN by David Permutter ebook formats available for Kindle, Overdrive Read and EPUB Owned: 14 Available: 11

Lesson 7 Part 1 Challenge

This ain't no Glamour Shot ... Yikes!!

The selfie wouldn't email from the iPad, so I posted it to Facebook, then copied and pasted, then uploaded. Do I get extra points for knowing how to do that?:-D