Spring Cleaning #30: Take a Load Off Our Drives

Well, I went to S drive and didn't have a file there, so I created one and then deleted it. I did have a file in P drive and it contained a couple of documents which were pretty old so I went ahead and deleted them. About the Z drive, that was something new to me, I had no idea it existed or how to access it, but thanks to a co-worker who showed me how to access it and saw that there was nothing in there that belonged to me, so I did what the exercise called for and filed something and then deleted it. I realize that I hardly have the need to save anything because I immediately try to resolve instead of storing for a later day.

Spring Cleaning #29: Email

I'm proud to say that I have been doing what is suggested on the article "Clean Out Your Computer Day Tips & Ideas". Since I only work part-time I usually check my email twice a day and either respond immediately,if required,and delete it since there's a record of the sent email. Otherwise, I delete all of them after reading or if it's something that requires a reminder I usually set a reminder on the calendar on my personal email account. Before logging out I purge the trash folder.

Spring Cleaning #28: Don’t Clutter Up Expensive Cyberspace

I read about GTD and I like the workflow process. I found it to be the most practical one. When I check my email I immediately delete the message I read, unless it requires a response I follow through with it, but if there is no time to respond I put it in a different folder, that way the only thing in my inbox is the new stuff. What I use as a reminder is the calendar on my personal hotmail account, but I rather use the old fashion way which is the planner I carry in my purse. I find it's easier to just open it and see what's on that day, because I just don't have enough time to get to the computer at home.

SOUND #24

I looked into the Microsoft Zune because I am a little familiar with it because that's what my children have. To download stuff you have to create an account (tag), buy a Zune pass or Microsoft points (which can be used with all Microsoft Live sites). After that, you can download music, videos and pictures. You can also sign up for Zune Social, where you can share music with friends or the online community, post your favorite tunes and a lot more! It's amazing how much you can do with an MP3player. I also, checked my favorite radio stations, like 96.5 and 106.9 they are available online.

WEEK 10 #23 THE END

At the beginning of this project I was unsure whether I wanted to participate, the reason being is that I am not computer savvy at all and was not sure if I would have time to work on the weekly exercises. Now I'm glad I did because everything I learned was useful and interesting. My favorite programs were Flickr and Zoho, I will be using those at home in the future. This project opened my eyes to a whole new world on the net, it was fun to see that the net is much more than just shopping and emails and it was specially nice to find that you can use all those sites for free! Hcpl is very up to date with Web 2.0 tools, like email messaging and the digital media catalog, downloading ebooks, movies and music, which is great for people that cannot physically go to the library. Overall, I enjoyed working on my blog it has been a very positive experience for me. Thanks!

WEEK 9 #22 DOWNLOADABLE MEDIA

I looked into Wowio,Librivox and Hcpl's digital site and found Hcpl's site more to my liking. I was very impresed to see we even have Spanish audio/video materials. I found a book called "Jerusalen-El Caballo de Troya 1" and a movie which I had seen about 30 years ago when I was a child still living in Mexico called "Cada oveja con su pareja". Hcpl's digital media site is very extensive and caters to even the most demanding, but what really amazed me, is to see it had foreign language materials. Great job!

WEEK 9 #21 PODCASTS

Aaaggghhh!!!I went to PodcastAlley and did a search on book reviews and public libraries it gave me 200 choices each. There are so many it was hard to decide on one that could actually talk about several of my interests but I did find one which is the one I posted.