Week 9

My name is lukewarmsoda on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/user/lukewarmsoda. What I like about the site is its variety. It includes cartoons, music videos, clips from old TV shows. It really is nostalgic come to think of it. You can spend alot of time trying to find funny videos or even informational stuff.What I don't like sometimes is how you might save a certain video to your account, like from an old TV show, and the next day its been removed because of copyright infringement. I understand though that YouTube does not want to be sued for putting on videos that are copyrighted. I also don't like the gaps in between watching videos. sometimes it takes a long time just to watch one five minute clip. it could depend on the computer that you are using. But I have noticed in the past it happens alot. I posted my video on the blog, here is its URL as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50K65PNeBU I selected that video because I think Charles Barkley is funny as hell. That to me is the best golf swing ever. He is in other video clips on YouTube as well, doing and saying funny stuff. He also happens to be a good writer as well. I looked at Google videos, a little bit. I did not think the layout was better than YouTube. I think it was much more simpler in its design I think the most important thing I learned is that this site can be fun and informative. You can watch all the silly stuff you want, and also watch and participate in important thing like the presidential debates. As far as the library is concerned I think if they used the feature that is on YouTube, where you submit videos to a contest, that might be interesting. The library can ask patrons to submit videos of funny experiences at the library, or how to improve things at the library. The concert could be designed to be fun or informative. I think the library, if it has not done so already, could post on YouTube the classical concerts that they have. Also maybe book readings, or children's shows.


As far as podcasts go I discovered, http://www.podcast.net/cat/23 There is on link there that had a whole bunch of football podcasts. I found a really interesting podcast on food from podcastalley, http://podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=2279# It was fun seeing how many different programs there are out there. What I notice from other libraries was podcasts that featured guest speakers and book reviews. In fact there was a library, that featured teen reviews on books, CD's, movies. The name of the library was the Thomas Ford Memorial Library http://podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=15007 So basically other libraries had podcasts that had authors discussing their books, and even some describing a particular genre. I think this library could use podcasts to feature events like the book club meetings, children's storytimes, and maybe even do teenage reviews of CD's, books, like that library I had mentioned above. Some patrons may not be able to come to these events, so the library could make it available on podcasts. By looking at what other libraries offered through podcasts, I found that there is alot of variety that you can put out there that could attract a diverse group of people.