Week 6: Easy as pie

MySpace -- check!
Facebook -- check!
Meebo -- check!

I must admit that Facebook has won out over MySpace. No contest really. I like how I can be a "fan" of VHS on FB rather than being a "friend" of VHS on MySpace. It just makes more sense. I do wish there was a better forum for a blog on Facebook since I think that we've done some pretty nice blogs on the VHS MySpace page.

I love meebo. I love the idea of being able to IM the reference desk. Some folks might not understand why someone would want to IM rather than pick up a phone and call. I talk to patrons on the phone quite regularly and I often end up saying, give me your email address and I'll send you a link to our forms, or our catalog, or whatever. I would imagine that our librarians often do the same sort of thing. When you're IMing you can have a conversation with the regular back and forth flow, but you can also beef it up with links.

Since I was already using Facebook, MySpace and Meebo, I thought I'd better try something new for this week's exercise. I signed up for LinkedIn. Once I get some connections it might be a neat tool. I can't really tell yet. I have located some people who I haven't found on Facebook, so there is potential here.