Who is E39 BMW?

For those wondering who is E39 BMW; follow the steps.

Visit http://www.hcpl.net/ > Select Locations > West University >
See all of West Universtity's Pictures >
WU Staff -2007 > Slide 2

If you can guess which of the Dewey numbers I'm representing, please post a comment.

E39 BMW 5series

Forget me not !

Discovery Exercise
Week 10
Exercise 23
Is this really the end? Or just the beginning...

Istar Questions:

iSTAR: What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?

E39BMW: Discovery Exercise 7 Week 3 was one that I enjoyed. Photo editing tools that once I thought never existed brought me back to my creative side. And Discovery Exercise 18 Week 8 reinforced my creative side while visiting the Treadless community on-line.

iSTAR: How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?

E39BMW: It's a major step that HCPL has taken in adapting The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County's 23 Things Learning 2.0 Program. I believed I'm one of many that has experience a breakthrough in lifelong learning goals that will be useful in the near future.

iSTAR: Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?

E39BMW: One unexpected outcome would be that I never thought I make myself an Avatar.

iSTAR: What ideas do you have for using these technologies at Harris County Public Library?

E39BMW: The program will allow branches to communicate more effectively through media presentations during HCPL's Annual Award Ceremony.

iSTAR: What else do you want to learn about? What other web 2.0 applications are you interested in?

E39BMW: I feel that the poster generator software should be available to be incorporated.

MP3 vs iPOD

Discovery Exercise
Week 9
Exercise 22
Downloadable Media

It's very innovative what LibriVox has achieved by providing free audiobooks from the public domain. This ingenue idea allows volunteers to read and record chapters of books and publish the audio files on the Internet.

My only pet peeve is that LibriVox, Wowio and HPCL's eAudiobooks, music and videos are NOT compatible with iPods or MACs.

Get your daily cup of NPR?

Discovery Exercise
Week 9
Exercise 21
Podcasts, Smodcasts!

Since I own an Ipod, Apple's Itunes offers a wide selection of podcast.
But there is a podcast that I enjoy listening and doesn't require an Ipod.
And that's NPR; hope you EnJOY !!!

Tujhe Dekha To Yeh Jaana Sanam

Discovery Exercise
Week 9
Exercise 20
Discover YouTube and other video sharing sites

My favorite Hindi song is from the Bollywood movie "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge"
-better know as "DDLJ"

*Note: Translation has been highlighted in Green

TUJHE DEKHA TO -Lyrics
Chorus:
tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam
When I saw you, I understood this, sweetheart:
pyaar hota hai diivaana sanam
love is madness, sweetheart.
tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam
When I say you, I understood this, sweetheart:
ab yahaa.n se kahaa.n jaae.n ham
Now where do we go from here?
terii baaho.n me.n mar jaae.n ham
May I die in this embrace!

aa.nkhe.n merii sapane tere
They’re my eyes, but the dreams in them are yours.
dil mera yaade.n terii
It’s my heart, but it houses your memories.
meraa hai kya, sab kuchh teraa
What’s left to me? Everything is yours.
jaan terii saa.nse.n terii
My life is yours, my very breath is yours.
merii aa.nkho.n me.n aa.nsuu tere aa ga'e
My eyes filled with your tears;
muskuraane lage saare gam
all my cares began to smile.

Chorus

yeh dil kahii.n lagtaa nahii.n
This heart won't take anywhere else.
kya kahuu.n mai.n kya karuu.n
What shall I say, what shall I do?
haa.n tuu saamane baiTHii rahe
Yes, stay seated before me,
mai.n tujhe dekhaa karuu.n
so I might look at you always!
tuu ne aavaaz dii dekh mai.n aa ga’ii
You called, and look, I came.
pyaar se hai baDii kya kasam
What oath is greater than love? (i.e., What obligation takes precedence over love?)

Chorus

Mad World

Discovery Exercise
Week 9
Exercise 20
Discover YouTube and other video sharing sites

Mad Word -Lyrics

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World
Mad World

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World
Mad World ...

My dog ate my homework

Discovery Exercise
Week 8
Exercise 19
Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktops

For those people on the go,with a budget and lack Microsoft Word in their PC, Zoho is the answer to their troubles. It's an alternative way to save documents and access them anywhere online, should you ever need to if your backpacking across Europe and forgot your Flash Drive.

Rate MyBlog

Discovery Exercise
Week 8
Exercise 18
Social Networking: Making friends in the comfort of your own home

MyPad
One is always trying to find better ways to update their living space. Either decorating, furnishing, designing, etc. always seems like a challenge, yet HGTV's -Rate MySpace gives you the experience to browse and share your ideas that will inspire others. Take a close look at array of living spaces. You'll view grandeur ideas.

MyT
For those of you with a creative mind or unique sense of style, visit the Treadless community on-line. You can either submit you image and generate a custom T-shirt or purchase one from their on-line catalog.

Analog to Digital

Discovery Exercise
Week 7
Exercise 17
Blog About Technology

Today's technology can give you a lending hand in transferring your LPs and Audio Cassettes from analog to Digital format. It wasn't long ago when it was sad to hear someone not being able to find and replace a music album they own in either LP or Audio cassette format to CD.
My passion for music has made me put a stop to that. I enjoy the challenge and task of preserving those lost sounds, beats, etc. that once where possible to hear and dance to.

Wah Wah Wee Wah Wiki

Discovery Exercise
Week 7
Exercise 16
So what's in a wiki?

I personally found SJCPL's (St. Joseph County Public Library's) site very user friendly.
The layout is great and very user friendly.

Wedding Celebrations was a subject that I found interesting in the Entertainment guide list.
Its contents and wedding links are very detail.

Once upon a time in a Library

Discovery Exercise
Week 6
Exercise 15
On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

We are definitely on route to a library experience of the future. We need to remind ourselves that library's are a big thinking tank and in time information will be stored in a temporary place.

If we look to the past, a library was an institution or society that cared for its treasured ideas attained by multiple generations. Libraries have been communites that preserve and promote the creation of new memory, yet not limited of composed collections, but rather conversations of people, ideas and artifacts.

Therefore, Librarians are individuals with a unique understanding and relationship of managing documents they compile and catalog. They are the gate keepers of the intimate knowledge of the minds who produced it.

Technocrat or Not?

Discovery Exercise
Week 6
Exercise 14
Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

Apparently I wasn't impress with Technorati, but I did find this neat site.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheFrugalLawStudent

What's in your closet?

Discovery Exercise
Week 6
Exercise 13
Tagging makes the web 2.0 world go round

The idea of bookmarking a web page has been around for quite sometime, but the innovation of Del.icio.us allowing you to add tags to categorize your bookmarks has made it a great social bookmarking manager and a great tool for today's busy society.

Catch the Elf

Discovery Exercise
Week 5
Exercise 12
The "Library" Elf will remind you!

If your local library doesn't provide a reminder service, Libraryelf.com is the answer. Parents will find it very usefull since they are often juggling with multiple accounts. It will become your library account itinerary.

MyConsuming

Discovery Exercise
Week 5
Exercise 11
A Thing about Library Thing

Allconsuming.net is creative way for you to express yourself and see what interest people have that you may share. But at the end of this exercise I began to think back to Week 2 Exercise 4 "Online Safety and Sharing". Little by little we begin to divulge our personal and private life online. My question is, "Is our government doing market research trough allconsuming.net?

Vanity License Plate

Discovery Exercise
Week 5
Exercise 10
Play around with Image Generators

A website like ImageGenerator.Org gives you at least 47 sites which you can use to create neat and personal custom graphics and clipart.

Below you'll see E39 BMW vanity license plate

Valuable Information

Discovery Exercise
Week 4
Exercise 9
Finding Feeds

While searching for information on "E39 Navigation", the results turned out to be exaggeratedly different. Technorati displayed 20 results while Feedster displayed 4 results. Which one did I find more useful? Although both are great, my search result was incline towards Feedster.

As a result I found information regarding key programming, odometer programming, etc.
See for yourself. http://www.autosvs.com/product/?feed=rss

50/50 on RSS and newsreader - "NOT" for everyone

Discovery Exercise
Week 4
Exercise 8
Make life "really simple" with RSS and a newsreader

I personally don't find it useful. Yes, it's helpful but not necessary, unless you what be updated with the lates gossip (Britney Spears looses custody of children) fashion (flip-flops are not fashionable), gadgets (lates price cut on iPhone), etc.

E39 5series Picture Effects

Discovery Exercise
Week 3
Exercise 7
Photo Editing Tools

Below are pictures that were edited using software provided by Pixer, Snipshot and Picnik.
All three are great, but the best site do edit your pictures is Picnik.

e39 Invert

e39 Invert
Originally uploaded by E39 BMW 5 Series

E39 Oil Painting

E39 Oil Painting
Originally uploaded by E39 BMW 5 Series

e39 pencil sketch

e39 pencil sketch
Originally uploaded by E39 BMW 5 Series

Spell with Flickr

Discovery Exercise
Week 3
Exercise 6
More Flickr Fun

Mashup is a site that has the ability to spell out a message you enter by drawing it with photographs hosted by Flickr. Once message is drawn out, you can change the message by clicking on the letters you don't like. Spell with Flickr provides HTML code to paste picture message on your own site.
http://metaatem.net/words/

Example: E39 BMW 5 Series

Say, Halo Lights : )

Discovery Exercise

Week 3

Exercise 5

Discover Flickr

E39 BMW 5 Series
Originally uploaded by E39 BMW 5 Series

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

My Thoughts Online

Discovery Exercise

Week 2
Exercise 4
Online Safety and Sharing

HCPL blog discussion thoughts on online safety and privacy.

• Ones safety and privacy is always at risk, therefore just like you're not going to leave your doors unlock, cell phone, car keys and wallet unattended.

How comfortable are you sharing online?

• It's difficutl writing your thoughts and ideas out in the open. Purpose fot this blog is to share constructive ideas.

Learning Style

Discovery Exercise
Week 2
Exercise 3

Learning habits I find easiest

• Being positive (optimistic)
• Being motivated (persistent)
• Being organized (structured)
• Setting goals
• Clear mind

Obstacles that make it hard in learning

• Being negative (pessimist)
• Being neglectful
• Distractions
• Giving up
• Cloudy mind
• Not reading or practicing what you've learned
• Not being open to new ideas, methods, etc

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." -Michelangelo