
My First Post!
I started a personal blog back in September so I am somewhat familiar with blogger but I got frustrated with placing my photos and images on the site. I was importing an image from the show Mad Men and it was acting up on me. I haven't been back to that blog since then!
That seems to happen to me a lot with technology. I'm really excited to try something. I try it for 30 minutes or so and then I have a problem and can't figure something out. Sometimes I will persist at it for a while and then completely give up; or I will persist, give up and try again some other day or sometimes I just give up right away! :(
Just now, I had a hard time editing my post and I'd like to reduce the size of my book image. When you write, it looks fine but then when I preview, it doesn't look like how I want it to look.
I so hope my skills improve with blogging because I think it is a wonderful way to document, record and express oneself. I follow many blogs, mainly scrapbooking and photography ones because those are my hobbies.
I do think it is important to have a picture or image when you post on a blog. Visually, it is more appealing.
I'd love to set this blog up with all of my favorite library sites, links and info to the right. I love how people include vimeo videos and all sorts of stuff on their blogs. One person I follow has her playlist play songs when you log onto her blogger site. I wonder how you can do that? Wouldn't it be great to play some calming classical music while people check out your blog? For a school library blog, you could even have music the students like too, like Top 40 songs. I bet they'd think it was cool and it would elevate the library cred with the students!
Barbara: Do you have a library blog? I checked your school site but I didn't find it. Someone had mentioned it in one of their posts and I'd love to check out your blog. Thanks!
I love how blogs can truly reveal your personality and how visual they can be. It's like the equivalent of decorating your room, don't you think? That's what I'd like to do with this library blog, decorate it with cool links, images and information to engage the students.