Normally, I dig documents that have been pre-formatted. I'm creative enough, but trying to actually design posters and brochures is always a bit of a trial for me. Send me something that's already been laid out, though, and I'll happy fill in the blanks...
So LetterPop sounded like a great idea to me - pick a template, fill in some text and drop in a nifty picture or two - niiiice, right?
Well, sure - in theory... but in practice - I found it a little clunky (why, oh why must it "forget" my font selection everytime I hit "Enter"?!) and (in the free incarnation at least) a little... cluttered, design-wise. The templates are certainly nifty, but do they all have to be soooo color intensive? I don't want to think about all the color toner this is going to burn through...
All that said, LetterPop could be a nifty little tool. I can definitely envision some of our staff going crazy with it! I think it would best serve us if we were to offer it to staff with a "style sheet" attached - and if we were to upload our logo to Flickr, so that it could be used on all the documents (this is something that we aren't currently doing, but should be).
At the moment, I'm not totally sold on LetterPop, but I suspect that if I wanted to put together a casual newsletter for a family or social group, this would be a great tool. It may be a little too casual for a more formal business setting, though. Definitely something to share with the staff here and see what they can do with it.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
I'm baaa-aack!
When last we parted, dear reader(s) (I may very well be the only one who ever actually read my own blog), I'd just finished up 23 Things - in not-quite-record time, but perilously close to it.
So... 9 months later, what am I doing resurrecting this poor tired corpse? Well, my wonderful LibraryLand friends, Jennifer and Maurice have crafted a follow-up, a sequel, if you will, to our beloved 23 things. They're calling it "Learning 2.1", but I prefer to think of it (as they did, once upon a time) as "Just 10 More Things". Our colleagues from more southerly climes have actually taken the 23 Things concept and run wild with it - their version of Learning 2.1 is actually at Thing 64 and still going. I'm intrigued, but content to focus on "just 10 more" for the time being, because my time is both short and valuable.
Just to revisit 23 Things a little, I'm happy to report that a whole slew of my co-workers completed the original 23 Things!
Personally, I'm still using some of those Things - most especially Bloglines - words can't describe just how much I love having all of those sporadic (or all too frequent) postings gathered in one single place - I visit my Blogline account every. single. day. that I have internet access. How else would I know that both Just Bento and Cake Wrecks have been updated?
I'm also still using del.icio.us - but not as frequently as I used to. Of course, many of the sites that I would have put into del.icio.us have been added to my Bloglines feed... but I still love (and spread the gospel of) accessing bookmarks from anywhere.
I have to confess, however, that I've neglected my LibraryThing account. After singing (well, rhyming) its praises so stridently, I (rather suddenly) stopped posting new titles to it. I'm not totally certain why - perhaps I lacked internet access at the same time that I finished up several books, or mayhaps I got nervous as I neared the limits of my free account... I don't know, but I'm not fighting it. When the time is right, I'm sure I'll be back, and until then, I'll just keep recommending it to others.
Well, enough about the past - onward to Learning 2.1!
So... 9 months later, what am I doing resurrecting this poor tired corpse? Well, my wonderful LibraryLand friends, Jennifer and Maurice have crafted a follow-up, a sequel, if you will, to our beloved 23 things. They're calling it "Learning 2.1", but I prefer to think of it (as they did, once upon a time) as "Just 10 More Things". Our colleagues from more southerly climes have actually taken the 23 Things concept and run wild with it - their version of Learning 2.1 is actually at Thing 64 and still going. I'm intrigued, but content to focus on "just 10 more" for the time being, because my time is both short and valuable.
Just to revisit 23 Things a little, I'm happy to report that a whole slew of my co-workers completed the original 23 Things!
Personally, I'm still using some of those Things - most especially Bloglines - words can't describe just how much I love having all of those sporadic (or all too frequent) postings gathered in one single place - I visit my Blogline account every. single. day. that I have internet access. How else would I know that both Just Bento and Cake Wrecks have been updated?
I'm also still using del.icio.us - but not as frequently as I used to. Of course, many of the sites that I would have put into del.icio.us have been added to my Bloglines feed... but I still love (and spread the gospel of) accessing bookmarks from anywhere.
I have to confess, however, that I've neglected my LibraryThing account. After singing (well, rhyming) its praises so stridently, I (rather suddenly) stopped posting new titles to it. I'm not totally certain why - perhaps I lacked internet access at the same time that I finished up several books, or mayhaps I got nervous as I neared the limits of my free account... I don't know, but I'm not fighting it. When the time is right, I'm sure I'll be back, and until then, I'll just keep recommending it to others.
Well, enough about the past - onward to Learning 2.1!
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