thing 10 = Instagram

I signed up for Instagram and took a picture of my beloved Glasgow Library card.  I used the Kelvin treatment for the photo because Kelvin begins the name of the Kelvingrove Art Museum in Glasgow.  I am using the library's iPad, so I don't want to link the Instagram account I created to my personal facebook account.  But I will probably add the Instagram app to my own iPad when I get home tonight.

Thing 9 = LINE camera

I am excited to try the LINE camera app. I read it over, took my picture (I am on telephone reference this morning), added some text, and viola! Very simple, I know, but I can see that this app could be very useful. I just have to figure out how to print from the library's iPad, and then I can make fliers, etc.

Thing 8 = Twitter

The Social Media Management Tool I selected for Thing 8 is Twitter. I enjoy using Twitter myself on my personal iPad. I am mostly a follower although I occasionally tweet. My favorite things about Twitter: Following Scottish authors and breweries & finding out about current events long before I read about them in the newspaper. I also like to put pictures on Twitter when I am traveling. And I love to make up hashtags--that's fun! The two disadvantages for me personally with Twitter are that I don't have a smart phone so I can't live tweet when I am at a conference or event, and I am not "allowed" to be on my personal Twitter account when I am at work, so I can't use Twitter in a "professional" capacity.

Thing 7 = Pinterest

Oh, yes, I am going to revisit my Pinterest account and see if I can make a board for an upcoming trip and for my storytime work. I hadn't considered using Pinterest in this way before the 23 mobile things, so thanks!

Thing 6 = Quickoffice

I tried Quickoffice for thing 6. After I watched the instructional video, I watched the most disgusting moments from here comes honey boo boo. I enjoyed that. I created a document and looked at some old documents from my google drive. I might use this app if I don't have access to a computer and want to share documents and photos.

Thing 5 = remember the milk

I tried remember the milk because the name is cute. I added a few things to my lists. I watched the video. I don't think I will use this app much because I am not using my personal iPad at work and don't get to use the work iPad enough to bother keeping lists on it.

Thing 4 = Flipboard

I watched the video about Flipboard and added the app. It had some bad news for me today: Mavis Gallant has died. Flipboard is a good way for me to look at all the things I like to read by putting them all in the same place.

Thing 3 = Free Wi-Fi Finder

I chose Free Wi-Fi Finder as my Thing 3. I found it in the app store, I downloaded it, clicked on the find free wi-fi button, and eureka, there are a bunch of free wi-fi places near the library. This app will be very useful to me when I travel. I will just have to remember to download it to my own iPad and save the data for use offline. Very nice!

Thing 2 = Mobile Device Tips

Before I could embark on thing 2, I had to get my library's "frozen" iPad to work. I searched the Internet and found a solution: A soft reboot. Yay! It worked. I took some photos of the library; here's one:

and set them as the wallpaper. I changed the lock to rotation because I like the thing oriented vertically. I charged both of my branch's iPads, I updated all their apps, I upgraded them to iOS 7, and then I watched the applicable videos and read the applicable articles in thing 2. I already know how to do most of the iPad things, but it never hurts to read/view refreshers.

23 Mobile Things: Thing 1

I hope to explore some of the apps I personally don't use but that library customers may want to learn how to use. It is very possible that they will ask me about some of these apps at the library, and it will be good for me to know what they are talking about. And I will be using my library branch's iPad, so it will be interesting to see how that works, as I don't know the apple i.d. for it, and I will be sharing it with--I hope--many other staff members. I guess I will uninstall each app after I install and explore it, so that others can do their own installing and exploring.