Oh Where. Oh Where Has Our Library Gone?

Well, this week's lesson is Twitter, something I have been a part of for awhile now. I fought against it almost as long as I fought against Facebook, but I caved and created an account when it became the only way I could get in on free iPhone apps from this one particular publisher that would only allow those who tweeted about them to download their games! Great games, too... If you're as big a geek as I am, check them out @taptaptap.


Anywho,
The first task in our lesson was to search for and follow the Burlington Public Library. Not sure what I am missing, but I have, as I said in my tweet, searched up, down, left, right, and sideways and can find public libraries in every Burlington on earth...apart from the one I live in. I can readily find the Oakville Public Library too, and a Halton Library system in the UK, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress. Etc... However, I can find no hint of our Library Lady's home sweet home.


Perhaps I will drop in one day and see what I'm doing wrong. But for now...

• What do I think of Twitter?
  I think it has the potential to be of great value, but also to be a grand waste of time. Unfortunately, the grand waste of time has a nasty habit of eclipsing the great value. When one follows any number of people, the instances of what so-and-so had for lunch tend to far outnumber tweets of any real meaning. Sure, it's great fun to see that your favourite television personality has an interest in common with yourself, but, in the grander scheme of things, so what?
  
• Do you have concerns about social networking?
  Yes. Not so much for myself, as my level of education on the subject has directed me as to how to take precautions to protect personal information, but this is not the case for an alarmingly large number of young people who hop onto the social networking bandwagon on the heels of their peers with all the confidence in the world that they are immune from any potential harm. The authors of the websites set things up to keep users safe, right? NOT!
  
• Will you continue to use Twitter after the Betty Blogger program?
  Well, sure! As long as there are more free apps to be had for it <G>.