National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Tech Toys (for the Technically Challenged!) Marty Magee National Network/Libraries of Medicine Education and Nebraska Liaison McGoogan Library of Medicine Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region What was different 10 years ago? Students Today “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. “ - Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” -Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corp K ought to be enough for anybody” -Bill Gates

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Laptop: Toshiba Portege to Sony Vaio PortegeTablet capabilities good, but additional DVD player – lugging it along is a disadvantage

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Double Your Pleasure – Double Your Fun with…. Two Screens Windows XP Professional

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region LCD Projector Portability Lumens

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Printer/Copier/Fax Multiple functions Two trays Card slots HP Officejet 7410

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Phone With a camera or without? Are you texting? With Internet or without? Managing Contacts Katana by Sanyo from Sprint

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Text Messaging – to Cell Phone Verizon: Address the to the 10 digit cell phone number followed ATT: Address the to the 10 digit cell phone number followed T-Mobile: Address the to the 10 digit cell phone number followed Sprint and Nextel: Address the to the 10 digit cell phone number followed

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region PDA’s ---On the Way Out?!!  PC- based – Word and Excel files Rosters Expenses Books to read Frequent Flyers Travel Gifts Goals Resume BUT – not my calendar!! Can you believe it?  WiFi – wireless access to Internet  Bluetooth – wireless access  Windows Media 10 – listen to a book  Microsoft Reader – read a book  SDRAM storage to match camera  Contacts – about 600!! Now with GPS Don’t leave home without it. ….Really!!

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Digital Camera: Canon Power Shot 450 ELPH 3x zoom 5.0 megapixels Viewfinder AND monitor SD RAM Small charger Can take short videos, too!

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region IPOD for MP3’S Transfer CD’s to the player Can buy books from ww.Audible.comww.Audible.com Can buy music from 4gb 4 hours battery life 8 GB = 2000songs 24 hour battery life ** Can add a radio component or a recorder *** Pay attention to the ear phones!!

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Podcasts (You don’t need an IPOD to listen to a podcast!) From MedlinePlus with Director Lindberg From NN/LM MidContinental Region For Fun:

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Other nice things to have... Portable printer - Canon Thumb Drive - USB mini storage 1 gb of storage – multiple presentations Offered by many companies (Sony, Sonnet, CigarPro, yadda yadda) 32MB - 1gig Pictures are not to scale!!

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Card reader: Many times can be faster then hooking your camera up to your cpu Will not kill your camera batteries as well!

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Camtasia & SnagIt Camtasia Record desktop demonstrations with narration and video Publish to CD-ROM and streaming video SnagIt Only $39.95 One of the best software products I have

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Marty’s Little Helpers $290 $120 $150

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region VOIP : Voice Over IP Skype—voice with instant chat/pictures Logitech camera Plantronics headset Big Brother really is watching you….

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Google from your phone Entered : corkscrew omaha Returns: Corkscrew Wine and Cheese Prairie Brook Rd. Omaha NE

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Blogs and RSS Feeds Blogger.com for blogs More than 50 million blogs out there….according to Technorati Easy to create – use for business or pleasure Bloglines.com for RSS **YouTube – RSS in Plain English

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Blogs I Subscibe to…. BHIC- Bringing Health Information to the Community – Siobhan Champ-Blackwell MidContinental Region News Nebraska Library Commission Stephen’s Lighthouse - Stephen Abram – from SirsiDynix From the NN/LM MidContinental Region -

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Wiki – a shared resource Anybody can edit it! i.e. or Set up your own at wetpaint.com

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region What I like to read Fast Company Smart Computing PC Magazine Pocket PC

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Other sites to check…. HowStuffWorks.com Augmented reality – (or what a librarian may really look like) CNET.com Product Reviews Tutorials Classes MLA – Web 2.0 Class

National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region Things are changing… Sony Wii Dance Dance Revolution What’s next for YOU?