Thing 11

Referring to our last meeting, I use google docs for my translating projects (translating was my first college degree) because I can access it anywhere and I lose memory sticks (need better memory). Right now I'm translating a book from Finnish into English to be published in Finland, and edited by a bilingual American editor here. It wouldn't matter where, actually, because he collaborates via google docs. The ease of it! So would that qualify as a Thing 15 somehow, too? My editor and I don't fight much about detail, we've worked on many projects before, but somehow this method creates a neutral, professional sphere that reduces the possibility of friction further yet. Formatting is adequate for the task on hand although it lacks finesse.

Some of my own children seem to prefer Netvibes as a place for a homepage, it must be more current in their set somehow. I try to learn from what comes out of the mouths of babes, too.

Experiment

Thought I should upload my picture for once, the real me. It's the best I've got.

Ok, so I was seven at the time back in Finland. Amazing how well these ancient archival photos retain their quality! Fun playing with the scanner.

More about LibraryThing and Me

I've made progress in cataloging my books into LibraryThing and having fun on the way. Now I've started writing reviews in the reviews section, which can be read by anyone of the appr. 350 000 other users of the system, or by anyone browsing the library. You can search either your own library or the whole system with 23 million books at this time. Each time I catalog a book of mine I automatically see who else has the same book and can peek into their libraries, add them as "friends" or "interesting libraries", if I want. You can set your account as private but why? The more exposure the better, unless I start getting nasty comments, which you can flag.

You can also use the call numbers (both LC and Dewey), obtained by a simple click from Library of Congress, Amazon or one of the other 200 some databases and paste them on your books. I won't -- it's enough to get this invaluable, fabulous collection cataloged online and feel like I'm so Library 2.0 now --

I also joined "Librarians who Librarything" group. Support group for active bookworms.