Podcasts, IM and Downloadable Audiobooks

Well, I took Jennifer Lowe's advice and signed up for the 100 Objects in History. The first one I listened to was about China -- almost always of interest to me. Unfortunately it was also about Confucius who is seldom of interest to me. I think I might like it though.

IM to me is a waste of time -- unless you are just doing it for fun. My daughter used to love it, but, alas, her love has died. We decided it's rather like last year's texting. I find the phone is so much easier. We tried IM at the Adult Services Desk last year. It was pretty much a failure. Very few people used it. And it just took so long to answer simple questions, which is annoying when there are several people standing in a line in front of you waiting to ask their questions -- questions they were willing to come to the library to ask.

I tried listening to one of Louisa May Alcott's more lurid tales on LibriVox. It was narrated by a woman with a very thick German accent so it was a little difficult. I like audiobooks though -- CDs and downloadables. I hope we are successful in joining Overdrive this summer. We tried a NetLibrary/Recorded Books version of downloadables a few years ago. There wasn't much interest then and it was very cumbersome to use. It seems much more user friendly these days.