TRY TEN THINGS - MONTH 1
Welcome to Try Ten Things! And welcome to the new CJRLC BLOG!
At the beginning of each month I will post a “new thing” on this blog. It might be a website. It might be an online tool. It might be a resource. You have the whole month to try it out, play with it, see if you like it.
You might find you like it - or don’t like it - you might find a new or different or better use for it - you might find something similar that you want to share with us - you can use the comments section of the posts to share your thoughts and information with everyone.
My hope is that we will have an interesting and useful conversation here, and all learn something new!
I will do it starting now - for February - and for the next 9 months. I will send a reminder to the listserv when the new thing is posted at the beginning of each month (but hopefully you will be a regular reader of the blog anyway)!
Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns or suggestions.
Ready?
Let’s start!
MONTH 1 - February - NEW THING
Okay, I am sort of cheating here, but hey, it’s the first month and everyone might not be familiar with commenting on a blog. Let’s give it a go - the first new thing is THIS BLOG! Please leave a comment about the blog, this project or anything else! If you are an old pro at blogs, blogging and commenting on blogs, perhaps you could share some information on that - on the other blogging software - other ways of reading and interacting with blogs - how other blogs handle comments, etc…. Or, just introduce yourself here!
How do I comment on a post?
At the end of the post you will see text that looks like this
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
If there are no comments it will show NO COMMENTS. Once there have been comments, this will show the number of comments.
Click on NO COMMENTS.
This opens a form – you need to type in your Name and an e-mail address. The e-mail address will not be published.
There is also a space for a website. You can leave this blank or enter the URL of a website – this could be your personal website. Your blog. Your library website.
Next, fill in your comments.
Then, click on SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT.
What happens next?
You will end up back in that post and your comment will not appear yet.
A message will be sent to me that there is a comment on the blog.
If this is your first comment on the blog, it needs to be approved. After you have had one comment approved from your email address, further comments will automatically show up.
I will check the comment and approve it.
Please note – I am not checking and approving it for content, but to make sure it is not random spam.
Once you have entered your email once and had a comment approved, you’re set to comment as much as you like without awaiting approval – your comment will show up under that post as soon as you post them (pretty much).
Once a post has comments it will look like this
Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
(or however many comments there are)
You can click on the comment link and read the comments made.
Try it!
There are some other things you can do, like subscribe to the feed – and I’ll post about that later this month.
If anyone wants to post about how to subscribe to the feed, please do! ?
Happy First New Thing! 
Filed under: Amy, TRY TEN THINGS
I am leaving the first comment on this post on the blog!
Your turn!
If you have questions/problems please contact me:
email: amy @ cjrlc . org (but take out the spaces)
im: amy.kearns (gtalk), akearns72 (Yahoo!), akearns1972 (aim)
phone: 732-409-6484
This sounds like a great idea! Thanks for this opportunity!
blog looks great - looking forward to checking it regularly
OK, Amy, even though I never finished the Tech Challenge (I almost did!), I will try to do this. Thank you!
Hurray for blog! Thanks, Amy!
Well, I have attended workshops, read the lit, and now I will finally give this “blog” thing a try. Thanks for the nudge.
Yeah for the new CJRLC blog — it looks great. Also, this ten new things idea is fab. I am looking forward to the next 10 things already.
Great idea, Amy! One step at a time starts the journey. Blog is very inviting.You’re doing a great job!
Love the new CJRLC Blog! Great design and I’m sure it will be successful. And, whoa, look at that, it even has an RSS feed! Kudos, Amy!
This blog and the “Ten Things” are great!. As a retiree living in SC, it is easy to keep up with CJRLC’s news.
So nice to see all of the nice comments!
Please share information about this blog and the TEN THINGS with your colleagues!
Thanks! Amy
OK! Ten things, only one a month, I can do it. And we’re off. Can’t wait for next month. See you in the blogisphere. Bobbi
you’ve got talent - thanks ffor sharing that talent via this great blog - will try to keep checking it from home
Looking forward to a selection of new tools. I especially liked the detailed instructions you left about exactly how to comment. (Yeah, it’s intuitive to most of us, but keep offering the explanations — it saves us reinventing the wheel).
Great idea. I’m interested in seeing what next month brings. Sheila
Amy, the ten things challenge is an inspired idea. Thanks so much! In addition, the blog is an excellent way to see the week’s events at CJRLC. Thanks so much for all you do for us. You are a gem! MK2
Interesting! I look forward to trying the next 9 things.
Good Idea! I plan to do all ten.
Isn’t this wonderful? Kudos to Amy and the team at CJRLC!
Rachel (CAGS-Lakewood, NJ)
[...] If you missed the first thing you can go back and see it here. [...]
Okay…better late than never?
I think the new blog is wonderful!!
Keep up the good work Amy!
What would we do without all of you at CJRLC.
You are the best!
Keep it coming and we’ll keep blogging.
Thank you for your kind words and I appreciate the excitement about the blog! It’s easy to do good work when one works with such an excellent group of people!
Keep the comments coming!
Finally getting to my piles of “to do” things. Excited to add this site to my favorites. Thanks!