To follow-up on my recent post regarding Google’s new My Maps tool, I have updated my SLA 2007 Conference Map on Google My Maps to include the recommended restaurants on the SLA’s Rocky Mountain Chapter conference wiki. I plan to add more to the map, including:
The next challenge is to figure out how to get this map on to Google Maps on my Blackberry!
Even more classics from Angry Alien Productions:
 Spiderman |
 Borat |
 James Bond Medley |
I still have to figure out how TypePad, Trackbacks and Technorati work I guess. I only just found out Connie Crosby tagged me for the list of 5 Little-Known Things About Me!
Hmmm…well, here goes:
I speak Spanish and Portuguese, fluently
My undergraduate degree from UMass Amherst is in Spanish and Portuguese. I speak Spanish almost daily and Portuguese somewhat rarely now.
I was voted Most Organized in high school.
How embarrassing – well, that is, until I became a librarian. 
I am obsessed with the architecture of and the people who built Berkshire County‘s cottages
I recently started editing Wikipedia to include more information about Berkshire County’s guilded age cottages
I am a Masters swimmer
I swim three times a week with a local swim club.
As a kid, I used to test Milton Bradley toys.
You have probably played Yahtzee or Twister or Stratego or Scattergories. All of these games were created by Milton Bradley Company. As a kid, I was in the enviable position of being a games tester. I had no idea what it was at the time, but on Saturday mornings I went to a local church basement and got to play all these cool new games, eat cookies and drink juice. Then, I had to answer questions about why I liked or disliked the games. Thinking back now, I wished I had paid more attention. I don’t think any of the games I tested ever became famous. It’s hazy now, but I seem to recall a game where you were a ghost who moved along the board through a haunted mansion. I didn’t like it very much.
I am tagging Derek, Jane & Rebecca, Gwen, and Stephen to tell us 5 little-known things about themselves.
Google has released a very neat tool for you geophiles out there: My Maps. I must admit that I am addicted to using the Google Maps mobile application on my Blackberry while trying to navigate the streets of Toronto, so I am looking forward to experimenting with My Maps, e.g. mapping my favourite restaurants in the city, etc.
My Maps allows you to make and share maps directly from the Google Maps site. Annotation tools include the ability to:
It’s very easy to add locations to your map found during a local search with a click.
Places found via GeoRSS or KML files can also be added to a map. (I haven’t yet experimented with KML or GeoRSS much, but it sounds like something to explore.)
The first map I created shows all the official conference hotels for the upcoming Special Libraries Association conference in Denver. I plan to create another one showing all the recommended restaurants on the SLA 2007 Conference Commitee’s wiki. What other maps would be good to make and share for the conference?
SLA 2007 Conference Hotels
A very cool tool indeed.
Most likely, I’m way behind in realizing how cool this is, but if you use Firefox and you use Amazon (.com or .ca), create a bookmarklet to search the Toronto Public Library’s online catalogue for the book you’re currently browsing at Amazon using the LibraryLookup Bookmarklet Generator.
Base URL: http://hip.tpl.toronto.on.ca/
Library Name: Toronto Public Library
Vendor: iPAC
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