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Week 12 Social networking

2008-05-15T14:48:00.000+10:00

Well all good things must come to an end as the saying goes. I have thoroughly enjoyed doing this exercise. I have learnt a lot. Some applications such as second life I would not use but I have realsied the benefits of web 2.0 for libraries. I have really enjoyed keeping a blog and also wiki answers. I am addicted to wili answers.

Thanks for all the effort that you all put into this program.

Week 11: Online applications and tools

2008-04-27T15:04:00.003+10:00

I am amazed at the amount of free applicationa that are available from the net.Zamzar is to me particulary useful in that I can convert word documents into PDF with it. I originally signed up with Web2.0 out of curiosity and did not expect to learn so much and enjoy the journey that this has taken me on.

Week 10: Mashups

2008-04-18T11:49:00.006+10:00

I have had fun with big huge labs. The above jigsaw was created from this. I took the picture from the balcony of Junee Historical Museum. I had wondered what mashup was. I discovered what it was before this week as we are getting a new LMS at work and our OPAC will be a mashup of designs. YAY!

I have also created a calendar for May, using big huge labs, The photo is Monte Cristo house in Junee, supposedly has seven ghosts in it,

In the library environment this could be used in childrens activities.

Podcasting

2008-04-17T16:02:00.004+10:00

I always assumed that Podcasting meant that you had to have an IPOD to listen, so I never went there. (Please don't laugh. This is a 57 yr old remember)

I have had a heap of fun ever since discovering I can listen on my computer. I have been listening to http://www.heart1032.com.au/. Its a story on one of the announcers who went to Haiti for Compassion and then when the food riots began the whole team had to get out fast! I have listened to several that were suggested in this weeks Podcast, but have been finding a host of others to listen to as well.

A good time waster, am not sure what benefit it would be to a library unless one podcast author talks.

Week 8

2008-04-02T17:47:00.003+11:00

I have thouroghly enjoyed this week. tatse.com.au is a good site full of intersting ideas. I was already familiar with Yahoo 7Answers, Today I answered two questions on http://wiki.answers.com/. One was whether eculyptus kills rodents and no it does not. The other was how many sons did Ishmael have? That answer is found in Genesis 25. He had 12.

I have had real fun with this, this week.

Week 7

2008-03-22T12:19:00.004+11:00

Just had a look at week 7 and surprise. surprise I have also been using web 2.0 in another application for about a year and that is Library Thing. I am amazed at the amount of applications that I have been using for some time are web 2.0 technology. I am pleased to find that technology wise I am not as far behind the eight ball as I first thought. Not bad for some one who is almost 57! Yeah I know I will have to widen the doorways soon for my head to fit through. LOL!

You Tube, Google Video

2008-03-21T16:51:00.004+11:00

I have had fun with this, but also had difficulty embedding this into the blog.

This is from you Tube entitled "dont get caught working from home" It appealed to my whacky sense of humour and no, despite the picture this is not rude.

Wikis

2008-03-17T10:36:00.000+11:00

I had heard of wikis, especially wikipedia , but was not sure on how they worked, I think they are a wonderful tool, for Libraries and keeping up with all that is happening within the enironment one is in.

I also think that a wiki would be great for Local Studies, the Local hisotrical society in collaboration with the library would create a wonderful resource for local history info.

Then there is the children and Young adults who could have a wiki dedicated to them and library matters.

Homeless men book club

2008-03-17T10:24:00.000+11:00

What a great idea this is. Must give the men an identity of self worth.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/Story?id=4361989

All the accounts

2008-03-13T16:02:00.000+11:00

I have been reading some of the other blogs and hearing comments from various colleagues that are also involved in this program that there are too many new accounts we need to create. I am okay with it, but saw no real need to join bloglines when all the features that most of us need are already to be utilised in blogger. Thats just my two cents worth any way.

Week 4. RSS feeds

2008-03-11T11:15:00.001+11:00

Myself I prefer Google reader for RSS feeds. It is so much easier to manage and work your way around than blog lines. I am not impressed with blog lines.

I am very proud of myself as I have managed (after much difficulty I might add. LOL!) to put the New Zealand herald into this blog. Somehow I managed to put it twice into the blog and then had to figure out how to get rid of just one feed. Oh well, it is a learning curve and that is good.

I am learning so much from this program and I can envisage the many uses all this has for Libraries and the wider community. I feel that blogger especially is ideal in the library environment as we are able to put photos of various library events in as well as messages of closure and any events that are coming up. It would also be very useful in the Local Studies area as it would make the information available to all who require it.

I put in the RSS feeds that were recommended into bloglines , but also found one on diverticulitus and it was very useful, especially for one that suffers from it.

Tags: week 3. Web2.0

2008-03-09T17:15:00.000+11:00

Well I obviously did something right as I tagged my photos Hobart and when I looked for Hobart in flickr they appeared with a host of other people's work.

Hobart

2008-03-07T15:26:00.000+11:00

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2042/2315262285_f96b33496e.jpg

I love these markets. They are the Salamanca markets that are held every saturday in Hobart. You name it, you can buy it here

2008-03-07T15:11:00.000+11:00

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2315262581_642b48c2a1_b.jpg

This is Richmond bridge next to the historic Richmond jail in Hobart.

looking at other blogs

2008-02-27T18:36:00.000+11:00

Oh dear looking at other blogs in this web 2.0, this one leaves alot to be desired. As you can gather I am not a creative type soul.

In the coming weeks I am looking forward to "RSS; Use an RSS aggregator to connect to 5 RSS feeds and mashups what ever that means. I am hoping that learning this technology that I leave my daughters behind in the computer stakes.

Web 2.0 Tuesday 26th feb

2008-02-26T15:59:00.000+11:00

I had no idea until starting these sessions that I had already been using Web 2.0 technology in facebook , myspace and Flckr. I am finding these sessions a great learning tool.

I am a beginner when it comes to blogging. I knew there must be a way to edit this after publishing. It has taken me a while to figure out how.