Hooray! I fianlly finished (in the nick of time too). Overall I think the program has been a worthwhile experience. I thought that I was fairly knowledgable about web 2.0, but I found out about heaps of things which I never knew existed. Highlights were Zoho Writer, Comix and maintaining this blog. I may continue with the blog (or start another). It's not to hard and I think I could come up with plenty to write about.
That's all from me for now (officially). Thanks for reading!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Downloadble Audio Books
I checked out the children's e-books at World E-book fair, unfortunately these weren't free... The selection seemed to be quite good. The free downloads links didn't work for me unfortunately (will give it a go when I get to work today in case it's just my PC. I also had a look at The Tale of Benjamin Bunny at Project Guttenberg (nothing to do with Police Academy). Downloadable audio books seem like the way to go in future - it avoids the problem of damaged CDs.
Podcast-o-rama
The library blog which I chose was Library Survival Guide. It seemed to be the best one available (I could have listened to heaps of them to choose somnething brilliant, but didn't have the time).
Another podcast which I'd recommend, but which isn't library related (and no longer has a feed) is this one. It's a few years old now, but loads of fun. It's a radio program Ross Noble did on Triple J.
Another podcast which I'd recommend, but which isn't library related (and no longer has a feed) is this one. It's a few years old now, but loads of fun. It's a radio program Ross Noble did on Triple J.
Meal...or No Meal
I checked out Youtube, which is a great site. I think most people have used Youtube at least once before because of the wealth of material available. I saw this on Sesame St a few weeks ago and thought that it was great. Shame it's not based off the Aussie version. Enjoy.
Third place is not a bad result.
Comiqs received third place in the "Fun Stuff" category of the Web 2.0 Awards. It allows you to create comics online. I'm interested in comics so the site instantly appealed to me. Unfortunately, the comic which I created is a little uninspired...Also I had trouble uploading it straight to the blog, so I have a screengrab there until I can get that working. As far as using this in a library setting - perhaps for spongeclub or for teens.
Post from Zoho. About a Fox.
I thought I'd write more about that quick brown fox that jumped over the lazy dog. He's quick, but smelly. That fox really needs a bath because the dog wasn't happy about being jumped over and has quite a good sense of smell. Not a good idea to jump a hound. Fox hunting should be outlawed, but unfortunately for the brown fox, the dog is going on a hunt next week and will be looking to get his revenge.
It's Just Like MS Office - only slightly less evil.
Zoho Writer was great to use. It would be good to recommmend to customers while we are waiting for MS Office to be loaded on to the internet PCs. I've discovered the "post to blog" function, so my next post will (hopefully) be straight from Zoho. Here goes...
Elephants Love Peanut Butter Wikis
I liked the book lovers wiki. It was the most fun of all the library-related wikis I had a look at. I also checked out some wikis which weren't library related. This one was pretty cool.
This blog has also been added to the Favorite Blogs page of the Learning 2.0 sandbox wiki. Only a matter of time before it becomes one of the essential reads on the web...
This blog has also been added to the Favorite Blogs page of the Learning 2.0 sandbox wiki. Only a matter of time before it becomes one of the essential reads on the web...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
I Feel Sad that Mr T has to Spruik Snickers Bars to Earn a Living.
“I pity the fool who hasn’t explored del.icio.us”- Someone else.
I was a bit sceptical about del.icio.us. Why would I put all of my bookmarks online when I really only use the personal ones at home and the work ones at work anyway?
I found out why.
It was a good way of finding connections to more stuff which was related but not necessarily obvious just from clicking around the websites which I visit. Here's an example - hilarious and sad...yet strangely appetising (or delicious?). I might even use del.icio.us once this program is over. Here's my tags so far.
This blog is also "claimed on Technorati. One tag is listed for this posting, more may follow if I have time. I also had a read of a few articles about Library 2.0 - this one is worth a look as an example of sopmeone trying to nail things down. It seems no-one has a clear definition of what web 2.0 is let alone library 2.0 is. I think it's a case of wait and see at this stage.
Unfortunately as web 2.0 has very little to do with fading 80s action stars, this post contains only contains one more T related word - Frohawk.
Mr T
I was a bit sceptical about del.icio.us. Why would I put all of my bookmarks online when I really only use the personal ones at home and the work ones at work anyway?
I found out why.
It was a good way of finding connections to more stuff which was related but not necessarily obvious just from clicking around the websites which I visit. Here's an example - hilarious and sad...yet strangely appetising (or delicious?). I might even use del.icio.us once this program is over. Here's my tags so far.
This blog is also "claimed on Technorati. One tag is listed for this posting, more may follow if I have time. I also had a read of a few articles about Library 2.0 - this one is worth a look as an example of sopmeone trying to nail things down. It seems no-one has a clear definition of what web 2.0 is let alone library 2.0 is. I think it's a case of wait and see at this stage.
Unfortunately as web 2.0 has very little to do with fading 80s action stars, this post contains only contains one more T related word - Frohawk.
Mr T
There's a Bear in There...
It's play week!
1) Image Generators
I tried a few of the image generators which are around. One was Cooltext. It wasn't very helpful unless I wanted to have cool sparkles or a new Myspace layout (that's sooo 2006...).
Most of them were very limiting from my point of view (I’m used to creating images in Photoshop though).
One site which had an image/animation generator which I thought was kind of clever was this one. My very creative effort is here. Enjoy!
2) LibraryThing
LibraryThing was worth checking out. After entering some books into the library it was interesting to see a list of people who had the same books appear. I’m not sure that I would use LibraryThing much. It’s a bit like a blog in that the more that’s on it the more useful it is. I don’t see myself having the dedication to add things to it all the time to keep it fresh.
Anyhow, here’s my (very small) library.
3) Rollyo
Was pretty useful. I only specified five websites for my Searchroll, which came up with results which were very specific. I also tried a search using no filtering, which gave really vague results in comparison.
My Searchroll is located here.
1) Image Generators
I tried a few of the image generators which are around. One was Cooltext. It wasn't very helpful unless I wanted to have cool sparkles or a new Myspace layout (that's sooo 2006...).
Most of them were very limiting from my point of view (I’m used to creating images in Photoshop though).
One site which had an image/animation generator which I thought was kind of clever was this one. My very creative effort is here. Enjoy!
2) LibraryThing
LibraryThing was worth checking out. After entering some books into the library it was interesting to see a list of people who had the same books appear. I’m not sure that I would use LibraryThing much. It’s a bit like a blog in that the more that’s on it the more useful it is. I don’t see myself having the dedication to add things to it all the time to keep it fresh.
Anyhow, here’s my (very small) library.
3) Rollyo
Was pretty useful. I only specified five websites for my Searchroll, which came up with results which were very specific. I also tried a search using no filtering, which gave really vague results in comparison.
My Searchroll is located here.
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Missing Technology Related Post...
I meant to blog about this story a while back because I thought it was interesting. It's not actually that current now, but I still think that it's an important issue. "What is he even referring to?" you may ask. Go on.
This.
Yes, Google had a clause in their new browser's user agreement which meant that anything viewed using the browser belonged to Google. The situation has been apparently rectified, but it's still kind of worrying. Google have fingers in so many pies (digitising every book - ever, Google street view, Google earth, etc) that if they ever abandon their "do no evil' ethic, they will have a nasty little monopoly on gigantic amounts of important data.
It all sounds a little conspiracy theory-ish but it's true I tell you! And once Skynet is built we'll be overrun with Terminators and...
Well, I thought it was just an interesting article.
This.
Yes, Google had a clause in their new browser's user agreement which meant that anything viewed using the browser belonged to Google. The situation has been apparently rectified, but it's still kind of worrying. Google have fingers in so many pies (digitising every book - ever, Google street view, Google earth, etc) that if they ever abandon their "do no evil' ethic, they will have a nasty little monopoly on gigantic amounts of important data.
It all sounds a little conspiracy theory-ish but it's true I tell you! And once Skynet is built we'll be overrun with Terminators and...
Well, I thought it was just an interesting article.
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