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Malware, phishing, viruses etc.

2010-02-18T19:43:00.000-08:00

Hi all

My family's computer is strongly protected against all of the above so I don't get to see too much of it thank goodness.

Mashups

2010-02-09T14:57:00.000-08:00

Hello once again

Bkkeeper - waste of peoples time in my opinion
BookTour - interesting
LibWorm - looks good
Visual Headlines - odd way of looking at news
Interestingness - interesting
Flickr Memari - fun thing to do
Let me google that for you - ok, but can't you get the same info from a straight google search?
Crime Reports - ok but do you really want to know what's happening in your meighbourhood?
Walkable - good idea

On the whole, I can see the advantage of mashups. I'm just about to go look at a few. Bye.....

IM,Skype etc

2010-01-26T16:21:00.000-08:00

The libraries that already use these are way out there. It would be nice to see more IT departments embrace such technologies. Considering there is a whole lot of people out there using im, skype etc, you would think IT departments would get on to it. I think customers out there would love being in such contact with their local librarian.

Google Docs

2010-01-17T22:58:00.000-08:00

Unbelievable. I love it. Now if I could have someone sit next to me to spoonfeed me through everything, it would be perfect.

I-Google, Ping, 43 MArks and All My Favs

2010-01-17T22:39:00.000-08:00

I quite liked I-Google. It was easy to customise even for me.

I had a quick look at the others. Was impressed. What on earth is going on out there. Do people do nothing but network?

Doodle, Google Calender, Eventbrite etc

2009-12-15T16:32:00.000-08:00

Interesting. Doodle and Google Calender seem good. I'll just stick with Outlook for now however.

I liked both eventbrite and eventful. Interestingly, Eventbrite called my location Fairfield and Eventful called my location Bankstown. Eventful won as I'm actually in Greenacre.

Really liked Anyinvite. I should pass that on to my kids.

RSS

2009-12-15T16:28:00.000-08:00

Do I know what RSS is? Yes.
Do I now know what RSS Filters are? Yes.
Do I use RSS feeds? No.
Should I use RSS feeds? Probably.
Would I use RSS filters? Definately. There is so much out there you need to have filters set up otherwise your inbox will be filled with stuff you really don't want or need.

Slideshow

2009-12-15T14:36:00.000-08:00

I have uploaded my presentation to slideshow and it is now available for all to see.

Nings

2009-12-13T15:39:00.000-08:00

Hello all

Have successfully joined the library 2.0 ning.

I'm finding it all very interesting and informative.

Bye for now.

Trouble joining library 2.0 ning

2009-11-22T21:21:00.000-08:00

Hi all

I am having some trouble joining the library 2.0 ning. I have added a photo but it won't accept it. The message keeps saying it has to be a jpeg, gif etc but the image I'm inserting is definately a jpeg. Is anyone else having the same problem?

Google alert, feedburner, survey monkey and evaluation of Web 2.0

2009-11-19T18:30:00.000-08:00

Hi all

Have successfully linked to google alert and feedburner. Google alert I'm ok with but i'm still a bit confused about feedburner.

Survey monkey is great. I'll be using that for sure.

Web 2.0 was fun while I did it but I must say I haven't continued to use it. I'm happy to know about all the applications so I know what people are talking about. I can't see myself using them in my personal time only because I'm not a big computer user but if work starts using blogs, wikis, flicker etc I'll be involved.

Bye for now.

first twitter

2009-11-02T00:30:00.001-08:00

Okay, I'm no longer a twitter virgin.

Twitter Twatter

2009-11-02T00:10:00.001-08:00

What on earth is all the fuss about. About as interesting as watching grass grow. I've got better things to do with my time.
You can probably guess I'm not the least bit interested in Twittering.

Updating my blog

2009-11-01T23:47:00.000-08:00

Hi all

Took me a while but I've updated my blog. Not too bad. You could spend a lot of time changing things. Would I keep changing things? Probably not. Why do people constantly change things?

Delicious etc.

2008-05-05T22:26:00.000-07:00

My delicious is delicious. Rushed it but i did it.

Podcasts

2008-05-01T02:14:00.000-07:00

Now this I really like and find extremely useful. Imagine missing a radi interview or something similar and having the opportunity to download the podcast and hear it, even while on the move on your MP3. Fantastic!
This concept could easily work for the library. Think of all the things you could podcast or vodcast for t he public to access.

Slamming the Boards

2008-05-01T02:03:00.000-07:00

I can just imagine the comments and reviews if my library decided to do this.
When do people actually find the time to check all the sites out. I can think of nothing worse than chaining myself to the computer in my spare time.
I must, however, be a dying breed as it is taking off all over the world.
Nice to see librarians getting it right with the answers.

You Tube and Google video

2008-04-17T18:55:00.000-07:00

Very very disappointed with week 6 as I couldn't view anything at work. I,t's next to impossible at home, although I should probably ask my teenages to I understand the concept and would probably find it fascinating.

The mind boggles when I think of what is on You Tube and Google Video. If and when I did access it I would probably become addicted to viewing videos of interest.

Wikipedias

2008-04-11T17:08:00.000-07:00

Wikipedias.
Great word, great concept, very interesting.
My daughter tells me that her school doesn't allow students to use wikis for their assignments as the info is not always correct. That may be true but everything I've read so far on wikis seems ok.
I've come across wikis quite alot when I'm searching google for customers but I never knew they could be used in such a variety of ways. Very interesting.

RSS FEEDS

2008-04-11T02:14:00.000-07:00

I've just finished with RSS Feeds. Do I understand them? In theory I do. Will I use them often? Only when I've figured out exactly what to do. I think I need alot more practice before I can say I have truly figured it out.
Would I use them everyday? Yes, in the areas that interest me. Feeds like news, cooking, travel etc. It's always nice to know the latest.
Would I use it in my work? I'm not too sure at this stage.

Flickr image

2008-03-05T19:12:00.000-08:00

I searched and searched for an image to add to my blog. I thought this was quite apt.

Why am I doing this?

2008-02-27T17:38:00.000-08:00

I'm pretty sure that by the time I finish this course there will another beginning with newer technology, but what the heck, I've got to start somewhere.

I've been hearing about blogs , RSS feeds, podcasting etc for quite a while, so it will be nice to know what everyone's talking about.

By the end of this course I expect to be an expert so watch out?