Back again!
Just checked out a fun little site taht was a winner called Onesentence.org. Stories are told while using only one sentence. Not much to do with a library, but I thought it(or something like it) may come in handy for some of the short story comps that happen throughout the year.
I liked that it was a very simple idea and a very easy site to navigate and follow. Something that can catch your attention for the right amount of time. Just 'the bare essentials.'
Enjoy if you will.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
PBWiki
Nice little bit of fun here. Soooooooo many people like either cats or dogs! What about all those other fascinating animals out there? The Moose? The Orang Utan? The Spotted Quoll?
I am hoping that my link will come out ok as I just right clicked on the URL in the address bar and copied and pasted. It seemed to work so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I am hoping that my link will come out ok as I just right clicked on the URL in the address bar and copied and pasted. It seemed to work so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Wikis
Wow. These wikis are really something. I realised that they were able to be updated by (almost) all and sundry but I hadn't thought about their use as an alternative to emailing before. This type of information sharing would come in useful between branches of our library service and the council service with the planning of the new library and even between libraries with purchasing ,or aligning of collections, of books.
Even the adding of information as it comes to hand is very useful. Some of the smaller groups within the library can use these with ease to concentrate their ideas for meetings and such.
Wikis may lead to incorrect information from time to time but as it is quite quick to edit any text this probably would be caught before any great lentgh of time has passed.
I might delve into them a bit deeper.
Even the adding of information as it comes to hand is very useful. Some of the smaller groups within the library can use these with ease to concentrate their ideas for meetings and such.
Wikis may lead to incorrect information from time to time but as it is quite quick to edit any text this probably would be caught before any great lentgh of time has passed.
I might delve into them a bit deeper.
Library 2.0
G'day again.
Have just read a couple of the perspectives given about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0. Very interesting reading. I am caught in a bit of a quandry as I can see the need for( and am excited by) new technology and looking forward to the future, but (even given my relatively young age) I still love to be able to delve into books, periodicals, etc. To have something real and tangible in my hands is something that I hope I'll always be able to do in my life.
Don't get me wrong. I have found new and wonderful information at my fingertips in regards to other blogs that I would never have found if not for the 'net. To be able to read and check that information immediately is something a book or magazine will never be able to match. The instantaneous link and promise of a faster and broader base of information is very exciting.
I still love my books (and of course my collection of Phantom comics) so I hope there won't come a time when items like these are not produced anymore due to the overwhelming ease of the web.
Have just read a couple of the perspectives given about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0. Very interesting reading. I am caught in a bit of a quandry as I can see the need for( and am excited by) new technology and looking forward to the future, but (even given my relatively young age) I still love to be able to delve into books, periodicals, etc. To have something real and tangible in my hands is something that I hope I'll always be able to do in my life.
Don't get me wrong. I have found new and wonderful information at my fingertips in regards to other blogs that I would never have found if not for the 'net. To be able to read and check that information immediately is something a book or magazine will never be able to match. The instantaneous link and promise of a faster and broader base of information is very exciting.
I still love my books (and of course my collection of Phantom comics) so I hope there won't come a time when items like these are not produced anymore due to the overwhelming ease of the web.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Technorati
Hi there.
Just checked out Technorati and I can't really say I think that much of it. Yes the idea of having blogs listed and all their tags being available is good to have in one spot, but it is all too much. The sheer volume of blogs on particular topics is counter productive to doing a simplified search. Typing in a tag and then having to sift through mountains of blogs to get specifically what you are after seems very time consuming.
If you were after a lazy day searching for anything that took your fancy, it would be great fun. But sadly, I did not find Technorati much chop.
Just checked out Technorati and I can't really say I think that much of it. Yes the idea of having blogs listed and all their tags being available is good to have in one spot, but it is all too much. The sheer volume of blogs on particular topics is counter productive to doing a simplified search. Typing in a tag and then having to sift through mountains of blogs to get specifically what you are after seems very time consuming.
If you were after a lazy day searching for anything that took your fancy, it would be great fun. But sadly, I did not find Technorati much chop.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Del.icio.us.
Been a while.
Just looked at Del.icio.us and saw what a great tool it can be for quick links and searches. Being able to link straight to the page you are after and not having to search under various other keywords is such a breeze. Doing a quick search on "golf" brought up hundreds of different links and just adding a few of them is very handy.
The only problem with using it as a research tool would be knowing what tags other people had used. My idea of, say, the word basketball and its links may be completely different from someone elses and have nothing to do with the search I'm performing. And limiting a research question to my own definition may not get the desired answers.
Other than that it is a good and useful tool to organise my own 'favourites' in a way that would make a lot of sense to me.
Now, to Technorati and beyond!
tootles
Just looked at Del.icio.us and saw what a great tool it can be for quick links and searches. Being able to link straight to the page you are after and not having to search under various other keywords is such a breeze. Doing a quick search on "golf" brought up hundreds of different links and just adding a few of them is very handy.
The only problem with using it as a research tool would be knowing what tags other people had used. My idea of, say, the word basketball and its links may be completely different from someone elses and have nothing to do with the search I'm performing. And limiting a research question to my own definition may not get the desired answers.
Other than that it is a good and useful tool to organise my own 'favourites' in a way that would make a lot of sense to me.
Now, to Technorati and beyond!
tootles
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