To be honest, the way the pics move makes me feel sort of dizzy!!! But when you actually get to the site, the shelf check series are hilarious- toondoo doesn't make them move, I discovered. I couldn't embed my fave into my blog though.
I guess you can print them, so this could be a pretty cool way of making publicity for a youth service event or something like that, rather than a usual poster.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Thing 37: Music to our ears
Last FM is a funny little site. I quite like it, but even though I have a pretty good download limit, I try to avoid it a bit, since youtube already takes a great deal of my quota.
The pc I'm on at the moment blocks this site, but I have used it a little before, so I guess that's okay. It is neat to find a way to check out music that other people have liked, if they liked something of yours. Of course, I like to borrow a lot of cds from the library that I wouldn't come across either, but actually, I'm a bit of a passive music person, I wait for sounds to come to me, either through recommendations, or if I like a track used in a TV show, rather than seeking stuff out much of the time.
The pc I'm on at the moment blocks this site, but I have used it a little before, so I guess that's okay. It is neat to find a way to check out music that other people have liked, if they liked something of yours. Of course, I like to borrow a lot of cds from the library that I wouldn't come across either, but actually, I'm a bit of a passive music person, I wait for sounds to come to me, either through recommendations, or if I like a track used in a TV show, rather than seeking stuff out much of the time.
Thing 36: Dressing up your photos
Hurrah! My favourite thing! Messing around with photos! A lot of people use our pcs and we have only the basics, and maybe some of them would like to enhance their digital pics. I used Picnik and I was pretty amazed by how easy many of the features were to use. They all have equivelants on photoshop, but photoshop is a lot bigger and a lot less intuitive! The only features that I really missed were layering, and to be honest, the text is pretty limited. Still, for a free program, that was pretty impressive!
So, from this...
... to this!
Pretty neat, since I visited the Hundertwasserhaus in twilight and it was really hard to get a good shot, so this makes it more interesting!
So, from this...
... to this!
Pretty neat, since I visited the Hundertwasserhaus in twilight and it was really hard to get a good shot, so this makes it more interesting!
Thing 35: Mini or Micro Blogging
Twitter is quite the in thing at the moment from what I can figure. I have a couple of thoughts. A blog I used to read quite happily has become a lot less interesting since the writer now updates almost solely from twitter meaning that there are pretty much only out of context single sentences rather than what used to be a pretty interesting blog. On the other hand, I find the updating of facebook status/having a little corner of the blog devoted to twitter is fine. I guess this is the crux of it- in small doses it's fun and even useful- in large doses, it's not!!!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Thing 34: Using the Web for Better Health
Hmm. The idea of using the web for better health is one thing, but I don't know, these seemed like weight loss websites and not health websites. Also, since I think community and food go hand in hand, the forum/community aspect seemed a little lacking to me... Honestly, with all the negative press about pro anorexia sites lately, I've had a little squirrel around, and much as the net can be used for good, it seems a little sad how many 'pro-ana'/'pro-unhealthy' choices sites there are... These don't seem that far removed, honestly.
Okay, this makes me angry, I'm going to stop!!!
Okay, this makes me angry, I'm going to stop!!!
Monday, April 7, 2008
Thing 33: Express Yourself Through Online Art
Online art... I went to the art gallery at Fed Square the other day and I found it really cool to see non digital art. It had been a while since I had appreciated something that wasn't created in photoshop. Anyway, as the 2.1 site suggests, there's no purpose to any of these but to while away the hours, but I can certainly attest to having fun and purpose in photoshop many a time!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Thing 31: Get Organized with Plaxo
This one really serves to remind that I am going on Annual Leave in 65 days! Yes, this was the main event I put into the calendar, and I did kind of like that it counted down... but since this means it's 64 days until my last assignment for the semester is due in, I've really been sticking my head in the sand about this!!!
I do like this, and I think it's pretty useful for use all round, although I think in a way, phones that can do all the calendar type things may have already superceded an online calendar- now, I did see that the premium version offers the chance to sync to a windows based phone (not sure what a windows phone is, I can't even figure out how to attach my phone to my pc to get the pictures off it), but I do find it good in general when things go together, in the sense that I'm impressed with the way a google account is more than an email account these days.
For the library, I would say the most useful way of this kind of tool is in the larger scale internet demos such as the google one I remember we did last year. The coolest feature, imo, is being able to share calendars, and I have used this kind of feature before to make holiday/itinerary plans with people before.
For me, though, my little A5 calendar is somehow the easiest thing to slip into my bag and keep myself organised...
I do like this, and I think it's pretty useful for use all round, although I think in a way, phones that can do all the calendar type things may have already superceded an online calendar- now, I did see that the premium version offers the chance to sync to a windows based phone (not sure what a windows phone is, I can't even figure out how to attach my phone to my pc to get the pictures off it), but I do find it good in general when things go together, in the sense that I'm impressed with the way a google account is more than an email account these days.
For the library, I would say the most useful way of this kind of tool is in the larger scale internet demos such as the google one I remember we did last year. The coolest feature, imo, is being able to share calendars, and I have used this kind of feature before to make holiday/itinerary plans with people before.
For me, though, my little A5 calendar is somehow the easiest thing to slip into my bag and keep myself organised...
Monday, March 31, 2008
Thing #30- Lolcats
Meh. I mean, I know the caption doesn't go with the picture, but I couldn't force myself to deliberately use wrong grammar. I get that Anil Dash has a whole article about the idea that lolcats can have a particular grammar, but I just doubt everyone making lolcats realises this!Anyway, of all the things we've done so far, I think this is probably the least useful for us at the library.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Thing 29- Scrapblog
It would appear I've been having a busy 2.1 day. And yes, I found one I like quite a lot, after a few things that weren't really my cup of tea.
Like Anne, the photobucket thing/link didn't work for me, but it wasn't too much of a hassle to save my pics to my pc, then just upload them. So my album is... here! Tada!
Um, yep, Twilight... pretty much. My only other thing about the thing that I didn't like was the shortage of darker pics/backgrounds- not specifically because I wanted to make a vampire book promo (which I did), more because there's more than cutesy stuff that a person might want to make... like so much, it's limited, and I'm sure there's a way to make it more interesting than just using the defaults available.
The thing for me is, I love technology, my laptop and I are practically attached by an umbilical cord, and I LOVE photoshop (not that I made the pics in my scrapblog, I stole them and I have no idea who made them), but I really like scrapbooks to be scrap books.
/end rant, since I already said I liked this new toy!
Like Anne, the photobucket thing/link didn't work for me, but it wasn't too much of a hassle to save my pics to my pc, then just upload them. So my album is... here! Tada!
Um, yep, Twilight... pretty much. My only other thing about the thing that I didn't like was the shortage of darker pics/backgrounds- not specifically because I wanted to make a vampire book promo (which I did), more because there's more than cutesy stuff that a person might want to make... like so much, it's limited, and I'm sure there's a way to make it more interesting than just using the defaults available.
The thing for me is, I love technology, my laptop and I are practically attached by an umbilical cord, and I LOVE photoshop (not that I made the pics in my scrapblog, I stole them and I have no idea who made them), but I really like scrapbooks to be scrap books.
/end rant, since I already said I liked this new toy!
Thing #28 Well, we're big rock singers...
...so I made a Twilight cover, since it's my latest craze, but to be honest, the program didn't thrill me, there just wasn't enough room for variables that I could find- much as I hate to say it, I think there's a lot more opportunity for creativity with microsoft programs like publisher, using their templates...
Friday, March 14, 2008
Thing 27: Photobucket
What I like about Photobucket: the url that each pic gets assigned! Super handy for just putting the image into any kind of webpage as a signature image, or just as a pretty addition to a post...
...such as this, the cover of the latest book I read.
What I don't like about photobucket is how easy it is to not have a private account, meaning that anything you find in anyone's account might not have been put there by them, so giving credit to the person/account where you found the art might be redundant...
...such as this, the cover of the latest book I read.
What I don't like about photobucket is how easy it is to not have a private account, meaning that anything you find in anyone's account might not have been put there by them, so giving credit to the person/account where you found the art might be redundant...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Thing 26: Little bits of the Internet, on your desktop
Random observation: yes, vista comes with widgets, minis, all sorts of fun. It also takes a very long time to open, even with 2gb of ram... Yep, I'm an XP gal! Just upgraded two weeks ago, and I'm very happy with my shiny new (old) operating system!
Okay, so I had a little look at putting a widget into my blog, which is fine- you'll find it right here above my post- but that's the thing- wouldn't I want a widget thingy in my sidebar, not my main content? And I noticed Livejournal wasn't catered for, so I found that a little strange, so it's pretty limited to not have the option of getting some kind of code to put in wherever appropriate...
Okay, so I had a little look at putting a widget into my blog, which is fine- you'll find it right here above my post- but that's the thing- wouldn't I want a widget thingy in my sidebar, not my main content? And I noticed Livejournal wasn't catered for, so I found that a little strange, so it's pretty limited to not have the option of getting some kind of code to put in wherever appropriate...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
#25 Making Newsletters
All that comes to mind is, if I was still doing the Hawthorn Historical Society newsletter, it would be a useful tool. Letterpop.com, that is.
As it is, somebody show this site to Emma, stat!
Actually, I might be able to find a use or two for it... it also makes me think about those Christmas Card newsletters a lot of my American friends do, so if I was that kind of person, that would be cool too. But the problem I am having is I can't figure out if I can create my own background pictures or use my own pictures in the headers- making this another version of LiveJournal (except completely and utterly different, except for the fact I'm not savvy enough to code my own layout...)
To be continued...
As it is, somebody show this site to Emma, stat!
Actually, I might be able to find a use or two for it... it also makes me think about those Christmas Card newsletters a lot of my American friends do, so if I was that kind of person, that would be cool too. But the problem I am having is I can't figure out if I can create my own background pictures or use my own pictures in the headers- making this another version of LiveJournal (except completely and utterly different, except for the fact I'm not savvy enough to code my own layout...)
To be continued...
#24- Back to it, Summer break is OVER!!!
Zamzar... file conversion... this, that, the other... *snaps back from daze*
Well, hasn't there been some problems with people using vista and creating word documents, then not being able to open them on our pcs? This rings a bell- perhaps this is a good way for us to combat this problem. If I recall rightly, these vista docs are '.docx'?
In any case, either I did something wrong, or when it says it takes a while, it wasn't kidding, since my converted file isn't yet in my inbox... *waits patiently*
Edit: File arrived, converted and shiny... and identical to the old file, except different. All good.
Well, hasn't there been some problems with people using vista and creating word documents, then not being able to open them on our pcs? This rings a bell- perhaps this is a good way for us to combat this problem. If I recall rightly, these vista docs are '.docx'?
In any case, either I did something wrong, or when it says it takes a while, it wasn't kidding, since my converted file isn't yet in my inbox... *waits patiently*
Edit: File arrived, converted and shiny... and identical to the old file, except different. All good.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...
I hope it's the end... I have to leave my pc in about ten minutes!!!
Final reflections:
-I was a late starter with the course, so was kinda rushed on a few of the parts, especially the last two.
-I wish I had started earlier, because it was a fun week. It was also nice to be able to chat with colleagues about it, rather than each doing our own thing as we usually do we were all on the same task.
-I can't believe work paid me to explore YouTube... that's pretty nice!
-I am totally inspired to get going with my personal blog, I gave it a new layout already!
-I found a few things a bit twisty and a lot of work, but much of what was accessed was intuitive.
-I LOVE the internet.
Final reflections:
-I was a late starter with the course, so was kinda rushed on a few of the parts, especially the last two.
-I wish I had started earlier, because it was a fun week. It was also nice to be able to chat with colleagues about it, rather than each doing our own thing as we usually do we were all on the same task.
-I can't believe work paid me to explore YouTube... that's pretty nice!
-I am totally inspired to get going with my personal blog, I gave it a new layout already!
-I found a few things a bit twisty and a lot of work, but much of what was accessed was intuitive.
-I LOVE the internet.
#22 Audiobooks (or "The end is in sight ")
Audiobooks are something I never gave much thought to prior to working at the library; I knew talking books were available, but catagorized them as something for the elderly, rather than something for my to listen to on my mp3 player.
That they are downloadable is very cool, and even more library like than podcasts!
That they are downloadable is very cool, and even more library like than podcasts!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
#21 Podcasts, Smodcasts!
It's not surprising that 'podcast' was the word of the year, it's all over the place. I think there is some confusion that is created by this 'new-fangled' term, but the concept is simple: audio on the net. It doesn't get more simple than that, does it? (I hope not.)
I've elected to try podcast.net, and being me, checked out the 'entertainment section'. I wondered if I would find anything about the Hollywood Writer's Strike, but that wasn't to be. I couldn't find anything, so I just clicked on the television one and found a Heroes podcast.
To be honest, the podcast itself was kind of dull, but as a tool, podcasts are awesome and of the many many tools we have looked at in recent days, it's my opinion that these for libraries are one of the most useful and versatile.
I've elected to try podcast.net, and being me, checked out the 'entertainment section'. I wondered if I would find anything about the Hollywood Writer's Strike, but that wasn't to be. I couldn't find anything, so I just clicked on the television one and found a Heroes podcast.
To be honest, the podcast itself was kind of dull, but as a tool, podcasts are awesome and of the many many tools we have looked at in recent days, it's my opinion that these for libraries are one of the most useful and versatile.
#20 You too can YouTube
YouTube. Since I've had decent net at my place, YouTube has been my friend. I've used it for a few purposes- some friends made vids last year to share our Christmas with friends around the world, and... music video clips! Woo! I don't have a T.V. but I used to when I lived OS and was quite the MTV addict. Through YouTube I've been able to discover obscure clips for songs that were hits a few years ago.
This one is a fave of mine. A retrospective kind of piece looking at German identity. At the end of '04 you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing this one. Everybody loves home videos, YouTube just opens the doors for something more.
As for a wider use of YouTube; it's a bit like everything we've been exploring, really. Many things have multiple applications and open up doors and opportunities. YouTube may not have been designed with libraries in mind, but it's another way of recording info and therefore widening its audience.
This one is a fave of mine. A retrospective kind of piece looking at German identity. At the end of '04 you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing this one. Everybody loves home videos, YouTube just opens the doors for something more.
As for a wider use of YouTube; it's a bit like everything we've been exploring, really. Many things have multiple applications and open up doors and opportunities. YouTube may not have been designed with libraries in mind, but it's another way of recording info and therefore widening its audience.
#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools
Here we see a list of sites which we have explored in recent days, let's look for something a little different...
Yelp is American based, which I didn't know on opening it; it is a travel site dedicated to talking about the good and not good of each location, a little more personalised than something big like the lonely planet site.
Already Boroondara Library Service has had an online travel demo talk/night/event. Sites like yelp could really be valuable in personalising a person's trip plans and giving them the chance to interact with people who have been to their destination.
Yelp is American based, which I didn't know on opening it; it is a travel site dedicated to talking about the good and not good of each location, a little more personalised than something big like the lonely planet site.
Already Boroondara Library Service has had an online travel demo talk/night/event. Sites like yelp could really be valuable in personalising a person's trip plans and giving them the chance to interact with people who have been to their destination.
#18 Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktops- part ii
See below for evidence of posted doc from zoho!
Zoho doc.1 v.1
Welcome to Zoho Document the first, written by Boruvka.
Unfortunately said correspondent isn't really sure what to say. She is, however, very happy, for several reasons:
Amazon delivered Veronica Mars dvds yesterday.
The evil housemate is moving out.
It's summer.
The night market at Vic Market is back and was fun yesterday.
She is going to Sydney for the weekend.
Life is good.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
#18 Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktops
This is totally neat. For ages I have used email drafts on my google account to write documents which I will later need on my PC, when elsewhere. On top of this, the opportunity for shared authoring in a document is of the good.
Glancing through just at a little list of the names is impressive, with google and zoho leading the way.
Posting wasn't easy. It would have been, but I think I made it more complicated than it had to be, forgetting the difference between my online name, and my user name, which for blogger is my email address.
See above to see if it worked...
Glancing through just at a little list of the names is impressive, with google and zoho leading the way.
Posting wasn't easy. It would have been, but I think I made it more complicated than it had to be, forgetting the difference between my online name, and my user name, which for blogger is my email address.
See above to see if it worked...
#17 Playing around with PBWiki
I'd love to say I love it, but the instructions on inserting the link confused me. A lot. And then it turned out after this really complicated little speech in the podcast, referring us to the funny dashed lines about the '\' (), that all you had to do was a) type in the url, or b) use a little linky button exactly like we do here. You know, that cute little picture of the world and a chain/link...
But yes, I added a favourite or two. And yes, this was in the fave TV shows section.
But yes, I added a favourite or two. And yes, this was in the fave TV shows section.
#16 So what’s in a wiki?
In a way this is the one I had been waiting for. I mean, I use wikipedia quite a lot normally. It's a good site for looking up spoilers for Grey's Anatomy when I just can't wait (which is every week).
In terms of advantages and disadvantages, wikis mean that everybody can contribute, which is obviously both good and bad. While wikipedia, from a scholarly point of veiw, can be viewed with disdain, I think this is something of a generalisation stemming from the idea that print equals verification, and like anything, if you're investigating something important to you, scholarly or not, chances are you'll check multiple sources anyway. Certainly I have other sources for info on Grey's Anatomy too. So I would suggest the wikipedia is the best thing since sliced bread, and a great source for all sorts of things as well as pop culture.
The idea that wikis can be manipulated, in my opinion, is almost naive, since anything that is written, published or not, is written with an agenda in mind. The onus is on the reader who needs to be discerning in using the source.
How to use wikis in the library- a totally neat way for customers to interact, something like an online book group, really. Princeton Public Library has a wiki which does just this, and it's rather good in terms of options. User names are displayed, meaning a librarian may have more authority than someone called 'anonymous', but there's still a place for everyone.
In terms of advantages and disadvantages, wikis mean that everybody can contribute, which is obviously both good and bad. While wikipedia, from a scholarly point of veiw, can be viewed with disdain, I think this is something of a generalisation stemming from the idea that print equals verification, and like anything, if you're investigating something important to you, scholarly or not, chances are you'll check multiple sources anyway. Certainly I have other sources for info on Grey's Anatomy too. So I would suggest the wikipedia is the best thing since sliced bread, and a great source for all sorts of things as well as pop culture.
The idea that wikis can be manipulated, in my opinion, is almost naive, since anything that is written, published or not, is written with an agenda in mind. The onus is on the reader who needs to be discerning in using the source.
How to use wikis in the library- a totally neat way for customers to interact, something like an online book group, really. Princeton Public Library has a wiki which does just this, and it's rather good in terms of options. User names are displayed, meaning a librarian may have more authority than someone called 'anonymous', but there's still a place for everyone.
"I think we're going to have to ring I.T."
If I had a dollar each time I heard that...? I probably couldn't quite retire, but I'd have a nice meal out, that's for sure.
I digress.
I digress.
#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 ...
The web used to be a game. Convincing one's parents it was 'totally necessary' for school work. As if! We chatted with strangers on yahoo chat using ridiculous pseudonyms, simply because we could. We laughed at the idea of meeting with these people in real life and scoffed at the idea of relationships that arose from meeting on the net.
This changed. Like I said, I am sending snail mail cards to my friends this year, friends with obscure nicks which are not meaningless but offer a window into the personality of the very real person on the other side of the unwired world.
Where am I going with this? Ah, yes. Technologically speaking, generally speaking. The use of the net used to be a novelty, as were mobile phones. Now they're organically part of our lives and equally, web 2.0 will organically become part of the library scope. Baby steps at the moment means that discussions about in the work room "remember, write down your password. write it down. are you writing it down!!!???", "are you doing this blog thing?", "what's web 2.0?" and "access seems to have been blocked.", "i can't access this podcast." "what was my username!?"
But, surely, not too long from now... this will all be normal.
Just remember... don't forget to remember your username, password and email address. From there, the world's your oyster.
"Librarian 2.0 makes good, yet fast decisions This librarian recognizes how quickly the world and library users change with advancing technology."
Agreed. It changes, it grows, and at some point it becomes normal.
This changed. Like I said, I am sending snail mail cards to my friends this year, friends with obscure nicks which are not meaningless but offer a window into the personality of the very real person on the other side of the unwired world.
Where am I going with this? Ah, yes. Technologically speaking, generally speaking. The use of the net used to be a novelty, as were mobile phones. Now they're organically part of our lives and equally, web 2.0 will organically become part of the library scope. Baby steps at the moment means that discussions about in the work room "remember, write down your password. write it down. are you writing it down!!!???", "are you doing this blog thing?", "what's web 2.0?" and "access seems to have been blocked.", "i can't access this podcast." "what was my username!?"
But, surely, not too long from now... this will all be normal.
Just remember... don't forget to remember your username, password and email address. From there, the world's your oyster.
"Librarian 2.0 makes good, yet fast decisions This librarian recognizes how quickly the world and library users change with advancing technology."
Agreed. It changes, it grows, and at some point it becomes normal.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati
"So now that you’ve been blogging for a while, you might be wondering just how big the blogosphere is."
To be honest, no, not really.
Sorry, was that too blunt? What I meant was, I feel pretty unsuprised by the fact there are so many blogs out there, but the reality could well be that there are still many that aren't updated often. And many run by various people. I have three, two of which are active, including this. The third is a summer project, but actually when I know html well enough to justify paying for a domain, they'll be obselete in a way, beyond online diary use.
Anyway, my feelings about getting your blog tracked/looking for blogs on a particular topic: fine if you have a lot of time on your hands.
Now, LJ, on the other hand, is really a funny place full of individuals and communities, and that's cool, you can join communities so you get something like RSS feeds, so you're always part of the whole if you want to be. Then you add someone as your friend, can see their friends, all spiderwebbing out until everyone interested in the one thing are all connected. Blogger is much more isolated, and looking for content much more work compared to LJ.
Equally, if I joined a community on LJ I would know people wanted to read my stuff, but just offering it out there to technorati in case someone wants to read my thoughts on web 2.0...? Not so much.
Having said that, I had a play on technorati and checked out search options- searching for posts without authority, the word 'Boruvka' appears a whole bunch of times, including mine, which is kinda neat, and if the search is changed to blogs of 'authority' we come up with Bored in Brno who mentions the word. Which is cool.
To be honest, no, not really.
Sorry, was that too blunt? What I meant was, I feel pretty unsuprised by the fact there are so many blogs out there, but the reality could well be that there are still many that aren't updated often. And many run by various people. I have three, two of which are active, including this. The third is a summer project, but actually when I know html well enough to justify paying for a domain, they'll be obselete in a way, beyond online diary use.
Anyway, my feelings about getting your blog tracked/looking for blogs on a particular topic: fine if you have a lot of time on your hands.
Now, LJ, on the other hand, is really a funny place full of individuals and communities, and that's cool, you can join communities so you get something like RSS feeds, so you're always part of the whole if you want to be. Then you add someone as your friend, can see their friends, all spiderwebbing out until everyone interested in the one thing are all connected. Blogger is much more isolated, and looking for content much more work compared to LJ.
Equally, if I joined a community on LJ I would know people wanted to read my stuff, but just offering it out there to technorati in case someone wants to read my thoughts on web 2.0...? Not so much.
Having said that, I had a play on technorati and checked out search options- searching for posts without authority, the word 'Boruvka' appears a whole bunch of times, including mine, which is kinda neat, and if the search is changed to blogs of 'authority' we come up with Bored in Brno who mentions the word. Which is cool.
#13 Tagging, folksonomies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us
Tagging. It's a tool I underuse, I have to say. I am however, familiar with the concept, so let's see where this takes us...
*Fade to black, then fade back in, with subtitle 'a few moments later...'*
Not very far, apparently.
You see, my top secret password that I have happily applied to the many many (hundreds? thousands?) of sites I have had to join in recent days, has at last been rejected. And I don't really feel the urge to change passwords. Not that I want to divulge my password, I will say "may not contain any part of your username or full name " was the problem... No, my password is NOT Boruvka!!!
Second try: my second choice of user name has already been taken...
Third try: Taken.
Okay. This is ridiculous. Next topic, will return if I have time.
*Fade to black, then fade back in, with subtitle 'a few moments later...'*
Not very far, apparently.
You see, my top secret password that I have happily applied to the many many (hundreds? thousands?) of sites I have had to join in recent days, has at last been rejected. And I don't really feel the urge to change passwords. Not that I want to divulge my password, I will say "may not contain any part of your username or full name " was the problem... No, my password is NOT Boruvka!!!
Second try: my second choice of user name has already been taken...
Third try: Taken.
Okay. This is ridiculous. Next topic, will return if I have time.
#12- Rollyo...
Okay, this sounds complicated.
Well, let's just create another account- good thing I use the same name and password every time- and here goes:
My take is that for study it's all well and good, and kinda cool if you want to search through particular sites, but my fear is that searching like this could close doors as well. I am the kind of person who actually has a meticulously organized favourites folder on my own PC, with catagories such as "Photoshop helpers", "LJs I like" and "Useful sites", the last of which covers things like metlink and currency converters.
To me, it's hunting for the sites in the first place, and then gathering them into faves.
Ah well, here's a little travel one:
Well, let's just create another account- good thing I use the same name and password every time- and here goes:
My take is that for study it's all well and good, and kinda cool if you want to search through particular sites, but my fear is that searching like this could close doors as well. I am the kind of person who actually has a meticulously organized favourites folder on my own PC, with catagories such as "Photoshop helpers", "LJs I like" and "Useful sites", the last of which covers things like metlink and currency converters.
To me, it's hunting for the sites in the first place, and then gathering them into faves.
Ah well, here's a little travel one:
#11 The LibraryThing Continued From The Sidebar
The post on the side lists the books I have liked in the last year or so, just a quick snippet, really. Neat that it creates the coding to carry into the blog. I must learn html so I can make my own website.
*makes mental note for summer indoor fun*
This is the first time I have added something to the side, and that was quite fun!
*makes mental note for summer indoor fun*
This is the first time I have added something to the side, and that was quite fun!
Monday, November 26, 2007
#10 Playing around with images
http://www.glassgiant.com/snowglobes/
This is fab.
Except it's not working at the moment. It should save, then give me the coding to put it in this post.
So now I have tried http://www.imagechef.com/ which has told me it's linked directly here, but would have given me code too.
This is fab.
Except it's not working at the moment. It should save, then give me the coding to put it in this post.
So now I have tried http://www.imagechef.com/ which has told me it's linked directly here, but would have given me code too.
#9 Finding Feeds
Not sure how, but I guess I got out of order there.
Finding feeds? Again, not a tool that I really feel like I love. I see its usefulness, but it just doesn't float my boat. So be it.
At the end of the day- I have 'my' sites that I go to when I have a chance, being told they have been updated doesn't change my time to view them. This said, I would subscribe to my fave blogs/ljs in my private life. But I wouldn't look for sites to subscribe to for the point of subscribing. That's the key thing for me.
Feedster- out of action at time of posting.
Technorati- had a little look around for feeds about Kevin 07- a bit of a mixed bag, lots of comments all the same.
Finding feeds? Again, not a tool that I really feel like I love. I see its usefulness, but it just doesn't float my boat. So be it.
At the end of the day- I have 'my' sites that I go to when I have a chance, being told they have been updated doesn't change my time to view them. This said, I would subscribe to my fave blogs/ljs in my private life. But I wouldn't look for sites to subscribe to for the point of subscribing. That's the key thing for me.
Feedster- out of action at time of posting.
Technorati- had a little look around for feeds about Kevin 07- a bit of a mixed bag, lots of comments all the same.
Blog About Technology
As a side note, I can now listen to podcasts- whatever needed to happen to my PC for this to happen, has happened.
"We have all come along way using technology in a very short time. Can you remember learning to use a computer and a mouse (!!!), and having to send an email instead of faxing a memo?Imagine now having to cope without these technologies"
Okay, this is a fave topic of mine, but I'm behind the game so I'll keep it brief. I LOVE technology. I heart it. I think the internet rocks and I love using it in my private life. This year I am sending real Christmas cards via snail mail to friends I met online. I like it.
I remember when my net connection was so slow it made the work ones look speedy- I would open a browser- *has memories of using netscape, which she hasn't seen for years*- and simultaneously opening solitaire, for those moments the pages took too long to load.
I went camping and was smsed each hour election updates.
I don't remember learning to use a mouse. There are terms, something like technology natives and technology migrants, referring the the generations who have acquired PC/tech use, and those which have learnt it. The problem is, when does this change? At what point do I have to migrate?
"We have all come along way using technology in a very short time. Can you remember learning to use a computer and a mouse (!!!), and having to send an email instead of faxing a memo?Imagine now having to cope without these technologies"
Okay, this is a fave topic of mine, but I'm behind the game so I'll keep it brief. I LOVE technology. I heart it. I think the internet rocks and I love using it in my private life. This year I am sending real Christmas cards via snail mail to friends I met online. I like it.
I remember when my net connection was so slow it made the work ones look speedy- I would open a browser- *has memories of using netscape, which she hasn't seen for years*- and simultaneously opening solitaire, for those moments the pages took too long to load.
I went camping and was smsed each hour election updates.
I don't remember learning to use a mouse. There are terms, something like technology natives and technology migrants, referring the the generations who have acquired PC/tech use, and those which have learnt it. The problem is, when does this change? At what point do I have to migrate?
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
RSS Feeds
Yet another account... this time bloglines.com.
Am sure to join soon.
Edit. Okay. Have joined. Check.
Am currently subscribed to The Age. It's probably not going to change the fact that this is a site I visit when I feel like it...
http://www.bloglines.com/public/boruvka
It took a few goes, but this now public, which was needed to make it accessible from here.
My thoughts? The theory of RSS feeds is all well and good, but using a version of IE that doesn't really support the feeds is a little lame. Firefox all the way, imho.
Am sure to join soon.
Edit. Okay. Have joined. Check.
Am currently subscribed to The Age. It's probably not going to change the fact that this is a site I visit when I feel like it...
http://www.bloglines.com/public/boruvka
It took a few goes, but this now public, which was needed to make it accessible from here.
My thoughts? The theory of RSS feeds is all well and good, but using a version of IE that doesn't really support the feeds is a little lame. Firefox all the way, imho.
Flickr; part ii
Supposedly my pics will be scanned for location tags, at which point this data will be put into the map... which at the time of putting this in hadn't happened. But this is a neat tool which I would use for a travel blog, for sure. It's good that it gives you the coding to simply add into your journal. You can find it at http://www.flickrmap.com/.
Flickr
Flickr. Check.
Hmm, messing around with photos online is always fun. Personally, I find facebook an easier way of sharing photos, since there is more or less an automatic feed notifying friends of new photos. This is especially true when facebook friends are in pictures you upload and you then tag them. Plus, it's super easy to put the link into emails to non facebook friends.
The difference seems to be that flickr has more anonymity and more chance of people meeting strangers with common photographic interests, whereas facebook is more of a social networking tool for people who know each other in real life rather than virtually... of course, there is room for overlap!
The cool thing is the linking to a blog feature, which means that there's no need to be on blogger. LJs and other online journals are fine.
But really, to mess around with digital photos...? Photoshop all the way!
Hmm, messing around with photos online is always fun. Personally, I find facebook an easier way of sharing photos, since there is more or less an automatic feed notifying friends of new photos. This is especially true when facebook friends are in pictures you upload and you then tag them. Plus, it's super easy to put the link into emails to non facebook friends.
The difference seems to be that flickr has more anonymity and more chance of people meeting strangers with common photographic interests, whereas facebook is more of a social networking tool for people who know each other in real life rather than virtually... of course, there is room for overlap!
The cool thing is the linking to a blog feature, which means that there's no need to be on blogger. LJs and other online journals are fine.
But really, to mess around with digital photos...? Photoshop all the way!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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