Post: Revisit the goals you set in Week 2. Did you reach them?
so to be perfectly honest my goal is to just really get through the 11 weeks with not to much trouble fuss and drama and go in the running for that ipod!!! but to serious i would really just like to be up-to-date with all the technology that is available to me.
...so that was little old me at the start of this whole thing. im pretty sure i reached my goal as i have finished the 11 weeks, and early mind you as i will overseas at the time of completion of this project. i do feel i am as up-to-date with technology as i would like to be. ill be more than happy to just stumble across the rest as i see a need for me to use them.
Post: What have been the highs and lows of the 23 Things for you? Where to next with emerging technologies? For you? For libraries?
having an IT boyfriend means i will always be surrounded by technology be it emerging or not so i will always understand the lingo students begin to use and if i don't i have a constant source to which i can turn to to find out more. but im now more happy to stumble across them rather than having to go hunt for them. the high would have to be facebook. to get the opportunity to join facebook for work but then get to use it to regain contact with so many that i have lost along the way has been great, and i know i will continue to use facebook long after this project is completed. Myspace who?? the low was probably time and guilt. i could always find time to do the things each week but i always felt guilty every time i signed on to do them. i only work 2.5 days a week in my two sections and to take an hour out of one or the other never seemed fair as the other would then get me for a longer period say. but i think i am over that now, mainly as i have finished. libraries will always have to emerge with technology, its just the business we are in. if we are not up-to-date how are we expected to really serve our clientèle the best they deserve.
neways im off on holidays now. see you all upon my return.
adios
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
i honestly love facebook. i had a (well still do) Myspace page but since joining facebook my Myspace page as gone dead. everyone is now using facebook. the people i have been able to regain contact with and keep in contact with is amazing. the range of things one can do on Facebook is cool.
libraries itself could have a presence on facebook if they do it right. have a page directly for Murdoch with one administrator and then add updates to the profile. that way anyone who befriends Murdoch or has friends that are friends with Murdoch will get the updates and see whats going on in the world of Murdoch, through the avenue which is all the rage right now.
below is a little clip that was posted on my boyfriends facebook page which i thought was quiet relevant to all those just joining a social network for the first time.
libraries itself could have a presence on facebook if they do it right. have a page directly for Murdoch with one administrator and then add updates to the profile. that way anyone who befriends Murdoch or has friends that are friends with Murdoch will get the updates and see whats going on in the world of Murdoch, through the avenue which is all the rage right now.
below is a little clip that was posted on my boyfriends facebook page which i thought was quiet relevant to all those just joining a social network for the first time.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
thing 23 = thing 33. Confused??
Thing 33: Express Yourself Through Online Art
im not an arty person myself but some how this title drew me to it (no pun intended). i had a play with "make a snow flake" and that was interesting the way it can take all the flakes i added and then make then move either 2d or 3d. impressive but not that much fun. "Mr Picasso Head" was a whole lot more fun. u get o chose everything to do with the head. one could spend hours on the different creations one could make. mine is only simple but the link has been added to my favourites so i can come bak to it one day and have an intense play with it. have a look below and see for your selves.
A Mr. Picassohead painting has been created for you to view online. Please visit the link below to see your painting, cruise the Mr. Picassohead Gallery, or to make your very own Mr. Picassohead.
http://www.mrpicassohead.com/canvas.html?id=b833f44&skin=original
im not an arty person myself but some how this title drew me to it (no pun intended). i had a play with "make a snow flake" and that was interesting the way it can take all the flakes i added and then make then move either 2d or 3d. impressive but not that much fun. "Mr Picasso Head" was a whole lot more fun. u get o chose everything to do with the head. one could spend hours on the different creations one could make. mine is only simple but the link has been added to my favourites so i can come bak to it one day and have an intense play with it. have a look below and see for your selves.
A Mr. Picassohead painting has been created for you to view online. Please visit the link below to see your painting, cruise the Mr. Picassohead Gallery, or to make your very own Mr. Picassohead.
http://www.mrpicassohead.com
Thing 22 - Death by Powerpoint
well thing 22 is all about embedding a slideshare we found interesting. and with it filled with library and web 2.0 stuff i thought boring, we all know about this. we have been doing it the past few months. so then when i saw the slide for Dragon Ball Z i thought perfect. its fun and interesting with heaps of colours but then thought to myself, what does Dragon Ball Z really have to do with libraries and emerging technology. so i went though the site again. and found what i thought to be helpful, relevant, interesting and a little fun. with all the Microsoft training that is beginning to be run and with power point just finished, i thought why not share this one with you all. i hope you enjoy "Death By Power Point"
Thursday, November 1, 2007
the real thing 14
mmm del.icio.us
heres my thoughts on comparing social bookmarking sites:
citeulike: not one i like.
i found it not an easy site to search as it did not list the relevant sites according to relevance which meant i was to thrall through all links and pages before i could find one/if any relevant pages for my search. this then in my books makes it a time waster
connotea: either broken or just really crap
not happy bout this site at all hey. was all in like this weird code and there were no titles therefore making the user have any idea what anything was. upon some exploring it turns out it was just a posting of a link. CRAP!!!!
Google: always my 1# choice
"Google orders by relevance - by number of sites linking to it. whereas social bookmarking site order by the number of users linking to it" Gwyn Campbell, 2007
therefore comparing it with a social bookmarking site in my books doesn't work as they are just not the same thing. its like comparing apples with oranges. found this the same as the library's catalogue. didn't understand why that was included as a compare.
dogpile: cool name!
although it has a cool name i didn't really like this site. it doesn't distinguish what is a sponsored site to what is not, and in my experience sponsored sites aren't that helpful. so therefore i would not be recommending this social bookmarking site to anyone. if it cant help the user by displaying its results in an organised way its no way useful.
zuula: weird name!
good for those who try to live outside the square but for those who are either just used to engines like Google and yahoo, or are not to computer savvy id say it would be a little too confusing. i know thats how i found it.
kart00:
all though its a visual delight i found it weird with all its results linking like a brainstorm and being what appeared to me all over the place. i found the lack of summary or explanation on how to use the darn site to be quite annoying and would defiantly never use this one again.
del.icio.us: yum yum
its very concise on the results it gives you but the page is quite plain and boring. i liked the feature where it shows how popular each result is which is always a plus when people are looking for information. if more users are linking to it then you get the feeling the information is highly relevant. one social bookmarking site i may have to remember for the future.
i can see where sites like these may have there advantages but i will be sticking to Google and yahoo.
citeulike: not one i like.
i found it not an easy site to search as it did not list the relevant sites according to relevance which meant i was to thrall through all links and pages before i could find one/if any relevant pages for my search. this then in my books makes it a time waster
connotea: either broken or just really crap
not happy bout this site at all hey. was all in like this weird code and there were no titles therefore making the user have any idea what anything was. upon some exploring it turns out it was just a posting of a link. CRAP!!!!
Google: always my 1# choice
"Google orders by relevance - by number of sites linking to it. whereas social bookmarking site order by the number of users linking to it" Gwyn Campbell, 2007
therefore comparing it with a social bookmarking site in my books doesn't work as they are just not the same thing. its like comparing apples with oranges. found this the same as the library's catalogue. didn't understand why that was included as a compare.
dogpile: cool name!
although it has a cool name i didn't really like this site. it doesn't distinguish what is a sponsored site to what is not, and in my experience sponsored sites aren't that helpful. so therefore i would not be recommending this social bookmarking site to anyone. if it cant help the user by displaying its results in an organised way its no way useful.
zuula: weird name!
good for those who try to live outside the square but for those who are either just used to engines like Google and yahoo, or are not to computer savvy id say it would be a little too confusing. i know thats how i found it.
kart00:
all though its a visual delight i found it weird with all its results linking like a brainstorm and being what appeared to me all over the place. i found the lack of summary or explanation on how to use the darn site to be quite annoying and would defiantly never use this one again.
del.icio.us: yum yum
its very concise on the results it gives you but the page is quite plain and boring. i liked the feature where it shows how popular each result is which is always a plus when people are looking for information. if more users are linking to it then you get the feeling the information is highly relevant. one social bookmarking site i may have to remember for the future.
i can see where sites like these may have there advantages but i will be sticking to Google and yahoo.
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