Monday, November 19, 2007

#23 End of the road

Made it at last, and quite a journey thru the use of new web based tools and services. It seems like you could spend hours at your PC. I know for certain, it took more that 15 mins or one hour.

All in all a worth while learning experience. I have a new tech speak vocabulary. Also discovered some useful new internet service I might like to explore further. The Flickr photo management, Wikkis, Bookthing.

Glad to have reached the end of this program and would recommend to others. Only now I have more logins that store cards and not all the same. Finding a login which has not been used can take 15 mins and makes difficult to keep a single password for yourself that is easy to remember. I need a book of passwords and logins.

#22 Ebooks

I guess the main benefit of these ebooks is that they are available directly online. However, not easily accessible for visually impaired borrowers. Who pays for the service? Does it mean that you do away with Audio & audio CD format? How soon with this be the way of the future?

Sunday, November 4, 2007

#21 Podcasts, smodcasts

Woops, guess this is do not go forward and collect the $200 Could not get RSS first time. Guess this is where it take a lot of revision. Or a miracle

Add the RSS feed for a podcast????

#20 YouTube

This did not quite work as I had hoped! What fun???


http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-3508671005189874923


Will try again later.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

#19 Web 2.0 awards list

Things I’ve looked at:

Bookmarking - Ma.gnolia

Health - Peertrainer

Marketing - Conduit

Professional networking - Spoke

Retail - Threadless

You could spend hours exploring

#18 Web-based Apps Zoho Writer.

Best thing about this application are the templates providing different formats for document styles. Also allows to create documents without having to carry around the address.

#17 Playing around with PBWiki

Not planning to graduate from Wiki school anytime soon. I loved the potential of this resource however I would need lots of practice and tutoring to use this effectively. Entering into the domain of the technologically challenged. But determined to rectify the situation

#16 Wikis

I thought wikis were a great way to share information and communicate with borrowers I particularly liked these two:

SJCPL Subject Guides – a pathfinder wiki developed by the St. Joseph County Public Library system

oBook Lovers Wiki - developed by the Princeton Public Library

I guess the only caution is about the reliability of information.

Monday, October 29, 2007

#15 Onlibrary 2.0

This self pased learning journey has been interesting and varied. I'm sure when I've had a chance to reflect more I will find this a useful and valuable experience. At present I am a little overwhelmed by the number of profiles one needs to setup in order to exist in the virtual world.

#12 Rollyo

A useful way to store and share internet links on a variety of topics.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

taggin with De.licio.us

Massage therapists association edit / delete
Professional association

to Massage ... just posted
Infant massage edit / delete
Promotes the benefits of Infant massage

to Infant massage ... saved by 3 other people ... 1 min ago
Australian association of massage therapist edit / delete
Professional association

to Massage ... saved by 6 other people ... 2 mins ago
Massage australia edit / delete
Massage magazine

to Massage ... saved by 3 other people ... 3 mins ago
Reiki Australia edit / delete
Reiki contacts and studies in Australia

to Reiki Australia ... 11 mins ago
Singapore to Bangkock by train edit / delete
Planning a trip this might be useful

to Singapore Bangkok trains ... saved by 37 other people ... 13 mins ago

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Task 6 & 7 Flickr Fun

If I had more time to play, I'm sure that I could do something really creative, I'll keep this in mind:

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/

For future reference when I want to publish some pictures.

Task 11 Library thing

Monday, October 8, 2007

Task 8 Bloglines

Well wasn't this fun, fun, fun but I have to run. I am becoming an expert at setting up accounts on the internet for all sorts of things. Woulder if there is some $ value in this?

Here I am:
http://bloglines.com/blog/roundworld/rss

Still in need of further viewing.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

ulaanbaatur


Ulaanbaatar
Capital and largest city of Mongolia, lying to the north in the valley of the River Tuul in the Khenti Mountains; population (2000 est) 760,100. Industries include machine tools, cement, bricks, pharmaceuticals, carpets, textiles, footwear, meat packing, brewing, and distilling, especially of vodka. It is the centre of Mongolia's road and rail network, and connected to the Trans-Siberian and Chinese railways. The city is also served by an international airport.

Task 5 Art gallery


Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Beijing


This is a photo of a recent trip to Beijing. A gate to one side of Tienamin square.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

on hols

Gone fishing....If you want a good fishing spot try Mordialloc ...Great food...Great walking...Great beach.... Go early to avoid traffic!!!