Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use?
Using the google reader to find news sites : I searched for library feeds and have added them to my subscription eg,
http://www.librarian.net/
Which Search tool was the easiest for you?
Out of the 4 listed I tried searching simply for "LIBRARY NEWS FEEDS"
Feedster gave many and varied links, also there is a lot of embedded sponsored link sites in the margins which limits the "busy-ness" to a defined area of the page.
Topix.net, was great the way you can load in your specific area / postcode to search for local feeds
Syndic8.com, I liked the count summary it gave of how many sites it had located
Technorati, was the WINNER for me re easiest and also brought forth a little serendipity by locating a fellow 23 things blogger
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
TASK 8 :RSS
Ahhhh the simple life...it used to refer to primary production like milking your own cow and FEEDING the chickens : now it is electronic technology delivering customised news FEEDS to your PC.
What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?
The simplicity of installing them onto google account and that dreamy engineer on the video introducing the concept and his earnest(ness?) when he says they'd worked really hard to make it work so well.
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work or personal life?
Having added my work colleagues Blog accounts to my subscriptions who are also participating in the TQL program has set up an instant network to share our experiences and discoveries
How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology ?
2 spring to mind immediately....
Professional Development
Reference Queries
What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?
The simplicity of installing them onto google account and that dreamy engineer on the video introducing the concept and his earnest(ness?) when he says they'd worked really hard to make it work so well.
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work or personal life?
Having added my work colleagues Blog accounts to my subscriptions who are also participating in the TQL program has set up an instant network to share our experiences and discoveries
How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology ?
2 spring to mind immediately....
Professional Development
Reference Queries
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Task 7 Blog about technology in general +1
Sorry, but I simply must start this with a specific comment about the Gizmoz animation I just watched, as I do recognize the voice behind the character, AMAZING Robyn!!!
This easily leads me into commenting more generally about technology anyhow, as firslty it has become a lot more FUN and secondly it's more accessible to everybody with less techno savvy /skills to enjoy as a recreation as well as serving more work focussed purposes. Technology is constantly evolving from a tool to process data for corporate,administrative, scientific,educational ...yadda yadda applications to changing the platform of personal and professional development, how our interpersonal communication takes place and connecting in new social network environments. Technology can shape our very being as individuals.
However the issue remains of everybody actually having the opporunity and resources (eg. money,time, PC& internet connection)available to all groups in our community...thinking now of people's age and different socio-economic income brackets.
Oh well,as they say there it is in a nutshell...except for this
This easily leads me into commenting more generally about technology anyhow, as firslty it has become a lot more FUN and secondly it's more accessible to everybody with less techno savvy /skills to enjoy as a recreation as well as serving more work focussed purposes. Technology is constantly evolving from a tool to process data for corporate,administrative, scientific,educational ...yadda yadda applications to changing the platform of personal and professional development, how our interpersonal communication takes place and connecting in new social network environments. Technology can shape our very being as individuals.
However the issue remains of everybody actually having the opporunity and resources (eg. money,time, PC& internet connection)available to all groups in our community...thinking now of people's age and different socio-economic income brackets.
Oh well,as they say there it is in a nutshell...except for this
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Task 6 More Flickr
Today I am learning more about APIs (application programming interfaces), mashups and COVERPOPS.....
"Imagine a very large coffee table strewn with magazines or books, but you can point at any one of them and it flies up and into full view right away. Now imagine the coffee table as a web page, and you've got Coverpop, yet another great webhack from Jim Bumgardner."
--Peter Kaminski
As the task said to find an example of an intriguing one, this fits the bill.
It is kind of Andy Warhole pop art meets web technology. The mal-nutritional content contained in all the cereal boxes maybe symbolic. Plus the way each box spiralled up when the mouse was hovered over the graphic completed this spin out viewing experience.
Here it is..
the equivalent fiber of one box of colon-blow
http://www.coverpop.com/pop/cereal/
"Imagine a very large coffee table strewn with magazines or books, but you can point at any one of them and it flies up and into full view right away. Now imagine the coffee table as a web page, and you've got Coverpop, yet another great webhack from Jim Bumgardner."
--Peter Kaminski
As the task said to find an example of an intriguing one, this fits the bill.
It is kind of Andy Warhole pop art meets web technology. The mal-nutritional content contained in all the cereal boxes maybe symbolic. Plus the way each box spiralled up when the mouse was hovered over the graphic completed this spin out viewing experience.
Here it is..
the equivalent fiber of one box of colon-blow
http://www.coverpop.com/pop/cereal/
TASK 5 Discover Flickr
Task 5:
This photo caught my eye when I linked into the "Interistingness" for the last 7 days page.
The colour and the composition of what is actually a very flat subject...as it would have to be being a prairie scene!
And also the notion that it might also be very familiar territory to the photographer interested me. The way they had captured it so creatively somehow demonstrated how they percieve what may possibly be "their own backyard" as being of strange, wild, natural, with a storm brewing, yet it remains beautiful....a place for all seasons.
So here it is....
"Prairie Storm, Summer Flowers "
This photo caught my eye when I linked into the "Interistingness" for the last 7 days page.
The colour and the composition of what is actually a very flat subject...as it would have to be being a prairie scene!
And also the notion that it might also be very familiar territory to the photographer interested me. The way they had captured it so creatively somehow demonstrated how they percieve what may possibly be "their own backyard" as being of strange, wild, natural, with a storm brewing, yet it remains beautiful....a place for all seasons.
So here it is....
"Prairie Storm, Summer Flowers "
Thursday, August 16, 2007
71/2 Habits of Life long Learning
Having just read the next paragraph of this week's task I thought I should answer the question....
For me : the easiest habit is setting the goal and the most difficult is having confidence in achieving the final outcome.
For me : the easiest habit is setting the goal and the most difficult is having confidence in achieving the final outcome.
Friday 17th August
Good morning all,
Pretty cool way to start the day really, having an audience of untold millions!!
"Sieze the Day" : have a creative and productive time at whatever will fill your next 24 hours.
Cheers.
Pretty cool way to start the day really, having an audience of untold millions!!
"Sieze the Day" : have a creative and productive time at whatever will fill your next 24 hours.
Cheers.
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