Monday, July 30, 2007

Week 8 - Thing # 19 Web 2.0 Awards

I explored yelp and Pandora. Yelp is a city guide with reviews of restaurants, shopping etc... I think this is a great tool for people going on vacation. It would also be good for people who are new to an area as well because it includes maps. Pandora is a music site that was created by the Music Genome Project. You can create a free account that lets you create your own person radio station and sample music unlike other sites it let's you here the whole song.

Week 8 - Thing # 18 Online Productivity

I think Zoho Writer is great for people who don't have access to Word products. I found it to be pretty user friendly.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Week 7 - Thing # 17 The sandbox

I managed to put my blog on the favorites page but it seems there is a glitch so it took me a try or two. I found that people are able to use the wiki to share good information but they are also able to edit pages and delete items from the main page making it difficult for other users.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Week 7 - Thing # 16 Wikis

I think using wiki's would be a great way for teams to communicate. The down side is they can become overrun with spam and become disorganized.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Week 6 - Thing # 15 - Web 2.0, Library 2.0

In the article "Away from the Icebergs" Rick Anderson talked about no longer collecting in the traditional sense. He says we need to offer the patron everything such as digital collections, blogs pod casts etc. With so many ways to get information these days it would be great to have these things available on library websites for patrons to use.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Week 6 - Thing 14 - Discover Technorati

Well, I guess I should have read my horoscope today because my techi side in on a down slide. I could not get the Technoratori tour to work. I did manage to check out some things and found a blog called engadget. It's for un-techi people like myself. You can find out about i-phones, hdtv and so on.

Week 6 - Thing # 13 - Tagging and Discover Del.icio.us

I could not get the tutorial to work but I managed to look around and see how it works.

I can see where this could be a useful tool to use. It allows you to bookmark links that can be searched on a variety of subjects and also allows you to see what others say. Patrons could also subscribe to feeds available on your site and tag them.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Week 5 - Thing # 12 - Rollyo

This is my search roll link http://rollyo.com/index.html. So much to search. I need more time!

Week 5 - Thing # 11 - Lirbrary Link

I think this is so great and so easy to use. I like the way you can search right from your blog.

Week 5 - Thing # 10 - Generators

I found this "Chill Out" one at http://www.profilepitstop.com/myspace_flashpix/ It looks like an attention getter. Something you could use on a web page. There are different images you can use and you can also use your own pictures. It was fairly easy to use.