Friday, October 19, 2007
#8 RSS Feeds
I have found this week the hardest and I really don't like not knowing what I'm doing! It is frustrating feeling so unsure about this weird and wonderful world of RSS and newsreaders. It seems like Really Simple Syndication feeds can be a really useful way to sort your access to current information. I set up a bloglines account with a few feeds about the book world and I really like the shifted librarian and unshelved. I also realised I didn't need too many feeds as there isn't enough time to read everything I have access too! Not only is there my email to read but also my bloglines account and journal alerts and professional reading for work and all the great new books I have reserved or that pass me on the returns trolleys and the weekend papers and my subscriptions to Donna Hay, Home Beautiful and Better Homes and Gardens!
And now there is my blog and all the other interesting blogs I want to read...
And now there is my blog and all the other interesting blogs I want to read...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
#7 Technology
" Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
Arthur C Clarke
I think it is great that so many of us are having a go and playing with all this new technology in libraryland! There was a real buzz of excitement last week at Knox as staff had fun playing and achieving success with their first blogs! It was probably disconcerting to the customers to find so many of us glued to our p.c's and alternating between frustration and elation in the race to get online and catch up with our peers. Some of us were setting up bloggs, some were discovering flickr and others were moving between teaching others and learning more about this whole new world!
It is a kind of magic that I don't fully understand, but I don't really need to know how it works in order to be amazed and delighted by the power of the internet in creating new ways for us to share and communicate and learn together.
Congratulations to those who are making this magic possible and good luck to all of us on the journey.
cheers
sblog
Arthur C Clarke
I think it is great that so many of us are having a go and playing with all this new technology in libraryland! There was a real buzz of excitement last week at Knox as staff had fun playing and achieving success with their first blogs! It was probably disconcerting to the customers to find so many of us glued to our p.c's and alternating between frustration and elation in the race to get online and catch up with our peers. Some of us were setting up bloggs, some were discovering flickr and others were moving between teaching others and learning more about this whole new world!
It is a kind of magic that I don't fully understand, but I don't really need to know how it works in order to be amazed and delighted by the power of the internet in creating new ways for us to share and communicate and learn together.
Congratulations to those who are making this magic possible and good luck to all of us on the journey.
cheers
sblog
Friday, September 21, 2007
#3 Flickr
Having lots of fun with flickr!
Still not sure what I am doing but I like this cute pic I was able to add to my blog. Now I want to add an image to my profile ... stay tuned for more!
cheers
sblog
Still not sure what I am doing but I like this cute pic I was able to add to my blog. Now I want to add an image to my profile ... stay tuned for more!
cheers
sblog
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