The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.
As 23 Things come to an end I enjoyed some aspects of the programme.
Some of my particular favourite things were a Doodle, IGoogle, Twitter and Flickr. I like Doodle, I have use this tool recently to set up night out for dinner with some of my colleagues and friends outside of work, the feedback I received was very positive. Flickr would be useful for my family, especially my sister as she will be able to send photos of her children to my mum in Barbados. I will try and continue to use my Twitter account, as I am not into social networking this will keep my feet wet.
I think web 2.0 may be useful for libraries and librarians, certain tools will be useful for individuals within libraries context.
Does having a Facebook page or a Twitter account makes a lot of difference to libraries? This is still new and we have to wait and see if the take up is good... In a sense libraries should utilize all tools that play a vital role in their future. For me I am happy not have a Facebook account, as I prefer to keep my privacy.
Finally 23 Things has given me a good taster of the social networking sites that are out there.
Wednesday 16 March 2011
SlideShare
I had a quick tour of the SlideShare presentation and also did a search of virtual and digital libraries and I found some useful presentations on this topic, this might me a useful tool in a library context.
Google Docs - Office 2.0
I never used the Google document until the 23 Things programme. I uploaded a word document from windows and share this with another participant
My feeling at present is I prefer windows, but who know in the future I might change my mind; I will start creating another document within Google docs and go from there
Wikipedia
I searched for a document to edit on wiki, reading the instruction I did not feel confident enough to edit a document. So being cautious I opted for the first choice.
I have created an account with UK Library blog wiki and add my blog link to this.
I learned little about wiki during the 23 Things programme, I will try in the near future to edit some documents and find out the full extent of what you can and cannot do on this site.
I have created an account with UK Library blog wiki and add my blog link to this.
I learned little about wiki during the 23 Things programme, I will try in the near future to edit some documents and find out the full extent of what you can and cannot do on this site.
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Creative Commons
Two Dolphins playing!!!
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Monday 28 February 2011
Flickr
This is the week I have been looking forward to. I've never heard or used Flickr, and until recently had never looked at YouTube. I'd just never had the time or inclination to work out how they worked. So this was a good opportunity to have a play around.
It was easy to register with Flickr with my Google account. And uploading photos seemed quite straightforward. I can see why Flickr could be a really useful tool for friends or family who want to share photos.
I can't see myself using Flickr, either in my professional or personal life. I don't take a lot of photos, as I hate my picture being taken, but this would be good to organize your holiday pictures if you a keen photographer.
It was easy to register with Flickr with my Google account. And uploading photos seemed quite straightforward. I can see why Flickr could be a really useful tool for friends or family who want to share photos.
I can't see myself using Flickr, either in my professional or personal life. I don't take a lot of photos, as I hate my picture being taken, but this would be good to organize your holiday pictures if you a keen photographer.
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