I can't help myself, I had to put w words in my title - sorry.
I'm doing this at a quiet branch on the weekend. I wish I'd read ahead and got the invite key during the week, and I could have finished the whole thing today. I sent the email for the invite key about half an hour ago, but I guess the good folks at the State Library aren't on call 24/7 to await my email.
Thank God Wikis are easier than both RSS and blogging photos, I'm still getting over the effort of those.
Seriously loved Wookieepedia,http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page I wonder if they've done one for Star Trek? I also checked out the Montana History wiki,http://montanahistorywiki.pbwiki.com/ as I have a cousin who lives there, and the full Library Success http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page because as those that know me realise, I just burn with ambition.
I guess sharing research is the Captain Obvious answer, particulary local history, which is often really "bitty" Publishing family histories could also be good. The branch is about to close so I may add more later.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Practice!!
Being a melbourne girl at heart, who could resist a tram! This is an extra practice entry because it didn't upload a photo properly before.
This tram is the sort I used to catch to secondary school, and I think I recognise the building as being on Glenhuntly Rd. I think it is part of the tram depot. Such fun - on to wikis!
This tram is the sort I used to catch to secondary school, and I think I recognise the building as being on Glenhuntly Rd. I think it is part of the tram depot. Such fun - on to wikis!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Shallow and brain dead!
Well I liked RSS once I got the hang of it, but it took me TWO 1 hour lunch breaks and several 15 minute slots. If I'd managed to read the bit in subscribe first, about how to add the sub with bloglines button into favourites, it would have all been good much sooner.
I think I read someone else's idea that a library newsletter blog/ rss feed would be useful linked to the library's web site, but this is what I also see as a really exciting way to make our library site interactive and used apart from being linked to the webcat.
I'm shallow in my choice of sites - I got the powerhouse museum one as asked, the Helen Blowers one 'cause I'm a responsible librarian, ABC news Just In because I usually read that anyway, Blognews because it was there, AND Hollywood celebrity gossip which is the one I'll read the most.
ciao
I think I read someone else's idea that a library newsletter blog/ rss feed would be useful linked to the library's web site, but this is what I also see as a really exciting way to make our library site interactive and used apart from being linked to the webcat.
I'm shallow in my choice of sites - I got the powerhouse museum one as asked, the Helen Blowers one 'cause I'm a responsible librarian, ABC news Just In because I usually read that anyway, Blognews because it was there, AND Hollywood celebrity gossip which is the one I'll read the most.
ciao
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Interesting indeed!
Basically I think its cruel to ask us to find an "interesting" image in flickr. It just makes my mind go blank and I can't think of a single thing I'm interested in.
I've uploaded photos to the net before with snapfish, and i think its a great way of sharing photos with friends and family who live far away, however for myself, I don't think that there are many of my photos that I'd want to share with the world. Call it paranoia, but i just think there are too many creepy people out there.
As I'm the mother of twins - a boy and girl who aren't particularly alike in any way, i thought i'd see what searching for twins on flickr would produce - lots about the Twin Towers, and this photo of quite old identical twins http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoneth/72248594/
I've uploaded photos to the net before with snapfish, and i think its a great way of sharing photos with friends and family who live far away, however for myself, I don't think that there are many of my photos that I'd want to share with the world. Call it paranoia, but i just think there are too many creepy people out there.
As I'm the mother of twins - a boy and girl who aren't particularly alike in any way, i thought i'd see what searching for twins on flickr would produce - lots about the Twin Towers, and this photo of quite old identical twins http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoneth/72248594/
Hopefully being brother and sister will mean that my twins won't look like this in old age, but if they do i wont be around to see it.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
I feel so 21st Century!
As someone who always said that the only reason I had kids was so I had someone to record my telly programs for me when i get old, I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself. So far I'm finding this self paced learning pretty straightforward.
From a librarian's viewpoint, online book discussion groups spring to mind as something that could be linked from a public library's webcat, not just for fiction books, but for people who have obscure hobbies and would like to get in touch with like minded people, or at least exchange ideas. I've read other people's blogs before, but have never contributed to them. In my own time I rather like reading celebrity gossip blogs, as the rules of libel and slander just don't seem to apply, and I don't contribute as I don't seem to move in celebrity circles and have anything to add(sigh!).
Actually, thats a point, is the owner of a blog responsible for anything libellous that is posted by themselves or others? If the answer isn't clear, I would imagine heaps of Councils getting nervous if their libraries start hosting blogs.
From a librarian's viewpoint, online book discussion groups spring to mind as something that could be linked from a public library's webcat, not just for fiction books, but for people who have obscure hobbies and would like to get in touch with like minded people, or at least exchange ideas. I've read other people's blogs before, but have never contributed to them. In my own time I rather like reading celebrity gossip blogs, as the rules of libel and slander just don't seem to apply, and I don't contribute as I don't seem to move in celebrity circles and have anything to add(sigh!).
Actually, thats a point, is the owner of a blog responsible for anything libellous that is posted by themselves or others? If the answer isn't clear, I would imagine heaps of Councils getting nervous if their libraries start hosting blogs.
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