#15 On Library 2.0 and * Web 2.0

Libraries at the cutting edge - sounds good to me : but please please don't let us forget that Libraries service people and the community in many different ways. Curling up with a laptop just does not have the same feel as settling in with a good book & a glass of red. I agree with Rick Anderson ("Away from the icebergs" : http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/2.htm) that seamless user friendly access for patrons of all degrees of cybersavvy are so important in providing such services as digital collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasts - and whatever the future brings. Libraries will never have enough funding for sufficient staff for intense individual assistance or training for those who are struggling up the internet mountain.
Communication gallops on in all life's aspects not just in libraries. (Just watch "Life on Mars" to see how much faster, easier and perhaps invasive communication has become) Last night in I overheard a conversation - a young couple explained to an older woman (younger than me which made me feel better) how easy it will be to record TV programs or watch simultaneous programs with HD TV. Just a click of the remote - won her (& me).

#14 Technorati

Technorati very smarty. Took the tour and think I might leave it at that for awhile. Results for searching blog posts with Learning 2.0 threw up 497 results with a video clip of Helen Bowers as well as a link to Stephens Lighthouse : Tag search came up with 623 and Directory search 773 Many of the blogs appear to be about elearning and knowledge management in general. Would I use it? probably not.

#13 Tagging Folksonomies, Del.icio.us

"Sorry wrong number". Where would we be without our helpful Library colleagues? Thanks for getting me on track with the posting. Fortunately it is easy to fix the numbers.
Well we did think this would be easy peasie, but true to form the jargon blows me away. Thank goodness fof our mate Lelefever and his YouTube tutorial & the Network badge link was helpful too. Am feeling full of confidence now so here we go to slay another dragon.
Perhaps the "Clouds" are lifting for I now know what a cyberspace Cloud is. Once again this would be good in a Library context for keeping up to date with certain subjects/areas of interest. As well as opening up a whole new world for my interest in finding out more about real people in historical fiction & my big faves film and theatre.
Perseverance pays off. It took 2 goes to load the icons & then was easy to bookmark a site. Phew!!

# 12 Rollyo

Can see lots of possibilities for Rollyo. So far easiest to use or dare one hope that that the veil is lifting?

#11 Library Thing

Now this was fun. Easy to use but of course forgot to tag. Never mind there are plenty of other books in the sea. Fortunately the library ( my Pandora's Box) provides enough books to keep me happy forever as having been a bit footloose in the past the books have fallen by the wayside or been left behind.

#10 Image generators

We're still finding this a tad time consuming to say the least. there is such a lot of fun stuff that it is very difficult to make decisions so we have settled on the simplest thing we could find. so here goes.

This is the link:

http://wigflip.com/easystreet/

#8 RSS and Newsreader

My mates and I have discovered that this is a great way to spend hours sitting staring at a screen. Finding the right password is always a challenge and it pays not to PANIC. I think we have managed to scrape through and are looking forward to the next challenge. (Be positive ). We rewarded ourselves by reading "The prestige" by Christopher Priest. (The film was not as interesting as the book) All the shenanigans with magic and doubles and electricity ( I even looked up Nicola Tesla) had us quite spooked. The double and triple twists and turns of the plot mirrored us as we waded our way through cyberspace.

Took some time out to relax and practice some windsurfing techniques & a bit of a read (summer is acomin) when it got a bit much.

What do we like about RSS. It should be easy now we know how and will be good for work and at home go have recent info. available. Of course remembering to check always helps!