- which thing/s you found most useful: The overall scheme was a very helpful "tour d'horizon" of what is out there, against which I could check what I had come across already and what was still unknown.
- which thing/s you most enjoyed doing: Collecting wigits for i-Google and looking at Facebook with some real purpose in mind.
- which thing/s you have persisted with: I now have managed to re-activate my Twitter account and Flickr and Slideshare are really useful additions to my armoury.
- whether you think web 2.0 in general has a role in the future of libraries: Web.2.00 is already multifarious enough to allow several different types of pathway, some more about style than substance. I think libraries should not feel sucked into any self-fulfilling scenario but try out what they think could be helpful to their evolving role and not hesitate to drop anything that isn't really productive. Libraries need to recall what their mission should be and reinvent accordingly but not simply to "be there" for the sake of it, but to create their own distinctive pattern across a non-linear weave where they is no longer any single way of "staying ahead".
Lateralist
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
After 23 there is only terra innumerata (or is is Web. 3.00?)
Slideshare Thing 22
I did look at this last week but forgot to blog it. I think this could be very useful for looking at other non- generic presentations in my areas or incorporating more generic adaptations into my own tutorials. So far, most of the animation seems to be lost once you have downloaded but it might not suit my own "animation style" ayway (if I can be thought to have one).
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Thing 20 Thing 21
For me the purpose of these "Things" was to get some impression of what they might consist of, rather than immediate use-value. However, I was lucky in the Wikipedia article I selected as it had several mis-typings in it, so I was able to do some tidying up. Anything else I thought might just be tinkering or gilding the lily, so I didn't add the small amount of further information I had available.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Things 18-19
I was a bit surprised that any CC images found in Flickr can't be stored in one's own profile but can only be saved on one's own computer - though that might be helpful in other ways.
I found the instructions for YouTube a bit unclear at times but with a little help did manage to complete them - though I have yet to discover where the video has landed up!
I found the instructions for YouTube a bit unclear at times but with a little help did manage to complete them - though I have yet to discover where the video has landed up!
In Memoriam - Günter Wand conducting Bruckner 9
I remember hearing this performance or a similar one shortly before Wand died.
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Creating a Flickr Account
Flickr has been a name to me for a long time but without quite understanding where it might fit in. I am pleased to have an account and have joined the UoW23 Group and contributed one picture from the two I uploaded to my own Flickr account.
Friday, 18 February 2011
Diigo struggles
I finally managed to activate Diigo by having its own administrator do this from their end. I have added a number of bookmarks and set up the tool bar but not managed to get beyond the first window where you can click on "Highlight Section" - no further window appeared despite several attempts. Is some security device blocking it? So time to move on I think - I hope Deliicious survives!
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