Now that learning two point ooooh! has finished i'm trying to get my life back. It's not working!!! I'm trying to create a nancy pearl template in zoho sheet where i add books i've read recently and which 'door' people might be attracted to them by. It's coming slowly.
I'm also downloading like crazy through del.icio.us which is yummy. I really like the idea of tags which allow you describe a website with many subject areas instead of just putting it into a folder, which seems so old fashioned nowadays! It's easier and quicker to search del.icio.us too.
I'm also playing with ning and comparing it to facebook and myspace. I've also done some dirt moving on digg which is a site where you can submit links to pages you like and you think others will find useful. A submission can be 'digged' or 'buried' - digg to like and bury to dislike. This then promotes or demotes the page from popularity. The browsing functions are ok but could be more intuitive. It's fun but I'm not sure how useful for libraries apart from discovering things you would never search for such as orangutan stories
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
#23 the end of life as we know it
Things will never be the same. I was unaware of how much 'work' would be involved in this blog. I also feel as though I have barely scraped the surface of some of the web 2.0 things.
I may have to be surgically removed from my computer.
I have to congratulate the designers of the program as it has been excellently put together. I probably would not have come across so much material by myself. My fellow bloggers have done some amazing work on their blogs - wow!
Favourite exercises:
I may have to be surgically removed from my computer.
I have to congratulate the designers of the program as it has been excellently put together. I probably would not have come across so much material by myself. My fellow bloggers have done some amazing work on their blogs - wow!
Favourite exercises:
- I'd never made a blog before so just signing up, posting and customising my layout etc was really helpful. It doesn't seem so weird when everyone around you is doing it.
- I'll be using rollyo more often to search for that special recipe
- I have uploaded my bookmarks to del.icio.us and have to go through and tag them - eeek
- I have some wikiplay to do with PBwiki or wetpaint
- I enjoyed it more than I thought I would
- My head did not explode
- I learnt heaps
- My computer didn't crash
- I like blogging - sort of
- I have a world of ideas that I would like to pursue
- Some sites were inaccessible from Boroondara computers - perhaps allowing participants to use these sites for a limited time might be a good idea.
- If more time were allowed to complete the program participants could go into more detail.
- Perhaps you should have to complete 18 out of 23. Not all of the features appealed to me and I know some people are bogged down with one particular exercise. Instead of it being a hoop to jump through perhaps they could just leave it and move on.
#22 ebrary audio books
Fantastic resource! I had a listen to The House of the Baskervilles which is quite good. There are not that many books here yet but the Gutenberg project is amazing and I hope that it continues. I notice there a lot more computer generated voiced books - I suppose this is much cheaper but it is quite unsettling. Human voice is better. A lot of the texts are English in origin and classics so it does have limited appeal. If Gutenbergians add some more contemporary material to the collection I think this would really have legs, so to speak
#21 (pod)casting my net into the world of audio
I wanted to find some book reviews of the books I have read recently but had a lot of trouble finding some. It might be because I use Firefox web browser at home but a lot of the podcasts I found from Podcast.net did not work and the search engine on the website doesn't seem very powerful. I also found the categories to browse by lacking in intuition and rationality.
However, this could be great addition to our new library 2.0 - people could add their own book reviews, we could post podcasts that give people general information about the library or help them navigate their way through the databases or library catalogue. Some people relate better to sound while others prefer to read. With podcasts you can casts the net wide and catch them both.
However, this could be great addition to our new library 2.0 - people could add their own book reviews, we could post podcasts that give people general information about the library or help them navigate their way through the databases or library catalogue. Some people relate better to sound while others prefer to read. With podcasts you can casts the net wide and catch them both.
#20 you tube, i tube, we all tube together!
I love youtube - I've spent many an hour wasting my life away on this site. I enjoy watching crazy cats, my favourite Swedish pop artists, George Bush and bad dancing.
But how could our public library use this tool?
and here's my favourite at the moment. Take note there will be a test!
But how could our public library use this tool?
- create videos about how to find things in the library
- create videos showing staff talking about new or their favourite books, dvds, music cds
- video staff booktalks
- or just plain marketing - but hopefully a little cooler than this:
and here's my favourite at the moment. Take note there will be a test!
#19 web 2.0 awards
Some people out there are very creative/bored and have a lot of time on their hands. I celebrate them!
I was a bit excited by Yelp but it's only about the US. I think I might also have to use Cocktail Builder one of these hot days! You can enter the kind of alcohol you want to use and it brings up a list of cocktails you can make along with the extra ingredients you need. I'd better get to work on those!
I played the Guess the google image game but it's too easy and you'll get bored quickly. The free wiki sites such as wetpaint and PB might be interesting and need further exploring. I played with 43 things where you add things you want to do win life - and it feels more like one billion things but it's cute. Listdump is for the true obsessive where you make lists of things and share them with others, you can also add things to other people's lists. I also have a Lastfm account which I find quite interesting. You search for a musician or band and it returns with other bands/artists you might also like. It's a bit hit and miss as the retrieval tool is based on what other people have listened to and enjoyed. It steps outside the regular genre demarcations and links artists in a completely different way. Beware though - it's a bandwidth hog!
I was a bit excited by Yelp but it's only about the US. I think I might also have to use Cocktail Builder one of these hot days! You can enter the kind of alcohol you want to use and it brings up a list of cocktails you can make along with the extra ingredients you need. I'd better get to work on those!
I played the Guess the google image game but it's too easy and you'll get bored quickly. The free wiki sites such as wetpaint and PB might be interesting and need further exploring. I played with 43 things where you add things you want to do win life - and it feels more like one billion things but it's cute. Listdump is for the true obsessive where you make lists of things and share them with others, you can also add things to other people's lists. I also have a Lastfm account which I find quite interesting. You search for a musician or band and it returns with other bands/artists you might also like. It's a bit hit and miss as the retrieval tool is based on what other people have listened to and enjoyed. It steps outside the regular genre demarcations and links artists in a completely different way. Beware though - it's a bandwidth hog!
#18 Woohoo for Zoho!
No more G drive!
And here's my chance to play with a wiki. The only problem I am having is that is it quite slow. Things look similar to Microsoft packages so I guess it's fairly easy to move between different applications. I also created a wiki but it feels a bit clunky and I'm not sure what I'm doing.
I think that these applications are great for resource sharing against distance. Its' very similar to our G drive except that it could be accessible from places via internet not the network. Which means it is accessible from home - handy if you have forgotten which shift you are on! Things are changing so rapidly that I feel as we will need to be importing/transferring documents more often to the new packages that want to use and leave behind the old (microsoft) ones that become outdated. I think we are going to spend a lot more time in front of the computer moving things around - I hope we still have time to actually do some work and play.
I'm in the process of creating some word documents of chutney recipes for some friends of mine that get to together and make huge batches of things - it's really hard to keep a track of who's bringing what through email.
The cheesecake recipes below were added from Zoho.
And here's my chance to play with a wiki. The only problem I am having is that is it quite slow. Things look similar to Microsoft packages so I guess it's fairly easy to move between different applications. I also created a wiki but it feels a bit clunky and I'm not sure what I'm doing.
I think that these applications are great for resource sharing against distance. Its' very similar to our G drive except that it could be accessible from places via internet not the network. Which means it is accessible from home - handy if you have forgotten which shift you are on! Things are changing so rapidly that I feel as we will need to be importing/transferring documents more often to the new packages that want to use and leave behind the old (microsoft) ones that become outdated. I think we are going to spend a lot more time in front of the computer moving things around - I hope we still have time to actually do some work and play.
I'm in the process of creating some word documents of chutney recipes for some friends of mine that get to together and make huge batches of things - it's really hard to keep a track of who's bringing what through email.
The cheesecake recipes below were added from Zoho.
Cheesecake
Cheesecakes
toblerone cheesecake
1 cup plain chocolate biscuit crumbs
¼ cup almond meal
80g butter, melted
500g block PHILADELPHIA* Cream Cheese, cubed and softened
½ cup caster sugar
200g TOBLERONE* Milk or Dark Chocolate, melted
½ cup thickened cream
200g TOBLERONE* Milk or Dark Chocolate, shaved, to serve
1. COMBINE crumbs, almond meal and butter, then press into the base of a greased 22cm springform pan. Chill.
2. BEAT Philly* and sugar until smooth. Add melted Toblerone* and cream and continue beating until well combined.
3. POUR into the prepared base and chill for 2 to 3 hours until set. Serve topped with the Toblerone* shavings.
white chocolate cheesecake flan
base
1/1/2 cups (150g) plain sweet biscuit crumbs
¼ cup packaged ground almonds
90g butter, melted
¼ cup raspberry jam
filling
250g packet cream cheese softened
250 neufchatel cream cheese
3 eggs
125 white melts, melted
1/3 cup castor sugar
2 ½ tbsl plain flour
1 tspn vanilla essence
¼ tsp almond essence
topping
1/3 cup cream
180g white chocolate, grated.
combine biscuits, almonds and butter in a bowl and mix well. press mixture into a 23cm flan tin. bake in a moderate oven for 10 mins until lightly browned.
filling
beat cream cheese in a bowl with an electric beater until smooth, add eggs one at a time, beating well after each one. add cooled chocolate and beat until combined. add sugar, sifted flour and essences and beat till combined.
pour filling into crust and bake for a further 30 mins or until filling is firm to th touch. cool. then refrigderate.
for topping
heat cream in a small pan until just boiling, remove from heat, add chocolate and whisk till smooth, cool.
pour topping over flan, refrigerate 1 hour. then starting at the centre pipe or drizzle lines of sieved warm jam over the top of the flan and pull a skewere through the jam to create a feather effect. refrigerate for several hours and then add berries and cream.
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