You Tube and my Il Divo Video

I hope everyone who visits enjoys this video of Il Divo. I have picked this particularly since this group is on the top of my playlists. Having viewed Conan and thoroughly enjoyed this I decided to look at a number of different music artists across different musical styles. Being a musician I really have got hooked. My family are being initiated into YouTube as well as some of the other technologies.

Task 19 - Web 2.0 Awards, etc.

Really appreciated being able to revisit some of the technologies covered in the last few weeks. There never seemed to be enough time to digest everything and remember what was what. I agree with the Awards for Technorati and Bloglines. I have flagged Bloglines and am using this now on a regular basis and Technorati is also a favourite

Best of all I went back to Flickr and used the new Slideshow option as you have see in my previous blog. I enjoy this site particularly as it is easy to access photos from any PC not just the home PC where the original photos are stored.

Escape the Summer Heat - Task 18 Zoho Writer

Thinking it is too hot at the moment in very sunny Melbourne. Why not think of taking a short adjorn to the sunny (mostly) realms of the Victorian alps and enjoy a more temporate clime whilst doing so great walking and relaxing at the end of the day in your own spa!

What a great selection of tools this task has opened to my eyes. This is my "posted" document created in Zoho Writer. With ease too! I am impressed to think that we as Australians will be able to utilise tools of this nature rather than be tied to the software packages that are required currently. I felt that the options at your fingertips (literally) are extensive and very easy to use.

Task 17 - Sandbox Wiki

Well we've played (a little) and worked out how to add this blogspot. There are a lot of good sites to look at.

Task 16 - Wikis

This is great technology for the uninitiated. Can be edited and published easily by anyone!! Good for libraries as it can reach a far wider audience inviting input and feedback. Also possible to set up parameters and have controls built in.

Task 15 - Libraries and Web 2.0

Exciting! Responsive! Innovative! These descriptions are just a few to describe the world of Web 2.0 technologies and how libraries can take advantage of these. The debates are hotting up. From a customer service perspective libraries should and can build user friendly webpages with useful links using simple 'how-to use' and 'benefit from' explanations. However, it is important to ascertain exactly what our users want and how we can service them better. Possible surveys through the mail to customers should endeavour to find out what is wanted and also the obstacles to using such technologies. It is quite possible that some library services have patrons that do not have internet and do not know how to use basic technologies. Is it our responsibility to provide mechanisms to overcome these obstacles?? Should we as a community be lobbying for every household to have internet? Could we provide easy step-by-step tutorials attached to our webpages? Of course all this must be weighed against "radical trust" established through management letting go and becoming a part of the innovative flexibility platform required.

Absolutely love the mashups and wikis concepts!

Technorati Claimed Blog Task 14 Technorati Profile

Here we go - let's see if this works:
Technorati Profile

Still very much the novice and wishing to spend much more time instilling these new technos into my adled mind!!

P.S. Ye, this is good. Have discovered yet another very useful way of flagging sites of interest. Will need to decide which of the many options will be most responsive to my own needs. Whilst exploring this I have already signed up onto youtube and will work out how to add my own pictures particularly or my dogs rather than looking at other peoples pooches. Admittedly they are all gorgeous, 3 or 4 legged varieties.

Del.icio.us Task 13 - Bookmarklets galore

A great way to organise your favourites. Here is a good link for those with getaway dreams http://http://www.tropical-island.net/

I also started to set up many of those useful library resource sites that one can never remember on the spur of the moment. Many librarians will have a use for sites such as http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp
http://www.libraryspot.com/
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki

I could go on for much longer. Hopefully this will inspire.