So.ci.al Boo.kmar.king

I found social bookmarking the most interesting module of this whole web 2.0 thing, which comes as no surprise because I knew they would save the best for last.

Admittedly I only looked at Library Thing, cause I didn't have much time, and I found it to be pretty cool. You create your own virtual bookcase by adding books you own, or want to read. This has real usefulness in Libraries as clients can keep track of which books they have read and can share others with their friends if they have any.

Mmmhmm yessir, if you ask me, this 'Library Thing' could really take off....except they should make ones for DVDs. I just checked and turns out Library Thing does it. Well haven't they just thought of everything?

Feed for Thought

RSS Feeds y'all. This is a useful thing to use cause it consolidates the news I like to receive in one easy to look at place. My Blogline.

Now instead of going to the courier mail site or Fox Sports to see which team will beat the hell out of the Roosters this week, it simply scrolls into my Blogline thingy. AWESOME

In a work context, for libraries that is, RSS feeds can be used to find out what's going on at all libraries in Brisbane in one easy place! No more going around to 5+ websites or scrounging through countless emails to find information regarding a topic. Simply search for it in your feed.

Awww yyyeeahhhhhhhh!

Networking Socially

Facespace, mybook, they're all the same. Wanna instantly know what people you don't talk to anymore (yet too afraid to deny their friend request cause you might see them at an actual function one day and they'll ask why you didn't accept their request) are up to? Well thanks to online social networking...now you can!! :-)

Jokes aside, there are some pretty useful uses for these sites. Catching up with old friends you DO want to see. Sharing information like music, writing ideas or just havin' a good ole' chat with a friend. You can alert people about what you wanna do, what ya gunna do and where you're gunna do it.

Keeping in touch as never been so e-e-easy.

Wiki Basket

So anyway, I have now read about wiki's and what they are. I also learned that it's Hawaiian for quick. Why Hawaiian? Well I looked that up on wikipedia.

I typed 'Wikipedia' into Wikipedia and as I eagerly awaited the answer with Isaac by my side the computer suddenly blew up and it turns out I found out the hard way that you should never type wikipedia into wikipedia or, just the same, not to type google into google. YOU WILL BREAK THE INTERNET!

Now I have just tried to enter that last paragraph into the wikipedia article but it's locked so I can't. Have I learnt nothing? You bet i haven't (that's a double negative).

Wiki's could be useful in libraries as a way of updating information about the library, people's experiences with it or just plain old book reviewing. Yay! Wiki's can also be useful when being apart of learning about web 2.0 and the possibility of winning a laptop. Wink, Wink moderators.

Phun Fotography

This is my own photo, and at the risk of tooting my own horn, I'm gunna write about it.

I was in my backyard ealy one morning (9:30am) and decided to try out my new copy of photoshop on my brother's iMac. but first I needed a couple of photos.

It was bit windy outside and I saw this lone daffodil spewing out of the lawn with some sort of spider-ant thing on it which was just clinging to life on the edge of one of the petals.

Utilising my macro lens, which i'm incredibly fond of, it took about 7 million shots to get it right, because the spider had to be in the right position and I had to adjust the shutter speed so there was no blurring of the flower as it struggled in the wind.

In photoshop I saturated the greens and yellows and sharpedned the edges and just used auto levels to adjust the colours and exposure.

In short, this is the greatest picture anyone has ever taken. But then again, I am my own toughest critic.

Licence 2: Test Drive

I have set up this blog to see if blogging is useful as a communication or social networking tool.

And hopefully i will learn to take other people's opinion into account when creating my own blogs.

It will be a vital step in lifelong learning as it will keep my skills up and keep me aware of other people's views on many topics.

Compared to other blogs, like the one on news.com.au, this one will be well informed.

Blogs can be useful for libraries as they can be used to share ideas and information to anybody in the world.