Podcasts
These, like BBC i-player, are great devices for the busy modern lifestyle. You can easily watch that programme that you missed on i-player or have the Podcast sent to your chosen location (in this case Google reader). The Podcast explaining Podcasts (given in the "23" instructions), was clear, if a little simplistic.
These Podcasts further contribute to the current culture of personal convenience and accessibility that Web 2.0 fosters.
I subscribed to A History of the World in 100 objects (Radio 4), that friends have recommended. Thanks to the project for informing me of these possibilities. If this encourages people to listen to the radio, it's great too.
I easily found things to subscribe to on the BBC link, rather than the other two (some dodgy things to avoid on there).
I will think about possible work uses of Podcasts. I didn't know Channels were on there. I looked at a few lectures from Berkeley. I wonder how many donate money to help support the broadcasting costs? It's certainly democratic to make them so freely available. Does anyone know the rules on adding videos you like to YouTube and Facebook - are there copyright issues to be careful of?
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Delicious networking
I thought I'd share this link with you. if you haven't already come across it on Phil Bradley's book marks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlsonlibrary/sets/72157622006503335/
This bookmarking could be endless and again is great for organising your favourite pages. I can see the work uses for it and will perhaps keep using this one after the programme is over. Success!
Over and out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlsonlibrary/sets/72157622006503335/
This bookmarking could be endless and again is great for organising your favourite pages. I can see the work uses for it and will perhaps keep using this one after the programme is over. Success!
Over and out.
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Delicious
Afternoon..if there's anyone reading this!
I did find delicious easy to use and very useful both for work and social. There are times you wish your book marks were available wherever you are.
Both the igoogle page and this do make organising all of the web pages easier.
The more I link to my yahoo password, however, I do start to wonder if linking so much togther is really a good idea in terms of privacy. So the things I picked were rather random. I know I marked them private, but is it really?
I can see it is the nature of this programme that for simplicity sake we are linking a lot to one password, so I will cease my suspicious thoughts.
Has anyone introduced us to the people that run Facebook, Google, Delicious? They know so much about us.
I did find delicious easy to use and very useful both for work and social. There are times you wish your book marks were available wherever you are.
Both the igoogle page and this do make organising all of the web pages easier.
The more I link to my yahoo password, however, I do start to wonder if linking so much togther is really a good idea in terms of privacy. So the things I picked were rather random. I know I marked them private, but is it really?
I can see it is the nature of this programme that for simplicity sake we are linking a lot to one password, so I will cease my suspicious thoughts.
Has anyone introduced us to the people that run Facebook, Google, Delicious? They know so much about us.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Editing with Picnik
Morning
I found this editing tool quite good. Although I will unlink Picnik from Flickr after this course.
I added the edited shots to the group (before shots are in thegroup for comparison).
I found this editing tool quite good. Although I will unlink Picnik from Flickr after this course.
I added the edited shots to the group (before shots are in thegroup for comparison).
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Flickr
I already had a flickr account so this made me get on and use it. I have sent three photographs to the "23" flickr group.
It is a very good tool for social purposes and if you are happy with your photos being used by others (and put in other people's online galleries). If you chose to have the license with acknowledgements, I discovered it uses your flickr ID - so not your full name. This is not ideal if you want to be properly credited and if you are taking your photography seriously.
The best protection is to make the photos low resolution or to watermark your photos on your own web site.
A member of the Web 2.0 mentioned this site
http://photobucket.com/about. I have yet to look into this though.
It is a very good tool for social purposes and if you are happy with your photos being used by others (and put in other people's online galleries). If you chose to have the license with acknowledgements, I discovered it uses your flickr ID - so not your full name. This is not ideal if you want to be properly credited and if you are taking your photography seriously.
The best protection is to make the photos low resolution or to watermark your photos on your own web site.
A member of the Web 2.0 mentioned this site
http://photobucket.com/about. I have yet to look into this though.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Google Reader and RSS feeds
Well - when looking through blogs to subscribe to I didn't give them very long to grab my attention. If they hadn't written in a concise way, with something of interest early on I moved on. I found it hard to find blogs that I really wanted to subscribe to on that list of library-related ones (perhaps I should spend longer on this). Perhaps the free nature of some of the blogs put me off. Do I need to know that a librarian has now gone for the bus?
I can see that the RSS feeds are very good in reducing the amount of time that needs to be spent checking web pages and for current awareness. The google reader is well designed to facilitate the management of many such feeds.
Is there a tool for checking relevance of Blogs to a theme/measuring waffle within a blog/blocking waffle but sifting out the words of wisdom or shared experience that are usefully shared?
I can see that the RSS feeds are very good in reducing the amount of time that needs to be spent checking web pages and for current awareness. The google reader is well designed to facilitate the management of many such feeds.
Is there a tool for checking relevance of Blogs to a theme/measuring waffle within a blog/blocking waffle but sifting out the words of wisdom or shared experience that are usefully shared?
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