Finale

Well finally at the end of this information explosion. There have fun times and some exasperating moments such as not having access to instruction videos because our flash player needed updating or forgetting the password or login. Facebook as I suspected is not for me too time consuming and I prefer one on one contact not posting stuff on the net, while only one of my close family uses it on a regular basis my far flung family are still coming to grips with email, I also have major concerns about privacy issues and identity theft. Twitter may have it's use like getting a message out if other forms of communication are down, but for the most part much of it is just drivel. Tagging and creating bookmarks to access from any login point was brilliant and could be very useful in the library environment. I now feel very confident about assisting library patrons with gmail and accessing other online services. Flickr was a revelation all those interesting images just waiting to be accessed. I was already familiar with podcasts, but learning how to embed videos was great. My RSS feeds now keeps me update on model railway news. As for geocaching well more fun with my GPS, Leesa thought this would be good for promoting the Heritage of the Town, maybe find the location might be fun.

Ciao

Geocaching and Wrap up

This looks like really good fun, playing with your GPS, driving it crazy as usual and going your own way. A good way to explore different places in WA or the World, a friend from the states looked for something here when she came.

Wrap up

Have had some good fun with some of this. Lots were much easier than i thought they would be.

Podcasting

I love podcasts they're a great way to keep up with interesting media. i have them on my Iphone

on line Video

Had a lot of fun looking at You Tube especially Darth in the cafe and black ops lego.

Face Book

Finally got to view the instruction video on you tube and all was confusion because the current screens in face book don't match the one in the tutorial. So I spent a good deal of time trying to figure out why I couldn't find it. Not very helpful.  How ever eventually put something on the wall and imported a picture and asked someone to be my friend. Whew

I've joined twitter now must do some tweeting. My Twitter name is Phoebepurrfect.

Tagging LibraryThing and Delicious

The trickiest thing about this was getting a yahoo account and then linking it to the Delicious web site, i seemed to  go round and round until hitting on creating a new account and picking a suggested log in. i rather like the idea of being able locate my bookmarks from any computer. Not sure how much use I'll make of  library thing but time will tell. make sure you pick books with a illustrated cover or it won't appear in the widget you put on your blog. Putting the widget was very easy but i would like to move it to another position on the blog yet to figure this out.

Jane helped me move the widget hooray.

Link to my Library Things http://www.librarything.com/home/linnieoliver

Link to Delicious http://www.delicious.com/linnie.oliver

Wiki Creation

Creating a wiki page proved to be quite easy and a bit of fun. It's a good way to communicate with a group of people. Our Library Wiki works very well, information previously circulated in an email, is now placed on the wiki for easy access. Much easier than trawling thru tons of emails to find the right one. My wiki is called stuffandnonsense and have placed on it vital information on the Perth Model Railway Show to be held  in June. Vital for model train nuts anyway. Hehe Link to follow


And here it is http://stuffandnonsense13.wetpaint.com/ fanfare etc