Reflection

There has been some interesting apps that will be useful to the library on a daily basis and not so useful tools.

I personally, have been using google docs more but prefer openoffice.org. I hardly use IE for browsing the internet but use Mozilla/firefox instead.

Just recently acquired an iPad and have been playing around with all the different apps and the 23 things on this device. Great when going abroad.

There are a few extremely good tools to use - eg. programmes can be placed on Youtube or we can create podcasts especially for the Storytelling Festival (careful of copyright and performance rights etc....). When working on documents in a group setting have them all placed on google docs to permit editing at anytime either at work or remotely.

Still not implementing any social network accounts, however I skype a lot with family and keep in contact with them through the WII. Connected the WII to the internet and can send photos to friends, messages, and even play games with nephews only. Great fun.

The 23 things has been quite educational, however if you don't use them in your personal life regularly and they are only useful sparodically professionally then you tend to forget how to use them. As with all technology some of these apps will disappear or migrate into the next "best thing". These types of services are always evolving.

Just had a great time reviewing podcasts. Sound was good in the most part. I can see them being useful in the library for book reviews, short clips to whet the appetites of our customers.

Wikis will be extremely useful. It seems to me that they can compared to google docs and sharepoint to some extent. I personally will be using Wikis more often as the video pointed out it's far easier to have a form of wiki instead of sending emails out to all and sundry.

I'll be playing around with this thing more often in the future.

more 23 things

Reviewed delicious on their website but not prepared to create a yahoo ID account. I have already reviewed DIGG and have used similar websites that are social news sites. They are now attached to various Internet providers when signing up for personal email accounts. I am not prepared to create a personal account on DIGG when I use other websites. Reviewed Twitter again I'm not prepared to create a personal account with this website. However, this social network tool can be productive for an organization if placed on the website. For the library it can provide quick access to programs, new books etc. On the professional websites for librarianship I've seen this used for conference updates, job postings. I have created RSS feeds for my own personal use at home. I have listened to a number of podcasts, audio varies from good to bad. Podcasts I'd be interested in are conference meetings that I couldn't attend.

More 23 Things

Used Google docs the other week to review a pdf document. Extremely useful for sharing files with colleagues. Already used something similar within the City's intranet - Sharepoint. I've used RSS feeds for professional use at home. Reviewed LinkedIn today, just a normal social networking site. Besides this site you may as well use the networking social site of the particular entities you're interested in. This site is very generalized. I have already used LibraryThing and it has come a long way since I first used this software over 3 years ago. Have used YouTube for leisure and culture eg. viewing old music video's that cannot be heard anymore on the radio, researching favourite sports and viewing sport clips. I have seen various library clips and probably in the near future video's of library conferences will be placed on YouTube. Searching in YouTube will never be authoritative as there are too many parameters involved and it will need a culture change. Reviewed HULU today. Extremely good site need further research as it seems to have an American slant to their coverage. This will have impact on libraries in the future but presently users need to have extremely good computer display screens or have the financial means to subscribe and be able to feed the data from their computer to their tv's. For now libraries cater to all of the community regardless of economic background and the latest releases may take a while to be placed on this site. On music streaming, I was able to do this via British Radio stations but somehow the British government has been able to ban overseas IP addresses of accessing the radio stations. Pandora seems to be a companion to the Ipod. It's good that this is a "Internet Radio" compiled by the user. Would like to know if the music can be downloaded to a portable delivery system instead of accessing the Internet all the time. I also see that you have to pay for the privilege. Why would I want to pay for something that I already have/own which can easily be uploaded into an Ipod, MP3 , etc.?

FPL 23 Things

Used google maps to for driving directions and I have used this Thing to find specific locations. Have used all the different functionalities of this tool. Yousendit tool is pretty good. I don't think I'd be comfortable sending important files but sending ordinary files to anybody is a good thing especially pictures. I've used Tinyurl for all of my research pages on the web but it's just as easy to copy and paste url when researching items and then creating a tinyurl to an informative website so that it can be attached to Favorites. Facebook is a tool for people who like to post all types of information about themselves, families, family reunions etc. and can make it private if they so wish. This blogger will not use this tool for anything.

23 Things

Reviewed a number of 23 Things today. Twitter blocked, RSS feeds will be useful for research and notifations, spent hours in the past using photobucket, Instant messaging is a great tool with iPhone, Skyping etc. prefer using Communicator as it's versatile and can share desktops if need be, tagging is useful to an extent and aids natural searching to a degree.

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