I'm a convert to RSS feeds - love them - and have had a bloglines account for a little while now. I think there's some great opportunities there for us and will blog later about some library applications.
For this course I had a look at my subscriptions and will be adding and subtracting some feeds.
In doing so, I found this gem:
You can get a daily - or monthly summary - of Samuel Pepys diary via RSS. http://www.pepysdiary.com/
From the latest entry I've received from this week in 1664/65, a quote that reminds us that there's nothing new under the sun:
"Up and to my office where all the morning, putting papers to rights which now grow upon my hands..."
And so to work.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
I'm keeping my day job....
Some timely - and lucrative ;) ? - news for those of us new to blogging:
http://www.librarian.net/stax/2231/wired-and-pay-per-post-and-librarians-and-you/
BTW: I posted this one pro-bono!
http://www.librarian.net/stax/2231/wired-and-pay-per-post-and-librarians-and-you/
BTW: I posted this one pro-bono!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
First Forays into Flickr
What did Stephen Fry say about user generated content - there's some great street theatre, but also some maddies with banners. Well Flickr is that.
Thank goodness my companion human (still using the avatar) doesn't have a Flickr account (or a digital camera). I think one more password to remember would push her over the edge. .. .
But from a spectator perspective, I'll admit it's addictive. Am I missing the part of the brain that would make you want to share all of your photos (however bad/embarrassing - or particularly if they're bad/embarrassing) with everyone else in the world???
Here are of couple of pics I liked:
Sometimes the photo says it all:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4mul8/487823631/
Sometimes the caption:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lencurrie/251952671/
& what about the tags - "cataloging by the crowd" as the following writer calls it
http://www.slideshare.net/ethomsen/playing-tag-cataloging-by-the-crowd/
you wouldn't get woof as a subject heading in LCSH - but it makes browsing a lot more fun.
On another note, this is just my second post and it's live TV - here's a tip - don't type control P (I meant to hit V) - it actually posts your post!!! Grrr.
Thank goodness my companion human (still using the avatar) doesn't have a Flickr account (or a digital camera). I think one more password to remember would push her over the edge. .. .
But from a spectator perspective, I'll admit it's addictive. Am I missing the part of the brain that would make you want to share all of your photos (however bad/embarrassing - or particularly if they're bad/embarrassing) with everyone else in the world???
Here are of couple of pics I liked:
Sometimes the photo says it all:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4mul8/487823631/
Sometimes the caption:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lencurrie/251952671/
& what about the tags - "cataloging by the crowd" as the following writer calls it
http://www.slideshare.net/ethomsen/playing-tag-cataloging-by-the-crowd/
you wouldn't get woof as a subject heading in LCSH - but it makes browsing a lot more fun.
On another note, this is just my second post and it's live TV - here's a tip - don't type control P (I meant to hit V) - it actually posts your post!!! Grrr.
Friday, January 25, 2008
New Tricks
Assisted by my companion human, I am learning all the web 2.0 tricks I can. http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_details.asp?sid=38926
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