I have always thought that Twitter was inane and pointless and the closer examination of it for this exercise only increased my feelings.
First I looked at Meg Cabot's page and while I do think it is generous of her spend time connecting with her fans, do I really need to know that she just locked her cat in the cupboard? I thought that her page layout was great, with all her books as background and things like a link to her website advertising book giveaways was a nice touch. I also really liked the fact that she used; full sentences, punctuation and correct spelling - much more professional and easier to read.
This contrasts with one of the other sites I looked at - Cookbook via Twitter. I could not use these recipes as I understood about one word in three and the directions are too lacking in detail. There are so many wonderful and helpful cooking websites out there and I don't see the point in the need to write a recipe in only 140 characters. Although it is nice that someone is taking the time to post these for any ones benefit and while they are not for me I can see that some people might find them very, quick and helpful.
December 04, 2009
December 03, 2009
Creative Commons
Exploring ideas such as creative commons is what is best about the web 2.0 program, I already know about Facebook and twitter but it is great to discover and learn about things lesser know yet far better resources like creative commons.
The CC license of this program is - people are free to share and adapt the work so long as it is attributed and is not for profit. Also that theses conditions can be waived with the permission from the copyright holder.
The Photo I chose from Flicker had var similar conditions as the web 2.0 program - people are able to share and adapt the content so long as they attribute it to the author/licensor. The one difference was that the other conditions was share alike - anyone can use and adapt the work but they have to distribute it under a similar licence.
The CC license of this program is - people are free to share and adapt the work so long as it is attributed and is not for profit. Also that theses conditions can be waived with the permission from the copyright holder.
The Photo I chose from Flicker had var similar conditions as the web 2.0 program - people are able to share and adapt the content so long as they attribute it to the author/licensor. The one difference was that the other conditions was share alike - anyone can use and adapt the work but they have to distribute it under a similar licence.
December 02, 2009
OpenID
I feel that OpenID is a very effective organizing method and it could be of great use to people. For my self personally I don't think I would ever use this technology, I find using the same password for all my sites works well and since they are ones like LibraryThing and Goodreads I'm not to worried about people hacking into my account.
I also find that creating one username that is both easy to remember and not to generic that others have already taken really helps in organisation - I like using my name and favorite number.
Loved the video - informative and funny.
I also find that creating one username that is both easy to remember and not to generic that others have already taken really helps in organisation - I like using my name and favorite number.
Loved the video - informative and funny.
November 30, 2009
Online Privacy and Security
Back for More Web 2.0 Fun
I found the resources provided here were some really good, simple and easy to use guidelines and suggestions for being safe on the Internet. Although I did think that some of the advise, especially from the McAfee brochure went a little over the top. People need to also be aware that some forms of Internet security totally restrict all Internet use, for example some safe searching programs block any sort of online shopping which can be vary frustrating.
I think that many of these resources would be of use to our patrons as I have found that when it comes to things like Your Info patrons are not that careful with their privacy. I often find OPACs still logged on after a patron has left and I think people are unaware of the amount of personal information that is displayed on these pages.
The best advise is simply a better awareness of these issues (which these resources can definitely help with) and greater care taken with passwords. The password generator was fun to use and while more complex passwords are harder to remember, programs such as keepass seem as great solution to this.
I found the resources provided here were some really good, simple and easy to use guidelines and suggestions for being safe on the Internet. Although I did think that some of the advise, especially from the McAfee brochure went a little over the top. People need to also be aware that some forms of Internet security totally restrict all Internet use, for example some safe searching programs block any sort of online shopping which can be vary frustrating.
I think that many of these resources would be of use to our patrons as I have found that when it comes to things like Your Info patrons are not that careful with their privacy. I often find OPACs still logged on after a patron has left and I think people are unaware of the amount of personal information that is displayed on these pages.
The best advise is simply a better awareness of these issues (which these resources can definitely help with) and greater care taken with passwords. The password generator was fun to use and while more complex passwords are harder to remember, programs such as keepass seem as great solution to this.
October 06, 2008
This is the End
WOW, I actually did it, got all the way to the end (go me). Having started the web 2.0 program so late due o illness I thought I would never catch up. But I did, yeah and quite enjoyed doing it too. When I first heard about exercise I thought, Oh that will be easy as I had deluded myself into thinking that I knew enough about the Internet already. However I was happy to be proved wrong as most of the activities and web 2.0 technologies were new to me and also very interesting and I can see them being useful in the future.
My favorite thing was LibraryThing, I love this website and can happily spend hours on it. I love the social interaction with other people and how you can build up your profile making it more and more personal which then leads you to more aspects of the site and things you might like. My reserve list is already filling up with their reading suggestions. I think that the social interaction and how it adapts to you and gives you suggestions are all the best aspects of web 2.0 and the ones I am most keen to see incorporated into our library.
While the Image generator sites and YouTube are a lot of fun I also really enjoyed finding out about the more educational ones. I really liked the Rollyo technology and I think I will come back to my personal search engine a lot.
Many thanks to the Web 2.0 Admin team for their helpful and encouraging comments and everyone else who took time to comment.
I feel a great sense of accomplishment in having finished, however I think I will miss it a bit.
Thanks for everything
Lizzie.
My favorite thing was LibraryThing, I love this website and can happily spend hours on it. I love the social interaction with other people and how you can build up your profile making it more and more personal which then leads you to more aspects of the site and things you might like. My reserve list is already filling up with their reading suggestions. I think that the social interaction and how it adapts to you and gives you suggestions are all the best aspects of web 2.0 and the ones I am most keen to see incorporated into our library.
While the Image generator sites and YouTube are a lot of fun I also really enjoyed finding out about the more educational ones. I really liked the Rollyo technology and I think I will come back to my personal search engine a lot.
Many thanks to the Web 2.0 Admin team for their helpful and encouraging comments and everyone else who took time to comment.
I feel a great sense of accomplishment in having finished, however I think I will miss it a bit.
Thanks for everything
Lizzie.
More Social Networking
the power of Web 2.0 for social networking is immense and I think that if done properly libraries can use this tool to reach out to more people. This has to be done the right way as we don't want to be invading peoples space or adding things to the library just because they are the new thing. I agree with the article on social networking software that the use of profiles on places such as Myspace and Facebook can be great tools for encouraging library. However these need to be more than simple profiles to really encourage interaction. For example, her idea that these profiles should encourage two way communication with the patrons, especially suggestions and questions is a great idea and for us something like an expansion of the already existing AnyQuestions could be a very useful tool.
If these new technologies can bring new people into the library, they need to be utilised but it is very important to use them the right way to have a major effect.
If these new technologies can bring new people into the library, they need to be utilised but it is very important to use them the right way to have a major effect.
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