It was fun doing LibraryThing and listing books
I still have some to add that I am in the process of
reading. I really need to finish some of them!
The Popular Reading collection is detrimental
to my finishing others as I keep seeing ones
I want to read as I leave the library. The latest
is Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves with
its Panda joke. My punctuation could use some
fine tuning and I hope this will help
Friday, February 20, 2009
del.icio.us
I can see the usefulness of del.icio.us in allowing you to
have access to your favourite sites quickly from any internet
connected commuter.
I can also see it being useful to connect to useful websites
from within Research Guides and the Social Science Data
part of MADAR. However I need to explore if you can
organize your bookmarks into subject folders or some
such thing or whether you would set up different
del.icio.us links for each set of items.
Like most of the other products we have been introduced to,
it is very easy to use - as long as you keep track of your
id and password!
have access to your favourite sites quickly from any internet
connected commuter.
I can also see it being useful to connect to useful websites
from within Research Guides and the Social Science Data
part of MADAR. However I need to explore if you can
organize your bookmarks into subject folders or some
such thing or whether you would set up different
del.icio.us links for each set of items.
Like most of the other products we have been introduced to,
it is very easy to use - as long as you keep track of your
id and password!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Delicious!
I spent sometime today trying to remember my various
logins and passwords. I have 3 e-mail accounts at different
servers and can never remember which one I have used
for what.
I still have Flickr to sort out and, of course, have now added Del.icio.us
with, I have now realized, a completely different id than the other
sites. I suppose this could be considered a good workout
for my failing memory.
I am working on my 10 sites. At least I realized you could insert
a link
logins and passwords. I have 3 e-mail accounts at different
servers and can never remember which one I have used
for what.
I still have Flickr to sort out and, of course, have now added Del.icio.us
with, I have now realized, a completely different id than the other
sites. I suppose this could be considered a good workout
for my failing memory.
I am working on my 10 sites. At least I realized you could insert
a link
Friday, February 6, 2009
T-Dog looking sweet and innocent
This is T-Dog or Tundra. One of my daughters "rescued" her in Edmonton. She now lives in Ottawa. As befits her border collie genes she is one smart dog and will have your sandwich as soon as your back is turned. But she is a sweetheart who loves her tummy rubbed.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Pictures of furry friends
I'm having some problems getting the pictures
I have uploaded to Flickr into this blog
Here is a url
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3255692833_002eb0bcd8_b.jpg
which should show a guinea pig - not sure which one or
whether this is the head or other end!
And two more that should show T-Dog or Tundra
a very intelligent Border Collie mix that one of my
daughters "rescued" in Edmonton
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3386/3255692831_86af949026_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3255692839_bddfe37a65_b.jpg
But I have not worked out how to have the photo display in this post
I have uploaded to Flickr into this blog
Here is a url
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3255692833_002eb0bcd8_b.jpg
which should show a guinea pig - not sure which one or
whether this is the head or other end!
And two more that should show T-Dog or Tundra
a very intelligent Border Collie mix that one of my
daughters "rescued" in Edmonton
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3386/3255692831_86af949026_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3255692839_bddfe37a65_b.jpg
But I have not worked out how to have the photo display in this post
Wiki exercise completed!
It was extremely easy to add something on social science data into
the Library Wiki and to put in links.
Some great recipes have been put up. I can see how great a wiki is
for sharing information be it recipes or other information.
I do have concerns about the ease of changing entries though.
What is to stop someone from changing the links I put in
the section on data so that the user is directed to a commercial
site for example?
the Library Wiki and to put in links.
Some great recipes have been put up. I can see how great a wiki is
for sharing information be it recipes or other information.
I do have concerns about the ease of changing entries though.
What is to stop someone from changing the links I put in
the section on data so that the user is directed to a commercial
site for example?
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Trying to catch up after OLA!
Well, week 4 is here and I have only just started on week 3 but I am
intending on spending some quality time on Web 2.0 this week.
Last week was busy with OLA. As always I found the conference
interesting and caught up with several old friends that I only manage
to see once a year at the conference
.
There were great plenary speakers - Richard Florida, Michael Enright
and Justin Trudeau. Each quite different in personality and presentation
but they all love libraries - or so they tell us - with over 4,000 library
people at OLA how could they say anything different?
I went to an interesting presentation by the Chief Librarian from
Mississauga (name of Don Mills!) and someone from Environics
Analytics talking about analyzing geo-demographic data to see how
to make the branches more relevant to the locals.
There was also a booth at the Exhibit Hall with a display by
SimplyMap, a product that I think will be a great tool for mapping
census and socio-economic data for the non specialist. It is not yet
available but is coming along nicely.
Dan and I had about 50 people come to our presentation on E-Stat
and there were a number of questions. So we feel that this was a
worthwhile effort.
So all this has made me behind with the Wiki and Flickr assignments. So time
to get to work.
intending on spending some quality time on Web 2.0 this week.
Last week was busy with OLA. As always I found the conference
interesting and caught up with several old friends that I only manage
to see once a year at the conference
.
There were great plenary speakers - Richard Florida, Michael Enright
and Justin Trudeau. Each quite different in personality and presentation
but they all love libraries - or so they tell us - with over 4,000 library
people at OLA how could they say anything different?
I went to an interesting presentation by the Chief Librarian from
Mississauga (name of Don Mills!) and someone from Environics
Analytics talking about analyzing geo-demographic data to see how
to make the branches more relevant to the locals.
There was also a booth at the Exhibit Hall with a display by
SimplyMap, a product that I think will be a great tool for mapping
census and socio-economic data for the non specialist. It is not yet
available but is coming along nicely.
Dan and I had about 50 people come to our presentation on E-Stat
and there were a number of questions. So we feel that this was a
worthwhile effort.
So all this has made me behind with the Wiki and Flickr assignments. So time
to get to work.
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