#13 del.icio.us

I am not quite sure why this would be tasty! However I can see it's usefulness in tracking regular sites no matter which computer you may be sitting at!

For my fun and exploration of del.icio.us, I decided to check out other library blogs. The tags column is located on the right, so I clicked on "Library Blogs". There were 8 items shown. I decided to select the 4th on the list ie. "Public Libraries - Blogging Libraries" to see if ERL (my own library service) had been listed. Scrolling through the very long list - there it was!!! I also found a couple of other Victorian Public Libraries, those being Yarra Plenty Regional Library and Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation.

However I was a little baffled at first about the second part of the exercise! Then I discovered that I needed to click on "saved by ... other people" to see posting histories and user notes.

I also discovered that beside this link, there was also a "to __________" link which does the same as though I had clicked on the name of the tag on the RHS of the del.icio.us webpage.

I could see myself finding this useful in a professional manner to track what was happening in the way of library programs in public libraries around the world, not to mention my personal interests that I could be tracking also through this bookmarking or tagging system.

My only concern would be as a cataloguer to adjust to free-form tagging when I am so used to having stringent rules!!!

#12 Roll on Rollyo!

Well I'm at it again! At this stage adding others search rolls is easier. But when I have a little more time, I will sit down and create my own. I have decided at this stage to start my own recipe search engine - as an avid cook, I am forever surfing the web for new recipes!

#11 Library Thing

Well this could be handy for those of us with a cataloguing fettish!
Library Thing is something new to me, but I can see potential for myself as a YSL as I start collating lots of storytime favourites. I wonder if I can start creating themes - nothing is impossible - I'll just need to keep playing to find out! How amazing if I could share theme ideas for storytime favourites on the web through Library Thing!

I have even been able to create my own Library Thing Widget!!! YEAH !!!

#10 Playing around with Image Generators

I've managed to glitter some text of my own, using glitterfy.com as well as finding Tinkerbell and adding my own text to this image.

This is certainly fun (and a little addictive!). No wonder this week was called "playing around with image generators", I could spend ages just seeing what other creations I can produce!!!

And just to prove a point, here goes :


If you want to have a go at some of these, try the following URL's :

1. http://www.glitterfy.com
2. http://www.caption.it

Have fun and good luck!

Technoliberated

[Glitterfy.com - *Glitter Photos*]

#8 RSS and Newsreaders

I never realised how useful and wonderful RSS knowledge could be for me!

My three particular interests which I created Feed Folders for in my Bloglines (at this stage!) are professional library reading material, youth literature, and cooking. Youth literature and cooking being very close to my heart. Professional reading being part of the job I love too.

In particular the Youth literature feeds are wonderful as I am a casual librarian with a deep interest and passion for youth literature in Australia. This is a great way for me to keep abreast of new information being shared/reported/reviewed without having to go hunting for it all the time!

One stop shopping so to speak! Very important to me when time is of the essence.

For anyone with similar interests, feel free to visit my bloglines page at
http://www.bloglines.com/public/Technoliberated

#5 Flickr

Well let's see how much I've learned. If this works I should have three photos now available for everyone to see. These are important to me, as they are photos of paintings that my great-great-grandfather painted back between 1870-1935 approx. His way of earning an income back then was to sell these paintings to Sea Captains of the ships, hence these paintings ended up all around the world.

What a wonderful way for me to collate the rest of my picture collection of A. V. Gregory paintings to share with his relatives through the world of Flickr. I'll have to get cracking on the rest later!