Monday, June 20, 2011

Bow ties are cool!

The times are changing...

I have moved on a little since 2008 and the first web 2.0 course. Since then I've changed several of my web service tastes, for example,
  • I don't use librarything much anymore. I now use Goodreads. Its less of a catalogue of my books and more about what I'm currently reading or plan to read.

  • I use Google Reader instead of Bloglines. I have a desktop app that uses the google reader feed very well (called reeder, sorry all you not-apple people)

  • Still love Delicious but had a bit of terror when yahoo declared they were selling it off. Shoved everything across to Diigo but then Delicious got new owners and everything seems to have settled (though there are still some concerns - see this article)

To prove how successful a little 2.0 marketting is, here's a library related funny;

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Facebook

Facebook is already used by some libraries as a portal to their catalogues and even online touring ( Inner Temple Library & Loughborough University Library ).

Originally the people who run facebook where not very supportive of libraries, as I found in this article from SLA-IT about the University of Kentucky's facebook page. This has changed however, if you want to join up as a library go through this page.

Google Docs

Google docs is extrodinarily useful for a public library trying to provide internet access. We have 1 computer providing word processing applications, for security reasons it's not hooked to the internet. Online apps. like this make it possible to word process for our clients while on the web (very common with students!)

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

My blogs on my RSS feed.

I just turned on the feed options on bloger (in the settings tab) and now I've listed my blog on my RSS feeder (bloglines). This very blog will soon become a new blog listed on my bloglines feeds !

This should come in handy if anyone makes a comment - I should then get a feed .

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Del.icio.us link list

Is used dome of the del.icio.us HTML code to produce the link list on the left. (under the library thing list). You can get this HTML code at del.icio.us linkrolls page.

Monday, April 7, 2008

podcasts

I love podcasts, they where one of the first things I downloaded when I bought my Ipod. I've also been listening/watching the stanford physics lectures on the way to work, they're on the online education database if you're interested.

Yahoo!7 Answers

I put a question up for general reply, Now I have to wait for answers !

if you're interested it's at urban's yahoo question

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

library thing !

Now everyone must endure an accounting of my literary tastes !

this listing may work best as a warning....

must check into the HTML and see if there is a way to add it to the library's blog with new releases.