#17 PBWiki

Easy peasy.
I managed to "steal the lock" and get on to add my blog.
It's great the way that anyone no matter what there web skills is able to be part of the online community.

#16 Here Wiki, wiki....

One of the screen shots from Meredith Gorran Farkas' slide show was of a local history wiki. As this is an area I'm interested, it's come at a great time as the local history society I work with is gathering information for the 150th anniversary of our local suburb. They currently do not have a presence on the web and a wiki could give them a taste of what is possible, not to mention, broaden their information base for the uncoming celebrations.

This is something I plan to pursue....

#15 Web 2.0 and me

Web 2.0 means change across all library areas.
There's a line in the Dr Wendy Schultz's article "This too shall pass". I think Web 2.0 is on its way to who knows where and it's moving faster than most public libraries, staff and our library patrons can keep up with. The virtual world has moved onto Web 3.0 and 4.0 already.
Yet, while I know that as part of my professional development, I need to keep abreast of the amazing array of tools on the web and I like doing this, the patrons I deal with still want to borrow or ask for help. They like that they can talk to someone in real time, face to face in First life.

#14 Totally techno..

As I was trawling my way through the 5,ooo plus posts that contained "Learning 2.0"
I cam across an amazing video on the impact technology has and is having on learning in all areas of life. The focus is on universtiy students and the impact of digital technology on their lives. The blog is called "The Cool Cat Teacher Blog" and the
post is called Truth And Dare. It's worth a look.

It made me think about just how much of My (me time) is spent interacting with technology. The students in the video calculated that they spent 26.5 hours (7 hours sleeping) a day doing technology related stuff. I'm happy to say that this is why when the sun is shining and the birds singing (as I write this), I just want to switch it all off and go outside.

So I am.

#13 Bookmarks unleashed

De.li.cious remainds me of FURL from a few years ago.
Being able to access my favourites from anywhere on the net, no matter where I am is a great option. I'm more inclinded to keep my favourites in my head and should I need to locate other websites, I'll perform a search. However, I can see it's usefulness in tracking down the websites that you might miss for specific areas.

#11 It's LT not BLT

I have a weakness for cookbooks of any type, my librarything is very food orientated.
Cookbooks are like a manual for me. I'm alwys looking for new techniques and new flavours. One day when I have more time, I'll cook til my nonstick becomes unstuck.

# 10 Generators

This is fun, I tried a couple of other generators, Harry Potter and even the SPonge BOb generator. Great way to pass the time.
The sign above was created at the Streetsign generator - http://wigflip.com/easystreet/

# 5 Flickr school

Back in September I attended a two day visit to Ballarat, looking at how they manage the various heritage collections held throughout the city. This photograph wa taken under the Tree of Knowledge at Ballarat University.

# RSS feeds.... me more information

I love My Bloglines account ! What a great tool, I've managed to subscribe to several sites that I used to visit on a regular basis just to keep up with whats happening. Now they're all in one spot for me to check. I can see the RSS feeds being a fantastic way of letting library patrons know what's happening in different sections eg. genealogy/local history, children's and adults, whether it's new resources or events.


Not sure about sharing my feeds just yet, I want to collect a few more.

# 3 Teaching a young dog old tricks

While I'm meant to write about new technology that I've found interesting, I think there's still lots of "old" stuff, that we take for granted. For instance, I was recently left speechless when watching a younger member of my family attempt to use a bottle opener. They didn't know how it worked. Yet this same person has an incredible Myspace page and knows how to use MP3 players and all the latest gadgets. Go figure!

On the technology angle, I've got a PDF converter program thats proved itself very useful over the years. Take any PDF document, run the converter and presto, you have a document you can edit, or do whatever you need to. Also handy when no one has a copy of the original document the PDF was created from.

# 2 No time like...

Where has all the time gone?
I was going to be sooooooo diligent and keep up with the Learning 2.0 program. I need to think more like the little engine that could rather than the little engine that doesn't have time.

#1 The Web 2.0 journey begins ......

First day on the blog. Does this mean I'm now a "Blogger" ? This is all new to me and a bit strange. Not sure what to write about but I guess as the weeks progress, I'll find more things to comment on.