This chili dog was very tasty!
4.20.2007
4.18.2007
A wiki wha?
I'm in the camp of wiki supporters, Wikipedia has come through for me several times serving as a link to more "authoritative" sources on topics I have researched through it. Plus I'm a big fan of the collaborative knowledge sharing that wiki's promote.
The LTA run wiki mentioned in this lesson is a great idea, I also would like to see something in wiki style applied to the general system and benefits announcements that can be hard to find on the intranet.
The LTA run wiki mentioned in this lesson is a great idea, I also would like to see something in wiki style applied to the general system and benefits announcements that can be hard to find on the intranet.
4.16.2007
And now for something completely different!
Why? Because it’s been to many posts without a picture, that’s why! And yes cats do play video games in case there are any doubters out there.
Library Thing
This is one of the greatest ideas I have ever encountered online. I set a LibraryThing account up sometime ago but never got around to taking advantage of it, but thanks to Learning 2.0 I've jumped back in. If you look to the right (or left if you're standing on your head) of my blog you'll find my LibraryThing widget with a sampling of what you'd find on my bookshelf at home or you can check it out here. The only problem I can find with having a LibraryThing account is finding the time to enter all of my books.
Del.icio.us you say?
Well it didn't come across tasting as good as pickled herring and lutefisk at a holiday smörgåsbord but I still liked it (for the most part).
For finding websites related to any given topic through exploration this is a great tool, for killing time by browsing the Internet this is a really great tool. Browsing sites tagged with 'robot' I came across Wired magazines The 50 Best Robots Ever along with plenty of other great sites.
As for useful in the library setting? Well I'm not really convinced of that. Maybe if you wanted to find some general info on a topic and had some keywords in mind you could come across a hidden Internet gem (if other people had tagged it as you would), not the most efficient way to search but certainly an option. I also didn't care for how it organized my bookmarks, I wanted to refine and organize them more than del.icio.us allowed.
In the end its fun to see what's been tagged by different people and I found a lot of interesting web pages I may have otherwise never been exposed to, and its got a cool name.
For finding websites related to any given topic through exploration this is a great tool, for killing time by browsing the Internet this is a really great tool. Browsing sites tagged with 'robot' I came across Wired magazines The 50 Best Robots Ever along with plenty of other great sites.
As for useful in the library setting? Well I'm not really convinced of that. Maybe if you wanted to find some general info on a topic and had some keywords in mind you could come across a hidden Internet gem (if other people had tagged it as you would), not the most efficient way to search but certainly an option. I also didn't care for how it organized my bookmarks, I wanted to refine and organize them more than del.icio.us allowed.
In the end its fun to see what's been tagged by different people and I found a lot of interesting web pages I may have otherwise never been exposed to, and its got a cool name.
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