Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website. It offers users a way of storing bookmarks online, whiallows you to access the bookmarks from any computer. It can be used like the Favourites folder on Internet browsers, only more portable. You can also share your bookmarks with family and friends.
After checking it out, I have decided that while it is good in theory, and probably very useful in reality, the Del.icio.us site is so messy and user-unfriendly it makes me not want to use it.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
# 11 - Rollyo
Rollyo allows you to create your own search tool for the websites you trust and choose, and to search other members' searchrolls as well.
I set up a profile at: www.rollyo.com/braveworld
...and a searchroll: http://rollyo.com/braveworld/book-related_sites/
I set up a profile at: www.rollyo.com/braveworld
...and a searchroll: http://rollyo.com/braveworld/book-related_sites/
# 10 - Discovering LibraryThing
LibraryThing helps you create a library-quality catalog of your books. By joining up you can add up to 200 books to your catalogue, create a profile and a blog, and search for people with similar tastes or join a forum and chat about books.
You can add your books to your profile by searching the Amazon databases or the Library of Congress for an exact match. You can sort your books by title, author or date, or tag them according to genre.
I was pleasantly surprised by how easy the site is to use and navigate. I had no trouble setting up my own profile:
http://www.librarything.com/home/braveworld
You can add your books to your profile by searching the Amazon databases or the Library of Congress for an exact match. You can sort your books by title, author or date, or tag them according to genre.
I was pleasantly surprised by how easy the site is to use and navigate. I had no trouble setting up my own profile:
http://www.librarything.com/home/braveworld
# 9 Online Image Generators
These are fun and useful. You can make all sorts of pictures and images. I had a look through the Generator Blog and found hundreds of different generators to choose from. I got this blast-from-the-recent-past at http://www.says-it.com/cassette.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
#8: Useful Library Blogs or News Feeds
The News Limited website has a full list of their RSS feeds for the news junkie who just can't get enough.
There are also countless useful library-related blogs to wade through, like the State Library of Victoria's Great Summer Read blog.
Hmmm...I think they're onto something.
There are also countless useful library-related blogs to wade through, like the State Library of Victoria's Great Summer Read blog.
Hmmm...I think they're onto something.
#7: RSS feeds
RSS feeds (Really Simple Syndication) provide a way for readers to receive regularly updated news or content from a variety of sources over the web. Users subscribe to their favourite website's RSS feed, whether it is the National News or their best friend's personal blog, look at the newest headlines and choose which stories they want to read, without having to navigate through each individual website.
I set up a Bloglines account to check this out, and was actually pleasantly surprised. However, I'm not sure if this is something I will use on a regular basis. Call me old-fashioned.
http://www.bloglines.com/public/AreWeThereYet
I set up a Bloglines account to check this out, and was actually pleasantly surprised. However, I'm not sure if this is something I will use on a regular basis. Call me old-fashioned.
http://www.bloglines.com/public/AreWeThereYet
#6: The Phenomenon of Blogging
I'm not much of a blogger. But I appreciate the fact that blogs allow people to keep a journal or column they can access and update from anywhere in the world (well, almost anywhere - somehow I doubt you'll see people in the Amazon sitting on a tree log and blogging with their Macbook). What I don't appreciate about the whole phenomenon (and this includes gaming, forums and live chat) are the associated catchphrases. Like leetspeek, blogosphere, moblogging (blogging via mobile phone), splog (spam blogging), blargon (blogging slang) and so forth.
These newly coined words are slowly insinuating themselves into our language, culture - and our dictionaries! Check out Merriam-Webster's 2007 word of the year.
It's enough to make me need a blogiday...that is, a holiday from blogging.
These newly coined words are slowly insinuating themselves into our language, culture - and our dictionaries! Check out Merriam-Webster's 2007 word of the year.
It's enough to make me need a blogiday...that is, a holiday from blogging.
# 5: Flickr fun - APIs and Mashups
Flickr has an open application programming interface, which means users can create their own third-party applications that use Flickr images in new and creative ways. Some featured members have written applications that use images to make jiqsaw puzzles, slideshows and digital 3D photocubes, as well as more practical search and mapping tools.
Mashups combine data from multiple sources to create a single web tool that enhances both original sources. An example is the use of Google maps within real estate and business websites. All very interesting, and I never really thought about the effort required to create all these little applications before.
Mashups combine data from multiple sources to create a single web tool that enhances both original sources. An example is the use of Google maps within real estate and business websites. All very interesting, and I never really thought about the effort required to create all these little applications before.
#4: Photos & Images
Flickr and other similar photo-sharing sites make it easy for people all over the world to share their photos with friends, family - or total strangers. I did a quick search and found this picture taken by a tourist of the sign outside the Geelong Library.
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