Malware and the end

That's it for now. If completed to library learning 2.1 is complete. I haven't learned as much as the first time but that's probably because I'm so late doing it and so many of the topics covered are older now and much more common.
Can't wait until there's more.

mash ups

So much time can be wasted creating mashups. There's so many different things you can create. Time is the enemy here of if you can do them all.

Instant communication

Reading about IM and skype and it makes me wonder what technology will be like in two years time.

google docs

Here's my budget once the carbon tax comes into effect (done using google docs of course)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Ag5XGqehZiULdF9Sc2hOQm1DcEN4X3ZleWNRTlZSVXc&output=html

Event management

Just read about Doodle to organise meetings. If you need to email someone about a meeting, why use another program. It's just complicating things more than necessary just to be seen using all these new programs.

RSS

Just getting a refresher on RSS feeds. They're good, but from experience, you just have to learn not to over subscribe or it's information overload!

So I've learnt what a ning is - they mustn't have really taken off as you never hear anyone talking about them these days.
I've also just signed up to Slideshare and added a slideshow.

survey monkey and feedburner

I've just added feedburn to my blog and explored survey monkey but I don't think they'll be much use for me. Maybe for managers wanting to keep track of website usage but not for me at my level of responsibility.

Another blog I like

Weird things customers say in bookshops

I think that libraries could use twitter for advertising and like my team leader once said, use it during busy times to tell people when a table or the study room becomes free.

Twitter

I've been on twitter for a while @wendy26wendy but never really utilised it as there's just so many other things to follow:

• http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/
• http://darcymoore.net/
• http://lists.vicnet.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pln
• http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/
• https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/

and the list goes on.

Two years late...

public library learning 2.1 was meant to happen two years ago, but better late than never I suppose.

Let's see if you can teach an old dog new tricks!

Week 12

All these new types of applications and I have to work in a place that doesn't even provide USBs. The team leader is having problems getting a blog just for our team, so I can't see the organisations letting us have a facebook site (the site is banned organisational wide anyway). One day I'll get a job closer to home and that is a tad more progressive - technogically at least.

Week 11

I never realised that there are free document programs out there. I suppose if you don't need them you don't look for them. It might come in handy one day.

Best answer

I've come back from holidays to discover that when I was answering a few questions on Yahoo Answers, one of my answers was voted the best one. Apparently this allows me bragging rights and I'm allowed to do a little victory dance (I've already done that one - while sitting down though, don't want to make a scene in the library!). I might have to go and answer some more questions, see if I can get a taste of victory again.

Mashups

I never realised that when I used sites such as whereis.com.au and I looked at the maps and sometimes changed to view, that these were called mashups. I love the calendar maker on 'big huge lab'. This is what I've created.

Week 8 and 9

Those answer boards are great. I've answered one question already. It's good to get tougher questions and test my research skills.
As for podcasts, I can't do that here at work. No sound. No USB ports (even for the public). Hopeless.

Library Thing

I've already used Library thing before. But instead of using it to document what books I have at home, I use it to list books that I've read or heard about and want to read in the future. That way if I'm out and have access to the internet I can check what titles I want (saves me carrying around a tatty piece of paper) http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php I don't know if this link will work. Looks pretty generic to me.

Del.icio.us

This is great. It means that I can be at a computer that doesn't have my favourites saved, but still get access to my favourites. I'm still working on adding my favourites, but here it is so far: http://del.icio.us/wendyt26

Going great guns

I can't believe it. I've just added videos to the blog. There's not stopping me now!