Dark Side of the Web

We have been warned about phishing emails and what to look for and that helps. I think this second course was good as a refresher for some of the things we looked at in the first course.

Mashups

I found the Flickr Interestingness site 'interesting' and had a look at Weatherbonk. When I searched for mashup tools via google most of the sites were for music or video mashups which I found a bit frustrating.

Instant Communication

The university I am currently doing my studies with has a chat facility available which I think is a nice way to get to know your fellow classmates when studying via distance. I tried the chat facility through the Library 2.0 Ning but there was no one available at the time.

Google Docs

Google docs is a bit like having a personal limited wiki where those in the group working together can all edit the document online. It reduces it to one document instead of multiple docs. I liked the facility where more than one person can work on and edit the document at the same time, with a chat window where you can see who is making what changes. You could live a thousand miles apart but feel like you were in the same room. A virtual work environment.

Event Management

I like both Doodle and Google calendar, it is too early to tell whether I prefer one over the other. Great scheduler for very busy people!. I am attending a seminar at the State Library next month which was organized through Eventbrite so it was pretty cool to log on and access my tickets that way. I sent an invite to nswpln via Doodle so I am hoping it worked.

RSS Feeds

I switched from Bloglines to Wildgrape Newsdesk for my RSS feeds. This was one that was suggested by ALIA on their website. I love the look and layout of it. Then I have filtered the Euro News feed using Feed Sifter to filter the feed by a certain country that I am currently researching. I have used Google alert before but have set another one to receive updates on a particular author. Both these are easy to use and set up.

Slideshow, Screencasting and Digital Storytelling

I could have a lot of fun with animated slideshows, particularly with sound effects. I could see this being useful for advertising library programs, author talks etc. We used something similar for an author talk - we borrowed it off the publishers website (with their permission) and put it up on the website. Lots of bolts and lightning with sound effects would be quite spectacular.

I particularly like the idea of online screencasting as tutorials for reserving items online and using the inter library loan facility . Enjoyed the Academic Search screencast but the other link didn't work.

Absolutely loved the digital storytelling - there's so much knowledge that people keep in their heads, whether it be personal knowledge of events or situations or for the local history buffs - local knowledge. Loved it!

Nings

I liked the Mosman readers ning, it is a bit like a cross between a mini website and a blog. It seems easy to navigate and I think it seems well suited for book reviews and reader's advisory pages. I joined the Library 2.0 Ning