tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22905453665058759922011-04-21T14:35:01.377-07:00Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-87621907450162279202007-01-28T15:07:00.001-08:002007-01-28T15:25:21.937-08:00<strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">I have now posted all from my windows document as my computer at home would not open www. blogger.com it just kept getting stuck on a blank page.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">I have emailed Lyneete the page with my pictures as they did not transfer accross to the blog site </span></strong><br /><br /><br />14 Tecnorati : Technorati is expanding beyond belief every 6 months already with more than 51 million blogs, this is big!<br />Technorati uses tags to find items in blogs, and key words. I found it an interesting site to look at. It was in the New York Times and is about magic powers of items eg. Four leaf clover<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/psychology/23magic.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1170021989-g3eWtQ4+STjyMojCebogVw">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/psychology/23magic.html?_r=1&amp;adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&amp;adxnnlx=1170021989-g3eWtQ4+STjyMojCebogVw</a> I t is<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />15<br /><br />The need to find information in a library is fast changing as this websites proves.<br />2.0 is designed to help users find information, gather knowledge and create content. 2.0 makes it possible to help from in the library and home. I found this to be a lot of what we already are using.<br /><br /><br />16 wiki - I Created a pb wiki site but I am having trouble at home publishing anything the page wont open very frustrating and time wasting. I have forgotten to write down my wiki details . I did find this site easy to use but was a bit concerned about the authenticity of information made available as any can change information. I found that you can make your grocery list on it.<br /><br />17 Learning 2.0 sandbox Wiki: I did the following exercise: With brackets [ ] and just a little typing, you’ve added a link - yup, it’s as easy as that! I’mlisted under Wendy Eltham library <br /><br /><br />18<br /><a title="Zoho Writer" href="http://www.zohowriter.com/"></a><br />I had a play with Zoho and Google doc and spread sheets I found them both easy to use. Ilooked at google as I use google accounts a lot .<br /><br />19<br /> Any site from the Web 2.0 awards list: I played around with the following site and had fun looking around in this one you can search for events in Melbourne Austalia . You can get notified when your favorite band is coming to town, discover what is happening in your city today, this week, or this month, and share those events with your friends and family. It is free for you to advertise on this site This site also had job advertised yes they were hiring! I found the following event in this site: <a href="http://www.eventful.com.au/">www.eventful.com.au</a><br /><br />Walk Against Want: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs<br />Subscribe<br />When<br />Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST<br />Where<br />Scout Hall Pakenham Street BlackburnMelbourne, Victoria Australia<br />-37.8167 144.967<br />Map: <br />What<br />Oxfam Australia works in partnership with local communities to overcome poverty and injustice. You can support this work by taking part in Walk Against Want. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in the Walk over the years, raising more than $10 million for our long-term development work in 26 countries.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />20 <br /><a name="&lid=" lpos="GlobalNav"></a><a href="http://youtube.com/"></a><br /><br /><br /> YouTube and a few sites: I loved playing with YouTube it looks like a great way to get yourself noticed many groups are starting up on this site according to my teenagers. I have copied the website for video clip<br /><br /><br />I found my daughter’s friend Dennis when he went sky diving and has his own clip on YouTube: I have listed the web address below:<br /><br /><br />– dirty dancing , I had the time of my life song and film clip<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />21 Podcasts you can seach by key word . You can listen to a podcast either just by listening or subscribing.<br />I visited a comic review site for this exercise and you could review the comics<br />I have posted the blog site and the rss site below:<br /> This site gave you several issues you could then go into<br /><a name="_Hlt157750596"></a><br /><br /><br />22 Audiobooks - When trying to do this one I kept getting following message. I have listened to the tutorial. I have also looke at YPRL audibooks on line<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Top of Form<br /><br />Bottom of Form<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Top of Form<br /> Search the Site <br />Bottom of Form<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />> PLCMC: Page Not Found<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We apologize, but the page you have requested is currently unavailable.<br />Please use the Search the Site feature to search our site, or use the to help locate the information you need.<br />Use our "How Do I?" service to find frequently requested services and information:<br />Top of Form<br /><br />Bottom of Form<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />©2006 Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County310 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 Phone: (704) 336-2725 <br />Top of Form<br />Powered by<br />Bottom of Form<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />23<br />A time to reflect. I started my journey very late and thought I would at least start and not worry about the deadline; however once I started I found I was enjoying the learning experience. When I was able to get to 14 with the long weekend ahead of me I decided to go for it. I kicked the children off the home computer Thurs till Sunday evening when I took our computer to the man who services it for me as I was unable to get into at all from home it would load blank page and go no further. I tried to get around this several ways eg. By signing into google first and also by right clicking mouse and send to blog (this also worked on the work computers but not at home) Oh well this part has been very frustrating as I have done all the work. I also had trouble in a couple of other sites but managed to work around this. I found my time doing these exercises very enjoyable and will go back to visit the ones I am interested in the most. I think our libraries and technology is just beginning and we will need to learn continuously to keep up with the public. I now look forward to any more of these if they are given and will make sure I start much sooner.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-8762190745016227920?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-21231743490350286052007-01-28T15:07:00.000-08:002007-01-28T15:22:41.225-08:00<strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">I have now posted all from my windows document as my computer at home would not open www. blogger.com it just kept getting stuck on a blank page.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">I have emailed Lyneete the page with my pictures as they did not transfer accross to the blog site </span></strong><br /><br /><br />14 Tecnorati : Technorati is expanding beyond belief every 6 months already with more than 51 million blogs, this is big!<br />Technorati uses tags to find items in blogs, and key words. I found it an interesting site to look at. It was in the New York Times and is about magic powers of items eg. Four leaf clover<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/psychology/23magic.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1170021989-g3eWtQ4+STjyMojCebogVw">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/psychology/23magic.html?_r=1&amp;adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&amp;adxnnlx=1170021989-g3eWtQ4+STjyMojCebogVw</a> I t is<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />15<br /><br />The need to find information in a library is fast changing as this websites proves.<br />2.0 is designed to help users find information, gather knowledge and create content. 2.0 makes it possible to help from in the library and home. I found this to be a lot of what we already are using.<br /><br /><br />16 wiki - I Created a pb wiki site but I am having trouble at home publishing anything the page wont open very frustrating and time wasting. I have forgotten to write down my wiki details . I did find this site easy to use but was a bit concerned about the authenticity of information made available as any can change information. I found that you can make your grocery list on it.<br /><br />17 Learning 2.0 sandbox Wiki: I did the following exercise: With brackets [ ] and just a little typing, you’ve added a link - yup, it’s as easy as that! I’mlisted under Wendy Eltham library <br /><br /><br />18<br /><a title="Zoho Writer" href="http://www.zohowriter.com/"></a><br />I had a play with Zoho and Google doc and spread sheets I found them both easy to use. Ilooked at google as I use google accounts a lot .<br /><br />19<br /> Any site from the Web 2.0 awards list: I played around with the following site and had fun looking around in this one you can search for events in Melbourne Austalia . You can get notified when your favorite band is coming to town, discover what is happening in your city today, this week, or this month, and share those events with your friends and family. It is free for you to advertise on this site This site also had job advertised yes they were hiring! I found the following event in this site: <a href="http://www.eventful.com.au/">www.eventful.com.au</a><br /><br />Walk Against Want: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs<br />Subscribe<br />When<br />Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST<br />Where<br />Scout Hall Pakenham Street BlackburnMelbourne, Victoria Australia<br />-37.8167 144.967<br />Map: <br />What<br />Oxfam Australia works in partnership with local communities to overcome poverty and injustice. You can support this work by taking part in Walk Against Want. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in the Walk over the years, raising more than $10 million for our long-term development work in 26 countries.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />20 <br /><a name="&lid=" lpos="GlobalNav"></a><a href="http://youtube.com/"></a><br /><br /><br /> YouTube and a few sites: I loved playing with YouTube it looks like a great way to get yourself noticed many groups are starting up on this site according to my teenagers. I have copied the website for video clip<br /><br /><br />I found my daughter’s friend Dennis when he went sky diving and has his own clip on YouTube: I have listed the web address below:<br /><br /><br />– dirty dancing , I had the time of my life song and film clip<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />21 Podcasts you can seach by key word . You can listen to a podcast either just by listening or subscribing.<br />I visited a comic review site for this exercise and you could review the comics<br />I have posted the blog site and the rss site below:<br /> This site gave you several issues you could then go into<br /><a name="_Hlt157750596"></a><br /><br /><br />22 Audiobooks - When trying to do this one I kept getting following message. I have listened to the tutorial. I have also looke at YPRL audibooks on line<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Top of Form<br /><br />Bottom of Form<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Top of Form<br /> Search the Site <br />Bottom of Form<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />> PLCMC: Page Not Found<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We apologize, but the page you have requested is currently unavailable.<br />Please use the Search the Site feature to search our site, or use the to help locate the information you need.<br />Use our "How Do I?" service to find frequently requested services and information:<br />Top of Form<br /><br />Bottom of Form<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />©2006 Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County310 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 Phone: (704) 336-2725 <br />Top of Form<br />Powered by<br />Bottom of Form<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />23<br />A time to reflect. I started my journey very late and thought I would at least start and not worry about the deadline; however once I started I found I was enjoying the learning experience. When I was able to get to 14 with the long weekend ahead of me I decided to go for it. I kicked the children off the home computer Thurs till Sunday evening when I took our computer to the man who services it for me as I was unable to get into at all from home it would load blank page and go no further. I tried to get around this several ways eg. By signing into google first and also by right clicking mouse and send to blog (this also worked on the work computers but not at home) Oh well this part has been very frustrating as I have done all the work. I also had trouble in a couple of other sites but managed to work around this. I found my time doing these exercises very enjoyable and will go back to visit the ones I am interested in the most. I think our libraries and technology is just beginning and we will need to learn continuously to keep up with the public. I now look forward to any more of these if they are given and will make sure I start much sooner.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-2123174349035028605?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-29803839574104418902007-01-24T20:59:00.000-08:002007-01-24T21:08:26.943-08:00<span style="color:#006600;">I played with this site today and found it useful. It uses key words to in the tag areas to locate items. I think the key words need to be precise to avoid bringing up unwanted information. It had a good hot topics area.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-2980383957410441890?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-9644798199041237982007-01-24T18:56:00.000-08:002007-01-24T19:10:47.589-08:00<span style="color:#3366ff;">This tool looks great for when you log into different computers. I want to listen to the tutorial but will need to do that at home as work is to slow and I gave up</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-964479819904123798?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-19776956388458513332007-01-24T17:28:00.000-08:002007-01-24T17:50:15.326-08:00<span style="color:#cc33cc;">I created my Rollyo search engine and found this easy to use. I am learning many different tools and ways to retrieve information off the net.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-1977695638845851333?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-51474006676872496042007-01-24T16:48:00.000-08:002007-01-24T17:51:40.442-08:00<span style="color:#ffcc66;">I had already had a look at this site in one of previous learning items.<br />I thought this is a great idea and if you do want to catalogue your home records the price was reasonable</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-5147400667687249604?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-49249740630219229112007-01-24T15:18:00.001-08:002007-01-24T17:53:50.593-08:00<span style="color:#33ffff;">http://www.gohawaii.com/culture/hula.php<br /><br />I played with several different image generators. I made a a post card at the above web address. I had a go at making a Christmas snow dome and also played on a few other sites.<br />This site I had fun playing with it was fun to do.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-4924974063021922911?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-48200667740974702972007-01-23T21:49:00.000-08:002007-01-24T17:52:51.094-08:00<a href="http://sobo.com.au/"><span style="color:#663300;">http://sobo.com.au/</span></a><span style="color:#663300;"> I found this in the news feed area and being Australian and restuarant in Bondi I thought i would add.<br /><br /><em>Also the following was a good web site for libraries </em><br /></span><p><em><span style="color:#663300;">Library Thing - this site was great for many reasons you can catalogue your own books. read similar material. Use tags and many other great features</span></em></p><br /><em><span style="color:#660000;"></span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-4820066774097470297?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-42036434270211143642007-01-23T19:19:00.000-08:002007-01-23T20:37:35.197-08:00<span style="color:#3333ff;">Rss feeds - System was extremely slow when trying to do this exercise. Lynette came over to help and guide me. I learnt alot from her due to the slow system. I did like that you could keep an item you have read by clipping it.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-4203643427021114364?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-71005217061073633702007-01-23T18:58:00.000-08:002007-01-23T18:58:19.367-08:00<a href="http://www.librarything.com/blog/">LibraryThing</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-7100521706107363370?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-7343059652412566152007-01-23T17:42:00.000-08:002007-01-23T21:52:00.594-08:00<a href="http://www.librarything.com/thingology/">Thingology (LibraryThing's ideas blog)</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-734305965241256615?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-53823894934120374432007-01-22T20:49:00.000-08:002007-01-22T20:51:28.935-08:00<span style="color:#ff0000;">I used Flickr today and put the "sunset" picture on my front page. Everyone's day should finish by winding down at the end of the day sitting on the beach watching the sunset.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-5382389493412037443?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-77754878295893905572007-01-22T18:03:00.000-08:002007-01-22T18:03:57.695-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/badge.gne">Flickr: Make a badge</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-7775487829589390557?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-15118168653234531372007-01-22T17:11:00.000-08:002007-01-22T17:11:32.096-08:00<a href="http://www.adelaider.com/?thread=7645">Why Dogs Bite Their Owners - Adelaider</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-1511816865323453137?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-67429752490034428652007-01-22T17:10:00.001-08:002007-01-22T17:10:23.649-08:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete4ducks/307036605/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/117/307036605_5c8005007d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete4ducks/307036605/">Andaman Sea Sunset</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pete4ducks/">pete4ducks</a>. </span></div>My best time of the day is sunset, when your work day has ended andyou can tune out and relax. Imagine sitting on the beach each evening to wind down after a day at work<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-6742975249003442865?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290545366505875992.post-16747441243400630742007-01-17T15:40:00.000-08:002007-01-17T15:43:23.707-08:00<span style="color:#3366ff;">Hi to all bloggers, </span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">I finally have some time to be able to get started on the learning experience and look forward to learning new and exciting technology.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2290545366505875992-1674744124340063074?l=possum61.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Possumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15449546128209029257noreply@blogger.com0