My Twelfth Post

Okay, so now I've completed Exercise 12 and created my own Rollyo search. I spent ages fighting with this as I really wanted to create a search that would be useful for my job, where I could search our library catalogue, as well as other sites such Amazon and Fantastic Fiction. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to create a search that actually searches our catalogue and not our website. Must ask Freeloading Phill if it's even possible??? Anyway, for the moment I have a Rollyo search that runs through a few bibliographic resources (this must be so boring for anyone out there who's stumbled across this and isn't a librarian!!) The Rollyo search will be useful though when I'm trying to locate items...

My Eleventh Post

Thanks to Simmone http://simmone-blogon.blogspot.com/ I've managed to add a HTML element to my blog - a Flickr badge of some of my holiday snaps. I would have preferred to add it to the main part of the blog, but I could only add it over on the right-hand side. do you think that it looks to cluttered now?? I may need to remove it late....

Next on the Learning 2.0 must-do list is Rollyo. What on earth is a Rollyo - stay tuned!!

My Tenth Post

I spent some time last night playing around with LibraryThing (Exercise 11 in Learning 2.0) I I really like the features available like recommendations, tagging on Del.icio.us and Flickr... but I'm still a bit confused about "ISBN" vs. "Magicnumber"??? That is a bit embarrassing for an information professional to admit!!

I used to use a program called BookDB Http://www.spacejock.com/BookDB.html which I think is a great little application, but Library Thing certainly allows a lot more interaction.

Currently I'm reading a fantastic book by Dean Koontz called Prodigal Son, the first in a trilogy, which is basically the Frankenstein story updated for the 21st century, bringing the two hundred-year-old "monster," to modern day New Orleans. Fast paced, and gripping read!!

My Ninth Post

So I had a play around this afternoon with online image generators. Much easier than I expected - and great for when your feeling unappreciated - hehe!!

My Eighth Post

Very pleased to see that I got a mention on Phill's blog (http://freeloadingphill.blogspot.com/search/label/Mr%20Prada ) as Mr. Prada - just love that marvelous moniker, - although to be fair, the only Prada I was wearing that day was my gorgeous new zip-up black leather boots!

Have finished of Exercise 9 of Learning 2.0 and have been enjoying reading a whole range of library related blogs... but still end up back at my Flickr account and playing with my photos. Karyn - you don't know what you've unleashed!!!!!

My Seventh Post

Still have not got around to creating a better way of naming my posts! Spent quite a bit of time last night fiddling around with my new notebook - which has been a lot of fun! Have done all the really important things like setting up the wallpaper and syncing the Ipod. Maybe, I should actually get around to creating a back-up disc?!?!

Still working on Exercise 7 of Learning 2.0 (RSS Feeds and Bloglines). I'm still working my way around the different features that are available. A new blog that I've just subscribed to is http://youngnewlibrarians.ning.com/ Very dynamic and definitely worth a look. I had a laugh reading the "OPACs of today will be the subject of vintage homage tomorrow".

My Sixth Post

I've finally stopped playing with my Flickr account and moved onto the next exercise. So, today I set up an account with Bloglines. I've started adding a few library related blogs to the NewsReader, but the one that I'm really enjoying reading at the moment is http://younglibrarian.blogspot.com/

My Fifth Post

Gee ... I just realised that I really should have thought through the way I'm naming my posts a bit better!

I'm up to exercie 7 in the Learning 2.0 program, which is to post to your blog aboutanything technology realted that interest you. Just this mornign I picked up my new notebook, which is still sitting in it's box. Lots of fun and frustration is awaiting me I'm sure!! Still it will be great for working through the rest of the program!

http://shopping.yahoo.com.au/xPC-Hewlett-Packard-HP-Compaq-Compaq-Presario-F503AU~r-1~CLT-INTR~RFR-www.google.com.au

Oh, and I've also been busily uploading more photo's and having fun geotagging. Check it out @
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7235365@N07/map/

My Fourth Post

I've spent a bit of time over the Labor Day Weekend playing with third party Flickr tools. the two that I've found the most useful are:

• UploadrXL - a program to upload one or more images to Flickr and add them immediately to your Sets of Groups. I found this a real time saver!!
• Pictobrowser - widget to display flickr photos on your blog. I'm still trying to get the hang of this, but hopefully I'll be able to add some pictures to my blog soon!

I was amazed at how many API's there are for Flickr. Check out the list here http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/03/great-flickr-tools-collection/

My Third Post

Last night I attended a statewide Reference and Information Services Meeting which was fantastic as it offered a forum to discuss all the wonderful staff training initiatives that are being undertaken, such as the one I'm currently doing with Bayside, http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/library_web_technologies.htm It was great to hear what other services are doing, and also to hear from Yarra Plenty Library Service which have now completed their Learning 2.0 course and are now making use of their staff's new skill sets with internal IM, wikis, blogs, etc.. The possibilities are endless and I'm already starting to think what we could be doing here!

I'm still completely enamoured with Flickr and have uploaded a whole lot more of my vacation snaps. It's great plotting them onto the Google Maps mash-up and then being able to see what photos others have taken in the same area! With the long weekend starting tomorrow I'm sure I'll really spend some time tinkering with my photos. I'm certainly in no rush to move onto the next activity!!

My Second Post

I'm having so much fun with learning 2.0. I can't believe that I've never got around to setting up a Flickr account before. Oh well, better late than never. I didn't realise how addictive it would become. It's taken me a while to work out things like rotating photos, but for the most part it's quite intuitive. I've been busily uploading some photos from "Trev's Excellent Overseas Adventure" which you can see here http://www.flickr.com/photos/7235365@N07/

I've tried to make use of the map function also soyou can see where photos were taken - hope it works!! I'm completely hooked so check back in a few days and I'll have uplopaded more!

Oh, and I've also just discovered the spellchecker in Blogger!

My first post

Well here we go ... after the staff training day I'm all fired up to work through Learning 2.0. it was quite easy to set up the blog - but it took agest to get a URL that hadn't already been taken!!

The quick slide show on lifelong learning was quite good and had some great tips on attitude and tips ofr acheiving goals. http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/2006/08/2-lifelong-learning-l2.html

Well, must get back to work...