Web 2.0 Poll Winners

I found a pretty cool site called Campfire at http://www.campfirenow.com/ listed under the 'Communication' category. I took the five minute tour to get an idea of what this site was all about (http://www.campfirenow.com/tour/). This looks like a pretty cool and versatile site. It's a great way to get a group of people together to collaborate on different projects or discussions if time and distance is a problem. I could see this site coming in handy at the Ferguson Library for getting together for meetings with staff at all the different branches without the hassle of everyone getting down to the Main branch and finding parking. You don't even need to all sign in at the same time. The discussion and any files or pictures are there for other people to log-in at any time to post to the conversation, retrieve files and pictures and add their own feedback for the other members to take a look at later.

Free Stuff Ripped off From Microsoft Office

Okay, I never knew this kind of thing existed and I think I had way too much fun playing with it than any normal person should have. For doing school work this is just simply fabulous! No need to worry about saving all your changes to a thumb drive and then remembering to take the thumb drive with you everywhere you go to continue your work. Not to mention the fabulous kitty montage I was able to slap together on the google version slideshow application. Now if I could just figure out how to set it to music Neptune could be the next American Idol.

Technorati

Ok, is this deja-vu for lesson #5 Locating Useful Feeds? If you glance back at how spitting mad I was, you will soon see that my reaction is still the same. I had the same results (or lack of results) that I had while using the Feedster search engine no matter what type of search I used. I also could not find any of our Learning 2.0 blogs when this lesson was posted. However, I had better luck locating our staff blogs today, 11/14/07, and even found my blog listed (meow-hurrah!). I found the staff Learning 2.0 blog, Blogaruu at http://ania7-blogaruu.blogspot.com/ when I searched. Mommsy got totally into their 'Shoes!!! On YouTube!!!' post. Beware, the movies are hilarious but not for the faint of heart. Thanks a bunch, Blogaruu, like I need my mommy's addiction to shoes to be encouraged, I should be her one and only addiction! Now it's time for my in between dinner and evening nap.

Del.icio.us

Well, I browsed around our page at http://del.icio.us/fergusonlibrary. I couldn't tell if anything had been added by other 2.0 users and I didn't notice any comments or tags. After reading more about how del.icio.us works on their 'help' page (http://del.icio.us/help/) it became more clear what this website is all about. I would personally use this site to keep track of all the recipes I browse for on-line, or keep all the sites and log-in pages for my on-line courses saved in here. I can even use it to keep tabs on all the Learning 2.0 pages so I don't need to keep adding them to all the computers I use in the 'Favorites' section of the different web browsers.

Ferguson Wiki

It was rilly easy to log in and edit this wiki. It's fun to see what everyone is reading and watching. And, WOW, we are a bunch of globetreckers according to the 'Favorite Vacation Spots' page! Is there any corner of this world that staff hasn't been to yet?

Beware of the "Holiday Ten"

It's so easy to pack on the pounds during the holiday season, so here is a little reminder to help you keep on track and not over-indulge too much this year!



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Wonderful World of Wikis

To my little kitty brain wikis seam like a mesh between a blog and a web page. I wouldn't trust any info found on a wiki for research or fact. I think they are best suited for recreational purposes. They are built on individual or group opinion, so it could be fun to make one for a group of friends to discuss different varieties of catnip and where to get them. Mommy was yakking about how wikis could be used to form book clubs and keep track of book discussions, or as a family web page to keep in touch if your relatives are spread far and wide. I'm sticking with the catnip idea, she's b-o-r-i-n-g, know what I mean?