Thing 14
After my last tirade against tag makers and bloggers, I took one more look at the "boing boing" blog and found some fascinating and very funny articles from around the world. This was found in Technorati, which I have decided is not so bad; easier than using Del-icio-us. They have good lists of Favorites and Popular blogs.
I especially enjoyed watching a video on the Liveblogging Chaos Communications Camp in Germany. https://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/Intro/overview.php A large group of bloggers and "hackers" and other computer pros have gathered for a huge camp-out. There are areas set up for people to compute in tents or they can just message everyone from their own tent. They also have various fun games and activities. Different tents are set up by theme and topic to make it easier to find stuff. Everyone seemed to be having a lot of fun and also learning new skills from each other (one group was learning how to pick locks-really!)
Also got a good laugh from an article that said, "A widow and grandma spent the morning in jail, arrested for refusing to give a policeman her name when he tried writing her a ticket for failing to water her yard." Linked in boing boing: http://www.reason.com/blog/show/121852.html
Boing Boing is now one of my favorite blogs!
Thursday, August 9, 2007
UN-Del-icio-us
Thing 13
I'm sorry. I just can't deal with all these links and tags and millions of bloggers. I read through and looked at Del-icio-us and I just don't see the point. Also Technorati. Do we really need to have hundreds of tags to find a few blogs? There are some nice blogs/websites on these places but I don't really need to find so many. Isn't there an easier way to find a few blogs? Does Google search for them? Even if I attach my own blog to one of these things, I doubt that many people would get much out of it.
The other thing is that all this techno language is becoming a bit much for me.
Words I have learned about today (and other days): tags, wii, widgets, clouds, wiki, folksonomy, social bookmarking, wii, boing boing (a nice blog). The idea behind all these things (to help people connect with one another?) is a nice one. But it feels like an awful lot of work just to get it all set up and then more time to keep checking everything you want to connect to. This is the same way I felt about the RSS feeds. Isn't it just as easy to bookmark the sites you like under Favorites on your browser?
Also I don't like having to read blogs, email or any site where the person can't take the time to spell simple words correctly (I'm not talking about shortened IM words like "r u ok?") I mean really misspelled words. It seems more and more acceptable to write as fast as you can and make as many mistakes as you want.
Guess I'm getting old and cranky!!!
I'm sorry. I just can't deal with all these links and tags and millions of bloggers. I read through and looked at Del-icio-us and I just don't see the point. Also Technorati. Do we really need to have hundreds of tags to find a few blogs? There are some nice blogs/websites on these places but I don't really need to find so many. Isn't there an easier way to find a few blogs? Does Google search for them? Even if I attach my own blog to one of these things, I doubt that many people would get much out of it.
The other thing is that all this techno language is becoming a bit much for me.
Words I have learned about today (and other days): tags, wii, widgets, clouds, wiki, folksonomy, social bookmarking, wii, boing boing (a nice blog). The idea behind all these things (to help people connect with one another?) is a nice one. But it feels like an awful lot of work just to get it all set up and then more time to keep checking everything you want to connect to. This is the same way I felt about the RSS feeds. Isn't it just as easy to bookmark the sites you like under Favorites on your browser?
Also I don't like having to read blogs, email or any site where the person can't take the time to spell simple words correctly (I'm not talking about shortened IM words like "r u ok?") I mean really misspelled words. It seems more and more acceptable to write as fast as you can and make as many mistakes as you want.
Guess I'm getting old and cranky!!!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Rollyo
Thing 12
Created a Rollyo search engine. I only put a few websites in the search box for genealogical searches. This is the first tool I have used that I can see a possible use for the library! It could be created for special assignments that students need (temporarily) or for projects staff are working on. Maybe to create special booklists or look for ideas for library programs, crafts, etc.
Created a Rollyo search engine. I only put a few websites in the search box for genealogical searches. This is the first tool I have used that I can see a possible use for the library! It could be created for special assignments that students need (temporarily) or for projects staff are working on. Maybe to create special booklists or look for ideas for library programs, crafts, etc.
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