Well, I'm not sure exactly how simple this will make my life. To be honest I have subscribed to 9 feeds (2 friends blogs) and I have over 50 things that I need to read. I can see my life being taken over reading more stuff on the computer.
I will be honest and say that they are not all work related - but a girl's got to have a bit of fun as well - I think knowing my weekly horoscope will be very entertaining!
So - back to work stuff. I can see that some of the RSS feeds could be beneficial for keeping you up to date with events and issues as they happen. Often I just look through the index of library journals etc to see what articles are relevant or what I may find interesting to read. I can see that by subscribing to library journals you can just read what is relevant and ignore anything else. Just as easy as dealing with emails.... only we don't have to have 6 issues of current periodicals sitting on our desk in an intray! (just an online intray!)
I am pretty sure I'll end up unsubscribing to most of them as I'll have information overload!
So obviously it's meant to be simple as the information comes to you but it is still time consuming going through it all.
Ok - back for the next post ....
well it is weeks later and i have to add to my post how much fun i get from reading the Unshelved comics. I keep showing other "library" staff the really funny ones and we get much more laughter out of them than from watching The Librarians on the ABC!
October 2, 2007
September 27, 2007
More photos - week 3 continued
Well, I'm finding some of this a bit addictive. I've taken some fairly boring photos of the library to put on our Flickr account. Not very hard at all - that was a relief.
If you want to see how successful our Runescape night was @ Pakenham library you can have a browse. Better still i actually put the photos on flickr while the event was still on - talk about hot off the press! As i type i have 18 eager young kids playing runescape. Talk about loud in the library - they are having a blast which is nice to hear.
So i think i have successfully got the hang on Flickr - i'll know if people tell me they have seen the photos - sorry they aren't very fancy. Perhaps next week i might get more adventurous.
So far so good - i might even try to do next week tomorrow....
If you want to see how successful our Runescape night was @ Pakenham library you can have a browse. Better still i actually put the photos on flickr while the event was still on - talk about hot off the press! As i type i have 18 eager young kids playing runescape. Talk about loud in the library - they are having a blast which is nice to hear.
So i think i have successfully got the hang on Flickr - i'll know if people tell me they have seen the photos - sorry they aren't very fancy. Perhaps next week i might get more adventurous.
So far so good - i might even try to do next week tomorrow....
September 26, 2007
Week 3 Photos and images
Well, so far i've had a bit of a browse and i must say mentally i keep thinking to myself - "what can i do with what i'm learning and how can i use it in my life?"
I am familiar with uplaoding pictures etc as i have some on my work computer as well as my home computer. Who needs a photo frame with one photo in it when you can have a screen saver slideshow which shows off your family photos to anyone who walks by!
So - having relatives overseas and a large extended family i keep thinking about having a family blog or maybe having a flickr group which we can use for the whole family and mark it as private so that only the right sort of person can see!
I am a bit wary of having my family photos and life out on the web for all to see.
I think i'll keep reading and playing on flickr to see what or how i can use it!
More thoughts later
I am familiar with uplaoding pictures etc as i have some on my work computer as well as my home computer. Who needs a photo frame with one photo in it when you can have a screen saver slideshow which shows off your family photos to anyone who walks by!
So - having relatives overseas and a large extended family i keep thinking about having a family blog or maybe having a flickr group which we can use for the whole family and mark it as private so that only the right sort of person can see!
I am a bit wary of having my family photos and life out on the web for all to see.
I think i'll keep reading and playing on flickr to see what or how i can use it!
More thoughts later
September 21, 2007
Week 2 Blogging
Well - it says at the beginning of this week's notes "So, now begins the fun bit!"
I can honestly say that the past 30 minutes of agonising over what to do, can hardly be called "fun"!
I think the hard bit is over - naming, choosing colour schemes etc. Or - maybe that was the fun part. Perhaps now's the time to take a breath and start enjoying and learning.
I'm sure everyone will be able to guess who I am - from my blog name and also from the fact that I talk or write so much!
I must say I am looking forward to learning all this new technology stuff. I love learning new things and enjoy using technology (but only when I know what to do with it.) It seems that you never have time to learn new things. I have had an ipod for over a year and only just worked out it has a clock.... I think learning how to podcast may be an eye opener - I still don't know what it means!
It's funny sitting in the workroom with other staff members who are also worrying about what to do or say - at least we are all in the same boat.
That's all from me for this post - hope you have enjoyed it - not really sure what to say (which is a first for me!)
Looking forward to reading everyone's blogs ...
Have you guessed my favourite colour?
I can honestly say that the past 30 minutes of agonising over what to do, can hardly be called "fun"!
I think the hard bit is over - naming, choosing colour schemes etc. Or - maybe that was the fun part. Perhaps now's the time to take a breath and start enjoying and learning.
I'm sure everyone will be able to guess who I am - from my blog name and also from the fact that I talk or write so much!
I must say I am looking forward to learning all this new technology stuff. I love learning new things and enjoy using technology (but only when I know what to do with it.) It seems that you never have time to learn new things. I have had an ipod for over a year and only just worked out it has a clock.... I think learning how to podcast may be an eye opener - I still don't know what it means!
It's funny sitting in the workroom with other staff members who are also worrying about what to do or say - at least we are all in the same boat.
That's all from me for this post - hope you have enjoyed it - not really sure what to say (which is a first for me!)
Looking forward to reading everyone's blogs ...
Have you guessed my favourite colour?
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