Evaluation

Now these are tools I can see the point of.
I had heard about Google Alerts but never investigated what they could actually do. I have made an alert for Tumut Library. Hopefully I will be plesently surprised to find that people are googling us non stop.
Really liked Survey Monkey. I think this is a really nifty tool that has no end of uses. This is definitely something that I will investiage the use of further and hopefully find uses for it not only within the library but also for the Shire.
The survey I created was extremely simple and just aimed at getting a grasp on the concept.
Click'>Click'>http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=glQ4QDt_2fWXBkFkFQHLOEGw_3d_3d">Click Here to take survey
Great week and found some really useful stuff.
Cheers

Delicious

Well here we are once again. I hadn't even considered Delicious since completing Web 2.0 last year, so I really had to think hard about what my login and password were to get back into it.
In working through this session I again draw the conclusion that perhaps in an attempt to make life easier we have clogged it with unnecessary things such as Delicious. Make no mistake I can see that for some people this tool would be extremely useful, but it is not the tool for me.
After linking Delicious to my Twitter account I decided to do a bookmark search on dressage, a topic near and dear to my heart. I found a multitude of hits and even found one which I will follow up at a later date when I have time.
In completing Web 2.0 & 2.1 I have had the opportunity to review technologies that I have knowledge in and expose myself to new technologies which I had not taken the opportunity to explore. I love technology and I seriously wonder how I would survive without the Internet these days. Some of the "advances" however which we are exploring through Web 2.1 I am finding to be more time consuming and jargon ridden then expected.
Anyhow Web 2.1 is about exposing us to the latest technologies and for that I am grateful.
Cheers

Twitter

Well I never thought it would happen, I have a Twitter account. Of all the technologies and ways to connect with people Twitter is the one form that I have resisted. I can't say that I am really a fan of the "lets publish my every thought for everyone else to read" phenomenon.
However despite my personal feelings about this particular information stream I am trying to positive about its use. I conducted several searches of Twitter for library related information and tags and whilst I did find some, and a few that were even worth looking at, I can't honestly say that I find Twitter to be of use.
Compared to Facebook and blogs, Twitter in my opinion is limited. As I said above I am not a fan of the way Twitter works with one off thoughts posted here there and everywhere. In comparison Facebook and blogs give greater control over information and the ability to 'discuss' topics and information.
As part of my search of Twitter I also stopped in on the tweets of some celebrities and I have to say that if my life is far to hectic and full of my own excitement to consume myself with an inane thought that a celebrity may have had, so I quickly moved on.
The internet has produced far better social interactive sites then Twitter and I would say that once Web 2.1 is finished my Twitter account with never tweet again. On that note if you want to see my tweets before they end go to http://twitter.com/klt1981
Cheers