• What kind of information is being posted by the library accounts above? What kind of information should libraries post?
The posts are about programs happening at the branches which is a good use of this media. The posts for Fish Creek are short and posted regularly-sometimes several per day. One branch is only twittering once a month which is not really often enough to hold interest of the 'twitter mindset'.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Do you see any practical applications for LibraryThing either at home or at work? Will you start using this site?
I will recommend this site to customers that are avid readers and to those customers that are looking for book recomendations. The Early Reviewers part was interesting-actually a good way to check for new books with a brief summary. I would like to know how they decide who to send the 'free copies' to for reviewing. I do not think I would use this sight as intended at this time as it would take up agreat deal of time-I am curious how long it took Bluetyson to read/review 35,000 books!
I will recommend this site to customers that are avid readers and to those customers that are looking for book recomendations. The Early Reviewers part was interesting-actually a good way to check for new books with a brief summary. I would like to know how they decide who to send the 'free copies' to for reviewing. I do not think I would use this sight as intended at this time as it would take up agreat deal of time-I am curious how long it took Bluetyson to read/review 35,000 books!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Google Calendar
Do you see free online tools like these eventually replacing expensive software like MS Office?
I think most companies would stick with MS Office for the sake of uniformity and for more complete control of company information-in the event an employee left a company, he/she might not 'close the account'.
I think most companies would stick with MS Office for the sake of uniformity and for more complete control of company information-in the event an employee left a company, he/she might not 'close the account'.
Monday, May 10, 2010
YOUTUBE and FLICKR
Comment on the quality, entertainment value, or usefulness of the content on these sites.
Wow I thought reality TV was bad! Youtube just opens it up to everyone and anyone. I think a person could waste a great deal of time watching video clips on this site. As far as FLICKR goes it seems useful and offers a large number of options to manage/share photograhs. If the site is used a great deal and 'slow' that would be a drawback.
Wow I thought reality TV was bad! Youtube just opens it up to everyone and anyone. I think a person could waste a great deal of time watching video clips on this site. As far as FLICKR goes it seems useful and offers a large number of options to manage/share photograhs. If the site is used a great deal and 'slow' that would be a drawback.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
RSS
Were you able to successfully set up your RSS feed? If not, where did you run into problems? If you were successful, does this make information-gathering more convenient for you?
I was successful in setting up my RSS feed and was very impressed with this service-I had not heard of it in the past. This is very useful in keeping current with a variety of topics/subjects in one stop. It is also good to have the ability to subscribe/unsubscribe with a click-I over subscribed and had to remove some sites. I will continue to make use of RSS.
I was successful in setting up my RSS feed and was very impressed with this service-I had not heard of it in the past. This is very useful in keeping current with a variety of topics/subjects in one stop. It is also good to have the ability to subscribe/unsubscribe with a click-I over subscribed and had to remove some sites. I will continue to make use of RSS.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
What do you like about the Google product? What do you dislike? Would you recommend the product to friends and colleagues?
Google is amazing with all that is available-google universe is an appropriate name for it! The one product I reall like is Google Street. Since it was first started, they now include it in the regular Google Maps as an 'extra' feature. This comes in very handy to verify the directions as well as to familiarize yourself with a new area you need to find. This product would be fabulous when you are travelling and wish to check out the area for your hotel/restauraunts/tours. The niggling 'dislike' is that it takes away some a degree of anonymity/safety. Big brother is watching/thieves might use it to familiarize themselves with an address. I would definitely recommend this product to others to use.
Google is amazing with all that is available-google universe is an appropriate name for it! The one product I reall like is Google Street. Since it was first started, they now include it in the regular Google Maps as an 'extra' feature. This comes in very handy to verify the directions as well as to familiarize yourself with a new area you need to find. This product would be fabulous when you are travelling and wish to check out the area for your hotel/restauraunts/tours. The niggling 'dislike' is that it takes away some a degree of anonymity/safety. Big brother is watching/thieves might use it to familiarize themselves with an address. I would definitely recommend this product to others to use.
Social Networks
Why do you think social networking sites are so popular? What are the main appeal factors?
From what I can see, the ability to communicate with/check on news from 'friends' any time and anywhere is the major appeal of these sites. You can select how much information you share and block people you do not want to communicate with.
From what I can see, the ability to communicate with/check on news from 'friends' any time and anywhere is the major appeal of these sites. You can select how much information you share and block people you do not want to communicate with.
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