life traveller

Summary

2007-01-04T14:46:00.000-08:00

Week 9
Step 23

Wow, I made it!
It is amazing what technology is out their, just at your finger tips. Youtube, flickr,mashups, newreader accounts, wkiks, sandbox, net library only to mention some.
It was well worth taking the time to have a look at what is happpening out there, the rate of change is amazing.
I see that netlibrary has a huge potentional for lots of reasons, as long as you have the internet you can access so much. People with disabilities, problems with distance, languages, sight and time issues can access titles and download them to their computers, ipods and mp3 player and listen to their books, radio sessions or extract from magazines.
I must acknowledge the wonderful assistance, encouragement and patiences that both Denise and Lynette have shown, it has been greatly appreciated.
Life traveller continues ......................................

Net Library

2007-01-04T14:14:00.000-08:00

Week 9
Step 22

Have checked net library collection of titles, had a listen to "Clever Gretel" by Brothers Grimm and "The little Match girl" by Hans Christian Anderson.
The quality of the recordings is excellent. The potential for visual impaired people to ultalize this fomat is huge. Once the collection is increased to cater for all taste I can see that Net libtrary will be very successful. Individuals will be able to make a selection of titles and down load them to their mp3 player an have hours of listening please at their finger tips.

pocasting

2007-01-02T20:02:00.001-08:00

Week 9
Step 21

Internet very slow today podcast transmission very staggered.
Some that I checked out where as listed below;
http://www.abc.net.au/science/podcast/gmis.xml
http://www.abc.net.au/am/

you tube

2006-12-21T18:33:00.000-08:00

Week 9
Step 20
Check these out.
You tube is a wonderful way of sharing funny videos with every one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9l19D2sIHI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdAjGXFJw3s

zoho

2006-12-21T16:45:00.000-08:00

Week 8
Step 18

I have checked out Zoho, it was very slow. I understand that it very similar to Word and that it can be access from any PC.

Web 2.0 Awards

2006-12-21T14:07:00.000-08:00

Week 8
Step 19

I checked out many of the sites, so much information. These tools are would be very helpful in researching.
Having some- one else rating sites shortcut the process of checking for information.

PBwiki

2006-12-20T17:20:00.000-08:00

Week 7
Step 17

Have entered blog into favoites, waiting to get some hits.
The impact of the blogs is on the increase.

Wiki

2006-12-20T14:55:00.000-08:00

Week 7
Step 16

Wikis are a great way of sharing your experience to an untold number of people.
Our Wiki for summer reading club should be a great place fo the kids to recomend to other kids what is a good read.

Web 2.0

2006-12-19T17:20:00.000-08:00

Week 6
Step 15

With the way technology and the information resources are going, may we can down size our libraries now that the books have all left?
Articles as "just in case" make the future very interesting.

The “just in case” collection Crazy as this may sound, the time has come for us to look skeptically at the very idea of a library “collection.” Building a comprehensive collection of materials that anticipates the user’s every need (without providing wastefully where no need exists) has always been problematic, but it was an approach that made sense when information was available only in print formats, and was therefore difficult, expensive and slow to distribute. But it no longer makes sense to collect information products as if they were hard to get. They aren’t. In fact, it may no longer make sense to “collect” in the traditional sense at all. In my library, we’ve seen a 55 percent drop in circulation rates over the past twelve years, making it harder and harder to justify the continued buildup of a large “just in case” print collection. As a Web 2.0 reality continues to emerge and develop, our patrons will expect access to everything – digital collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasts, etc. You think they can’t have everything? Think again. This may be our great opportunity

technorati

2006-12-18T20:15:00.000-08:00

Weeek 6
Step 14

A sample of what I found!

Blah
18 hours ago
So I keep disappointing people. Im not trying to but I just keep on doing it. ...I think here soon Im gonna disappoint myself... Nobody knows Nobody knows but me That I sometimes cry If I could pretend that I'm asleep When my tears start to fall I peek out from behind these walls I think nobody knows Nobody knows no Nobody likes Nobody likes to lose their inner voice The one I used to hear before my life Made a choice But I think nobody knows No no Nobody knows No Baby Oh the secret's safe with me There's nowhere ...
...BLAH!...
11 days ago
Sooo.. Im sick of school.. I am trying to study for bio. but that does NOT seem to be happening. I keep getting distracted.. - - Also.. I really want to go and relax and have fun. I want to be able to go out with my friends and just have fun. NO DRAMA! I swear now a days thats all there is is drama. It sucks. I wish that for like one day there was no drama. But I really dont see that happening... - - Well I wrote this thinking it might help me.. But it didnt.. - - WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED???- - ...
Going Out!!
157 days ago
Hey there people! Well here in a little bit I am going to go see a movie with my good friend Miss. Brandi! We are going to go see The Devil Wears Prada! Which I have been wanting to see. So I cant wait!Mmk well I guess I am going to go now and finish getting ready! &hearts; Love you! Danielle ...
IM STUPID!!!
174 days ago
Well people.. Im soooooooooooo stupid!!! Im so tired of this crap! And you know what.. Pretty much all of you have no clue what Im talking about.. So yeah.. Just ignore this.... ...
Work Scheldule..
176 days ago
Mmk well here is my work scheldule for those of you who would like to know when I will be at work or at home! *Sunday the 25th.. Off! *Monday the 26th.. 11:15am to 4:15pm *Tuesday the 27th.. Off! *Wednesday the 28th.. 12:00pm to 6:00pm *Thursday the 29th.. 1:00pm to 6:00pm *Friday the 30th.. 4:30pm to 9ish pm *Saturday the 1st.. 2:00pm to 7:00pm There we go that is this weeks scheldule! TTYL! ...

tagging/ Del.icio.us

2006-12-18T14:35:00.000-08:00

Week 6
Step 13

Some comments from participants.

Citadel of the Blogs » Blog Archive » Starting With Web 2.0 Says: July 29th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
[…] “You are going to do a lot of exploration and reading on the net. You need a way to reference pages and sites. The “web 2.0 way” to do this is with “social tagging”, so open yourself an account on http://del.icio.us - and start tagging pages as recommended in The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users. By way of example, you can see how my del.icio.us account has grown to over 1,000 resources in about seven months only, and even when I hit 10,000 resources; I am confident I will be able to retrieve any page I want simply by combining my own keywords. For example, the list of my resources tagged both with “Web2.0″ and “Trends” can be accessed witha URL formatted like this: http://del.icio.us/Fidelis1970/Web2.0+Trends (”Fidelis1970″ is the name of my account on del.icio.us). Similarly, I know I can retrieve my own list of sites using drupal with the following URL: http://del.icio.us/Fidelis1970/drupal+Example” […]
Citadel of the Blogs » Blog Archive » del.icio.us starter kit Says: July 29th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
[…] The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users » Slacker Manager […]
links for 2006-08-07-- str1ke.us Says: August 7th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
[…] The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users » Slacker Manager excellent tips (tags: article del.icio.us tips reference howto blogging weblog 9rules productivity socialsoftware tagging tutorial folksonomy bookmarking) […]
links for 2006-08-20 Sriram Srinivasan’s blog Says: August 21st, 2006 at 8:56 pm
[…] The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users » Slacker Manager (tags: del.icio.us tips) […]

Family medical conditions

2006-12-17T18:55:00.000-08:00

Week 5
Step 12

http://rollyo.com/createroll.html?sid=86847

http://rollyo.com/search.html?q=McArdles+disease&sid=web

Library Thing

2006-12-17T18:37:00.000-08:00

Week 5
Step 11

Books of my choice
Library Thing
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=toooohard

2006-12-17T16:56:00.000-08:00

Week 5

Step 10

Lasted addition to our family

2006-12-17T16:31:00.000-08:00

RSS and news readers

2006-12-13T20:59:00.000-08:00

Week 4
Step 8
Step 9

2006-12-13T20:24:00.000-08:00

Week 3
Step 6

Seached flidkr and mashups.

made trading card, beautiful scenery at our own backdoor.

week 3 flickr

2006-12-13T19:43:00.000-08:00

Week 3
Step 5

Images of Kinglake :snapshots found from travellers on flickr

ipods

2006-12-13T14:49:00.000-08:00

Week 3
Step 7

Ipods, what's next?

ipods, whats next?
Ipods, technology is changing at an every increasing rate. Once the new product has reached the retail shelves, it has already been super seeded.Apple has released a software update for the iPod nano and fifth generation iPod. IPod owners can even now easily set their own personal maximum volume limit, and parents now have the ability to set a maximum volume limit on their child’s iPod and lock it with a combination code. This will ensure the hearing of future generation of children will not be damaged.How good is that!!!!!

Wilson Prom

2006-10-18T17:16:00.001-07:00

WILSONS PROM
What a glorious part of the world!
Sunset from Mt Oberon is magic, but it does get a little chilled after dark and if is a little difficult decending the mountain in the dark. There is nothing like a cup of hot sugar water on top of a mountain as you watch the sun go down(some one forgot the tea bags). You had to be there.
Good idea Jude!
Highly recomend a trip down the Gipsland Hwy to visit this wonder part of Victoria even though it is a little bit charred. Our National Parks are in good hands!

My baby!

2006-10-18T17:16:00.000-07:00

Mooey!

This is my little baby mooey. He is a black angus, born January 2006 in the south paddock. We adopted him through adopt-a-calf.com.au. His mother died from a mysterious illness. He lived in our back yard until he developed a habit of escaping his pen and enjoying the next door neighbours hopitality and garden once to often. So, he is now attending cattle school at a near by cattle farm. Where we hope he graduates to be a fist class bull. Unfortunately for Mooey his has picked up a few bad habits from some of the other calf and now has warts and lice. He has been medicated for the lice and it is hoped that in due course that the warts will disappear.

Blogging is like a box of chocolate

2006-10-17T15:48:00.000-07:00

when you open the screen into blogging world you never know where it shall lead!