once was pluto

beginning at the end

2007-11-14T00:51:00.000+11:00

What a great experience. There are so many good things I have learned. I have gained confidence and have been able to actively work on many new things. There are so many applications for all of these emerging technologies. I've found some that were perhaps more fun than applicable to library users and services but really, the whole point of this program is to encourage your curiosity.

books on netlibrary

2007-11-14T00:50:00.001+11:00

NetLibrary is of course linked to UNSW so I was welcomed immediately! I created my own account and saved a book to favourites.As always, I would like an app that I could place in my blog so that I can link to NetLibrary and any books I've saved there.NetLibrary is a very useful tool for students. I can easily see all the metadata for books and the subject headings are also good. I also like how

podcasts

2007-11-14T00:45:00.000+11:00

Here are two podcast feeds I will add to my ipod:This one is on Edtech talk:http://edtechtalk.com/?q=node/feedAnd one of the early ones, Mugglecast:http://feeds.feedburner.com/mugglecastHere's the podcast player I will download:

youtube-ing

2007-11-14T00:28:00.000+11:00

the machine is using usare you blogging this? kinda cutethis one is just for fun!

great sites

2007-11-14T00:15:00.000+11:00

The Web 2.0 Awards, May 2007:http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/shortThis is a great site to keep up to date with good sites! Quite a collection of sites to explore.Lulu for self publishing!Findory builds a home page for each reader, recommending content based on what each person has read and what new content is published!Lots more to go back to here. Not sure yet of what I would recommend or apply to

web based apps for work

2007-11-14T00:12:00.000+11:00

zoho sounds good.I've already used googledocsI've added a powerpoint sharing app to facebookAll very useful and save you having to remember your memory stickThe main problem I can see with all of this is all the usernames and passwords I have to remember!!

exploring wikis

2007-11-14T00:05:00.000+11:00

here is a link to a wiki subject guidehttp://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page

where to web 2.0?

2007-11-14T00:04:00.000+11:00

lots to talk about herelets not lose the social, interactive role of a library - there are still benefits to talking, learning and experiencing face to face

hello technorati

2007-11-13T23:42:00.001+11:00

Technorati ProfileI found this technorati tag to the program - quite interesting. will go back to explore further:http://technorati.com/tag/PLCMCL2

technorati, bloggerati

2007-11-13T23:27:00.000+11:00

this says it all ..."Currently tracking 112 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media."phew!bloggerati is the australian version - quite useful

delicious tags

2007-11-13T23:21:00.000+11:00

I set up a delicious account some time ago but have just added a delicious cloud tag to my blog and i like it!delicious is a great way to have portable bookmarks. I also like the way suggested or popular tags appear when you first add a page - prompts you to add useful tags.I will definitely use delicious more often.

gotta get a tag cloud!

2007-10-08T11:33:00.000+10:00

OK, I've added my own Thing ...Thing 24:Create a tag cloud.I've done it already on both of my own blogs and it worked like magic. Much improved on the "Labels" offered in these blogs.So, all I did was google blogger tag cloud and then I clicked on the first link:phydeaux3: Code for New Blogger Tag Cloud / Label CloudThis was a straightforward and easy process, I just followed the directions. I

rss via bloglines et al .....

2007-10-05T17:02:00.000+10:00

So, bloglines. I've added multiple feeds, blogs, news items, a podcast, and created my public url thingy at rujalyHave to admit, not sure what this public url is for - I gather it is for others to see my bloglines? I guess so, but ...?? Isn't bloglines for me, to make my life easier? Who would want to look at other's bloglines when they might be having enough trouble keeping up with their own. OK

ode to Pluto

2007-10-04T16:41:00.001+10:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } "Pluto - our lost brother" - 4Naccarato, originally uploaded by Auntie K. I like this image. It's a tribute to a planet that is now dwarved but remains a planet to all of us that grew up with it.I've joined a great facebook

new tech

2007-10-04T14:22:00.001+10:00

I've had a play with flickr, mashups like spell (hmm, I did go overboard with this slightly!), montagr, magazine cover, the colour wheel thing, plus found lots more I will go back to and play with some more.I've been reading TechCrunch, a blog about new technologies. I read a few interesting posts this week, one today about Amazon developing Dynamo, a new type of Web operating system that treats

OK, one more go with this! ....

2007-10-04T12:07:00.001+10:00

spell with flickr

2007-10-04T11:43:00.000+10:00

Bar Beach sunrise

2007-10-03T16:50:00.001+10:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bar Beach sunrise IMG_2337, originally uploaded by OZinOH. My old beach. Many's the morning I've swum down there in this early morning light. Brings back lots of good and happy memories. My mum grew up on it in the 20's and

Storm Clouds At Wamberal

2007-10-03T16:35:00.001+10:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Storm Clouds At Wamberal, originally uploaded by ansend. Here's a great shot of a looming storm over Wamberal. I remember that sand, it is strangely yellow/ochre on this beach - it's much paler at Bar Beach (I'll post a shot

montages, postcards, rainbows and more

2007-10-03T16:23:00.000+10:00

How much fun can you have creating things via flickr? I've set up my account, loaded one photo, added a comment to someones fantastic sunset sky shot, created my flickr webpage, and am now creating some postcards. One thing I notice is that the apps take forever to load so you do have to be patient.

More about the Charles Darwin Walk

2007-10-03T12:23:00.001+10:00

Here's another way to post a photo. I found some photos on webshots and I think I can post this link to a photo of the start of the Charles Darwin Walk, so here goes ...We set off about 4.30 and had an easy stroll along the track, past egg and bacon bush in flower and even some native violets. Birds were calling and we saw a tiny black, silver and yellow bird among the bushes. A black dog

A creek in the Blue Mountains

2007-10-03T11:38:00.001+10:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Water and a Log, originally uploaded by danpalmer. I was trying to find a photo from the Charles Darwin walk at Wentworth Falls but unfortunately the only one I found on flikr was blocked to bloggers!This photo reminds me

Flickr

2007-10-03T11:25:00.001+10:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

It's 'Learning101' for me ...

2007-08-28T11:59:00.000+10:00

Having created a blog before, this part is not new, but I know there will be lots of new things to come in the 23 things that I am embarking upon.This is Step 3 in the Learning 2.0 program, a library focused self-directed course on emerging web technologies and the way people access information and communicate with each other. I will use this blog to record the steps in the program as well as