Six of Nine Part 3 of 3

Library 2.0

Inherently I think that all the ideas are the same that the internet has made obtaining information easier and libraries have to adapt and include new technologies as part of the way that we provide patrons with information. I think that the major difference is of the way in which different libraries view libraries now. From the different perspectives I read I enjoyed Away from Icebergs

“No profession can survive if it throws its core principles and values overboard in response to every shift in the zeitgeist. However, it can be equally disastrous when a profession fails to acknowledge and adapt to radical, fundamental change in the marketplace it serves”

But then I am fickle (first article read and being short helped its cause)…..

I also agreed with the opinions in To a temporary place in time which stated

“Libraries are not merely in communities, they are communities: they preserve and promote community memories; they provide mentors not only for the exploration of stored memory, but also for the creation of new artifacts of memory”

And that’s my 2 cents….

'What a pretty fire"

Six of Nine Part 2 of 3

Technorati Again

Unfortunately my blog remains unclaimed as of today (though it wasn’t due to lack of trying). I have made my peace with this I mean it is highly unlikely nay impossible that anyone will


a. either claim my blog or
b. search for it in technorati (facts are facts)

I did manage to search for Manukau Libraries Web Learning 2.0 It was easier to search with Manukau libraries. I found 3 different blogs including the mllearn. I have also found that it has become easier to search for mllearn blog with Google now that it has been claimed on Technorati.



I also tried popular. Unfortunately some websites were blocked but I did manage to visit Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done. Best thing on the blog Melt Mail which is a website which allocates people random email addresses which lasts for form 1 hour up to 24 hours (for all those pesky websites which required registration but send a lot of junk emails)





Yes, words are useless! Gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble! Too much of it, darling, too much! That is why I show you my work! That is why you are here!

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Tagging

Tagging is like an opinionated Google so of course I loved it. Its existence was always a given but the knowledge was more like background music (everyone knows it’s playing but no one is really hearing it). Unfortunately I am currently doing this at work and more than ½ of the websites which I searched for in Del.icio.us were not particularly cooperative in loading. This was probably because many of these sites were not in English( was searching for anime images….it hard to think up work and library appropriate material !!!). Fortunately 1 of the 10 websites I clicked actually loaded so here is a picture of Ouran high School Host Club( one of the best manga)

The other tags I used were for design wallpaper. I found a really nice website in case anyone wants to check it out http://www.desktopography.net/. Here is a really nice desktop wallpaper from it

Definitely useful however I have yet to create an account. Worth checking out other tagging websites before I sign up.

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Wikis

Wikipedia is one of the best first points of contact when researching. True it’s not the best thing to reference but it eases you into whatever topic has you thoroughly confused (as I often am). Other wikis do exist. I was a little wary although I did explore the various wiki links provided. It was interesting although everyone can edit everything so I think if someone puts up a post it is neither here nor there. Definitely is a great way of sharing information amongst libraries.

Yay visited PBwiki Learning 2.0. My blog is now a part of the favourite blogs. Have been blogging for a while now so my wit level not as high as when I started. A lot of people beat me to it. Can’t say I was surprised though. I did enjoy imposing my choices of favourite books, number and movies on other people. I do believe I mentioned something about a certain phobia to join websites or in this case wiki, so I predictably appear as manukau learning. I have to say that “Sandbox” is a great name to use for a playing website. Taking us right back to preschool. Onward to tagging.




Ratatouille. It's like a stew, right? Why do they call it that? If you're gonna name a food, you should give it a name that sounds delicious. Ratatouille doesn't sound delicious. It sounds like "rat" and "patootie." Rat-patootie, which does not sound delicious.

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Technology

I am utterly useless without technology in my daily life and I think that it is safe to say that I am not the only one. I like learning and trying out new things because if it is available use it. Technology has definitely made a lot of things more convenient. Advancements such as camera, mp4 players and Bluetooth on mobile phones have made things a breeze because you don’t have to remember a hundred things in the morning. Still for me personally despite all of these things I think that one of the best advancements is email. I have finally become a member of facebook but email is still my main method of communication. I tend to say things all wrong and I am awake at all the wrong times in the day so to be able to email allows me a chance to think....and to do things at my pace and at my time.

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.

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Flickr Fun

Flickr Color Pick was cool. The graphic were nice and simple and it was a really interesting way for searching for photos. Here are some really red pictures I found using the tool.

I also decided to go with the norm and make a trading card. I think that the librarian cards have been thoroughly done so instead I decided to do a trading I would actually like to have. Now if only the Escape card existed.

Four of Nine Part 1 of 3

Smiles from Sindh

I finally went on the Flickr website. I say finally of course because I was meant to have done this at least a week ago. I have a dislike of joining too many websites (Just a little phobia I have). Hence I decided not to join Flickr. Surprisingly that turned to be the only reason. Flickr was a very enjoyable website. I had fun browsing through all the photos especially the interesting 7. I did have a hard time deciding what to blog about....there were so many photos that looked interesting.

In the end I went with the photo that is at odds with my blog. It is a photo I found when I searched for smile and children. I loved this photo. I think that most of us are so busy we forget to smile. It actually prompted me to add my blog to the manukaulibraries training account and blog directly from Flickr. Unfortunately no matter how many times I tried this I couldn't get it to work so in the end just decided to save to my computer and upload it. Oh well at least i tried.