Tuesday 29 March 2011
Week 5/Wikis
OK so now I know! I can certainly see why so many companies and organisations are heading down the 'Wikis road'!! (Should that be Wikis or Wiki's - I'm having trouble deciding how to type it!!) It's a good way of involving all staff and letting everyone contribute ideas and suggestions to what is really an open-forum. I can definitely see the advantages of using wikis for instruction guides, user guides, procedure manuals, etc. It will be a very useful tool for brain-storming up and coming events in our libraries. We could have one just for staff and introduce another for patrons so they can put forward their own suggestions as to what they would like to see/have in their local libraries too.... Yes, very innovative...
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Brain Overload
Yep! Definitely brain overload - I've spent hours and hours trying to sort week 4/RSS
Aggregators/Feeders - perhaps I'm reading into this more than is necessary - at one stage I had 8 windows open 'til my system decided enough was enough and shut down!! Arrrrgh! so I then had to open everything up again!! Anyway I've managed to choose my 5 RSS feeds:-
My first is Christian Fletcher - one of WA's top landscape photographers. He has a gallery in Dunsborough and one right here in Mandurah (Smart Street). I love his work and have had the privilege of meeting him on several ocassions. It's not common knowlege, but he's a great campaigner for conservation and you can read all about his efforts in his blog...
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I've also chosen one of our local rags: 'Mandurah Mail' as I believe it important to keep up with stories and happenings around your local area. I have been reading with great interest on the number of migratory birds that land on our shores each year. Do you know that there is a little bird called the Red Knot that flies all the way from the China Sea and back - a round trip of 25,000km....amazing! - we need to keep their habitat safe.
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My other RSS feed that I love looking at is 'You the Designer' - I've used this on numerous occassions for picking up free templates, brushes, textures, etc for my Photoshop CS5 work in conjunction with my photography. Just this evening I have downloaded some 'smoke' brushes that can be used to add to an image the effect of real smoke just at the click of a button - love it, love, love it.....have a look:
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My last 2 RSS choices are the Web 2.0 basic as requested, but also the Powerhouse Museum that was recommended. I'd not seen this sight before, but as you can imagine I'm now hooked..
Some of the photos are inspirational - I love pure mono images - I will definitely be watching this feed on a regular daily basis:
Aggregators/Feeders - perhaps I'm reading into this more than is necessary - at one stage I had 8 windows open 'til my system decided enough was enough and shut down!! Arrrrgh! so I then had to open everything up again!! Anyway I've managed to choose my 5 RSS feeds:-
My first is Christian Fletcher - one of WA's top landscape photographers. He has a gallery in Dunsborough and one right here in Mandurah (Smart Street). I love his work and have had the privilege of meeting him on several ocassions. It's not common knowlege, but he's a great campaigner for conservation and you can read all about his efforts in his blog...
http:
I've also chosen one of our local rags: 'Mandurah Mail' as I believe it important to keep up with stories and happenings around your local area. I have been reading with great interest on the number of migratory birds that land on our shores each year. Do you know that there is a little bird called the Red Knot that flies all the way from the China Sea and back - a round trip of 25,000km....amazing! - we need to keep their habitat safe.
http:
My other RSS feed that I love looking at is 'You the Designer' - I've used this on numerous occassions for picking up free templates, brushes, textures, etc for my Photoshop CS5 work in conjunction with my photography. Just this evening I have downloaded some 'smoke' brushes that can be used to add to an image the effect of real smoke just at the click of a button - love it, love, love it.....have a look:
http:
My last 2 RSS choices are the Web 2.0 basic as requested, but also the Powerhouse Museum that was recommended. I'd not seen this sight before, but as you can imagine I'm now hooked..
Some of the photos are inspirational - I love pure mono images - I will definitely be watching this feed on a regular daily basis:
Well, a hard lesson I think, but worthy of my patience and determination to understand. It's now just a matter of practice, practice, practice!!!!
Onward and upward to week 5/wikis
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