Thingy 15 - web 2.0

Oooh, I'm skipping out of order here. Web 2.0 is nothing new
to me, I've got the link to a blog/website that deals exclusively
with this topic, plus one of my early posts was a link to an article
"Web 2.0 is it Dead?" ... So this is something I've followed awhile.

I like the rehtoric, but I think that the practical implementation and
the actual implications of rolling out this techology may make the
central authority types very very nervous indeed. For in its simplest
self, it ceeds much power and control to the lower ranks.... it equalizes
the footing if you will. Now, you *have* to trust and back up your
staff... and you have to encourage innovation in the ranks.

For progressive organizations, this won't be a problem, rather a blessing.
For those organizations where the cultures don't embrace and
or permit the full implementation of the technology, there will be problems....

Ultimately, it will be very interesting to see the way in which this develops,
and the service enhancements that arise out of.

See my link under "fave links" to the Web 2.0 site...worth a look.

Thingy 13 - tagging

Okay. I can see the benefits of tagging to some people.
I mean, if you have lots of things you are interested in or
tracking, then this might be of use.

For me personally, this is not a useful feature. I
use very few sites, and basically when I *do* want something
I use a search engine to locate it.

I don't book mark in Explorer either...

So, for me tagging has very little purpose or use.

That said, like alot of these sites and exercises,
it was fun to play with!

Thingy 12 Rollyo

hum.. not so sure I understand what I'm doing here,
but I think I just put the rollyo searchroll (or what
ever they call it) into my blog.

Um.. yep. There it is, atop little ole Miew Miew the
Magnificent's picture...

So, mission successful! Although, really I must
go back and play somemore....

Thingy 11 - Library Thing - My Catalog!

You would think being a librarian, my house would
be full of books. And this is true, LOL.

However, what need do I have to have them *cataloged*
for goodness sake? That seems, speaking off the cuff, a trifle too
obsessively organized...

Besides, my books don't reside neatly on shelves.
They decorate and occupy the many nooks
and cranies of my house.

One might say, the books have licence to roam!!

Below, a link to my account on Library Thing:

Library Thing

Random Post - Unattended Children in the Library

Not part of the list of "thingies" for us to do..

From the librarian in black blog, comes this link to
a post on unattended children in the library.

I found it interesting, and thought
others might also find the article thought provoking.

Unattended Children in the Library

Thingy 10 - Image Generators & Sloganizer!

Well, the image generators are cool. Do you like
my captioned Emperor? LOL.

I also liked this very cool free web site called "Sloganizer"
found at www.sloganizer.net

It creates free slogans for you
based on any key words you give it.

Useful, in our line of work, eh?

Thingy 9 - Exploring RSS Feeds & news aggregator tools

Okay, I think I did 8 & 9 together in the last post,
as I managed to insert feeds into this here blog.

OTH, I didn't truely go out and explore the RSS feed
tools. Now that I have? I think I like the whole idea
of putting a blog scraper (searching for keyword specific
content in sites w/out RSS feeds) tools on my blog, to
search for library related content. :)

Bear with me, because I'm going to try to do so.
(Oh the joys of getting something you aren't really
sure of to work!).

While scraping is controversial because you are
taking content and posting without explicit permission -
I believe that content posted on the web, unless specifically
copyrighted, is basically free for useage such as a personal,
non-profit oriented blog. Which basically, this is.

Sounds strage coming from a librarian, but I think the
argument, with a few "riders" attached to modify it
is basically sound. After all, these blogs are basically
personal diaries, and not many people put them up with
the intent to make profit. Rather, the intent is to *share* their
insights, creations, etc.

Okay, enough blathering.

Feedity (link to follow) a free
tool that generates web feeds... I put in the google
web site address, and the feeds tool gave me a link
which turns out to be in XML..

code which I can't insert, since this blog
thinks it's improperly written HTML, LOL!!

Well, you guys go and check out
feedity and see if you can view the code..
it is on the whole pretty interesting...

Try entering LCPL's main library page...

Feedity