Wiki

What types of applications within libraries might work well with a wiki? The "share what you know" comments by users on the SLV site could be organised / attached to each image- creating a wiki for each image or would that be a blog? I think they are now just put in a giant digital cupboard which will fall on the IT person with the courage to opens it.


The SJCPL wiki http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page provides another way to get into the catalogue or use the library thus increasing access points; which is a good thing.



Booklovers wiki http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library was fine - another book review site- I think it could be used as a 'what to read next' thing for library patrons. Its easy to use and there are not ads flying all over the place. I preferred it to some other book reviews sites because I wasn't overwhelmed with links. Less decisions to make.


Library Success http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Wikis#Examples_and_Information
seems well organised and covers a wide range of topics although there is a few topics without entries.


Are these things another job besides their REAL job? Do they go home and maintain a library wiki after a day at the library? Or is it a team effort? I will be interested to see if the site is maintained in 2 years- maybe enthusiastic graduates will contribute.


Here is a picture of a stapler
(A heartbreaking work of staggering genius: by Eggers D: Simon & Schuster, c2000)

Tagging Folks

Looked at delicious and read an article "most people are depressed and for very good reason"
-written by a web.2 fellow.
It mainly consists of links to info I dont need but i know it is there if i want to find it- like most of the web. I checked out the 'podcast directory' but I see we do not do that until week 9 in web2.0 so I do not feel i am ready to progress yet.
I find it funny how many terms are invented to describe new technologies- as if the applications are invented only so the new term can be used. We've had digital immgrants/ natives, citizen media, World Live Web, mash ups...

Heres a site which invents phrases for your next web2 paper http://emptybottle.org/bullshit/

Rollyoyo

I did a photo sharing search and found the first page of results were all from my new nemisis: flickr.
Rollyo could be good for AskNow: searching website you know and have chosen
I created a 'what to read' rollyo from newspaper and library sites
and an entertainment search engine, 'dumbfounded'

Select...at my deskdumbfoundedSearch The Web

Library Thing

This Library Thing is easy to use and I could imagine it being useful! Yay technology! Not that i would use it... I' m content to just look on my bookshelf
Here is my first catalogue http://www.librarything.com/catalog/masterbuilder
- 10 books; a mix of high brow, low brow , very low brow and cartoons.
Hometime

Image Generator

..still waiting for the simpsons generator to load...still waiting...seems to be going to the movie sight, I don't want that...aha done here goes...playing the Simpsons wrecking ball game now...

Ok I made a Simpsons character..http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html
is that how they do the animating now? Don 't they draw anymore?

Now I am looking at letterjames-http://www.letterjames.com/start.php?p02b5dOlKd988YrIP1ahT520v9eXCB
more games to me...neat applications but what for? Does the world really need anymore badges?

FDToys http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ has the numbers but i am not too keen to play as I can't help but think im wasting time- yes I'm learning how and what new toys there are but am i ever going to use them? Maybe not but maybe a library user will?- then they can teach themselves. Take these explanatory captions of examples of some applications:

"Amazing ever-changing photo wall" or "Add a funny caption to any photo but especially for LOLCats posters" or Automatically turn one of your photos into a Wordpress blog header"
Why is the word that pops to mind.

I had a go at the internet typewriter which users at the SLV could use as we do not have Word loaded onto the pC's- but there are other applications listed on our website

I did a google search for 'text generators' and went to Band name generator' http://www.elsewhere.org/bandname which provided a small list of a band names. I chose
furniturebeagle.

I also went to cooltext http://cooltext.com/ and designed my own logo for my new band (sans members) -its an abstract concept.
Heres my logo





Go to go to my desk shift now

Flick-er?

I have been exploring the third party tools on Flickr- so far not very impressed, maybe it's a temporary thing- I will try again. Are you allowed to criticise any technologies on Web 2.0?
Initially Mappr only displayed one image and then later only images from route 66, regardless of my location. The montager only showed one image as well. I searched with general terms such as 'art' and 'beach' but still only one displayed. ColrPickr worked well- although I don't think I'll ever use it.

I created a trading card that looks OK. I did try to email it to myself but I could not find a 'send' button, just an enter your details screen.

I can see some of the applications might be valuable but overall I think the majority of them are just toys -and whats wrong with toys? Nothing but like a lot of toys, they get replaced quickly by a new toy, and then another... I think people are often just filling in time' playing with them- rather than learning anything substantial or lasting from them.

I can see technlogy allows us to do these things but I do doubt we need these things- or even want them. We use them because they are there, like bad television. I am only talking about the 'toys' here rather than the online banking, meta search engines or RSSFeeds, technology that has a genuine use in the world. What is useful can be very subjective, but I have the feeling that they are flashing neon- they want you to come too much, that really they might be afraid if they didn't have all the bling that nobody would come at all....because nobody really needs what they are offering.

I read a little bit of this blog http://delboysdaughter.blogspot.com/

Flickr and Nam

Below is a link to a photo from Flickr, titled 'Dessert'- showing cooking in Vientam. It reminded me of the cooking class I did in Saigon three months ago. One dish I made was eggplant noodle, accompanied with a glass of Adelaide (?) white and an American couple who had recently sold their coffee business. He had a beard and she auburn hair. That class taught me never to try and make rice paper from scratch, alone.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bexa/712024052/