Last leg - podcasts and online communities

Had a wander around the podcast directories and found variable results - some just don't load, some play but the content is... well... why would you spend the time. And some had the unforgiveable error 'You're place for the best podcasts' etc Aural content is always harder to generate an audience for, but as one of the Edna contributors notes, Radio National does it superbly - could be because they are professional and seems odd that so many podcasting people would spend time making and listening to everyone else's amateur efforts. I suppose it's a form of publishing and a clamour for your 15 minutes of fame. These endless 'search for...' sites do seem a bit pointless but the technology could be useful. How could a podcast be useful on a library website? As part of an info lit program maybe, explaining 'how to...' a reseach activity in the library or just a friendly voice talking about their needs in general?

Edna

I did facebook way back in Task 19 so had a look at Edna - found our own Institute has a Lead Arts group I didn't know about, and also found some interesting contributions by some of the TQL people commenting on our journey of 23 steps.

What was good? Now knowing what the rest of the world seemed to know about these technologies and being able to use them if needed. And would I do it again? Yes, the self-paced aspect was good, the process well organised and the material fairly amazing if not always engrossing.

So thank you to the team and to Robyn. That last X in the tracking log is going to look SO good!

Blanchett as Dylan - amazing ! From Daily_motion

I'm not there
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Task 19 - Web 2.0 Awards

Why am I not surprised that there is an Oscar equivalent for Web 2.0 websites? OK, that aside, I explored Facebook and now feel I belong to the human net race. First stumbling block was finding a friend in there somewhere - and the 'group' of everyone in Australia did seem a tad broad. So I searched for the 20-something friend I thought might be 'on' and there she was. Not only that, but she replied immediately, and reinforcement does wonders for motivation to use the site. So a different type of communication connection's been made I didn't have before and that's a benefit. I guess that's what it's all about, having a point to the exercise, which also happened with my excursion into Flickr as well, when a TAFE officer in Brisbane used the photos straight away for a publication she was working on.
I chose a few others ( Kayak, ColorBlender ) but nothing special. PEERtrainer looked useful - an online group motivator for people to find similar age/stage personal training buddies as a support mechanism. That the other group members are in Virginia doesn't matter a jot I guess, so we'll see how that little connection develops.
The plethora of this type of web 2.0 site is truly astounding for the uninitiated so it's been useful to explore the possibilities.

Zoho

Zoho Writer - write the great Australian novel from anywhere any time !  

Wikis

Library applicatons for Wikis ? The case studies online sounded useful: i.e. a library subject web link wiki for anyone finding a stupendous site to add it, rather than 'us' giving 'them' what we think is good for them; a community information site in a Public Library wiki; and librarians using a wiki as a collaborative work space for those with particular experience to share with colleagues who could then make further contributions.

Library 2.0

Into the future with leaps and bounds here... the way of life in libraries (again with a U S of A slant) heading fast and furious hand in hand with Web 2.0 and taking us where we have to go. The perspectives were the same only diffrent, each catching a different glint from the many facets that are our possible e-future.

del.icio.us & technorati

Maybe I need to cruise some more around these two environments but not much moved by them - did a search on yoga in technorati and got rubbish basically ... seems like popular American content with some redeeming features if you're American with nothing but a PC in your life...