#12 Roll your own search engine

I found Rollyo very easy to use. After creating a Searchroll, I was able to not only manage my own but also search other Searchrolls. Having the ability to create links on multiple computers is very useful for libraries. I can also see an application for LIS Intranet terminals. Overall it's a very useful bookmarking tool.

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Powered by Rollyo

#11 A thing about Library Thing

LibraryThing is agreat resource. Would I use it for work? probably not. It would be useful for organisations with no Library. Would I use it at home? most definately. It's great to be able to network with other members via groups. There are so many other useful features, it's absolutely amazing. In fact it's so easy I was able to put my library to the left, with a LibraryThing widget.

Continued #10

The image above was sourced through Letter James. It was both easy and free. I also tried FD Toys. This was a great resource as well. It offered a choiced among other things of uploading photos or using a link to Flickr. My personal favourite would have to be The Generator Blog. It has the best of both worlds, power and ease of use.

#10 Play around with Image Generators

This is truly amazing. Within 5 minutes I was able to search The Generator Blog, locate the Airline Sign Generator and presto, create this image. Off to explore some more image generators now.

#9 Finding Feeds

I really enjoyed this weeks activities. Having registered with Bloglines, I found both methods of finding feeds just as easy. I also managed to subscribe to feeds from the National Library of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Of the other search tools I found Feedster and Technorati the most useful. Feedster's great feature was having a choice of news, blogs and podcast feeds. While Technorati just felt better to use. All the search tools, including Topix and Syndic8 were easy to use. Exploring the numerousexamples of news feed icons was fun too.

I think Libraries can create and offer feeds to clients, informing them of new services, facilities and events. Bloglines is my favourite search tool....for now.

#8 RSS and Newsreader

Exploring RSS and newsfeeds was great. Establishing feeds in different ways is fun too. Bloglines is very easy to use. All this technology will save time and effort.

Libraries in general can use RSS to gather information snapshots from relevant external Internet sites and blogs. For subsequent use by both clients and staff. Likewise Libraries can participate in this technology revolution by establishing blogs with RSS links. For greater service promotion.

Week3 - Technology #7

I was very interested in exploring the various third party Flickr applications. They were all quite addictive. In particular I found Delivr Digital Postcards to be easy to use and yet quite powerful. You can really let your imagination run wild.

Landscape

Landscape
Originally uploaded by gourgas

I found this photo in Delivr. It's a really good tool and very easy to use.

Harp Seal Pup #5

Harp Seal Pup
Originally uploaded by Lissadreamer

This is my very first photo from Flickr. It was pretty easy to search once I signed up and created an account. A beautiful seal pup in the wild. Well, I'm off to explore some more Flickr features now. It's pretty addictive.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.