Sunday, July 15, 2007
#22 Audiobooks
Technical Audiobooks downloaded to your computer would be useful if you were using that book for reference purposes while working or studying. Especailly if you can keyword search through the book (ITAA).
But I still prefer to hold a book then listen to a book and there is no better time then to sit with your child and watch them read a book (even if the book is upside down) and interact their ideas about what they think is happening in the story.
But I still prefer to hold a book then listen to a book and there is no better time then to sit with your child and watch them read a book (even if the book is upside down) and interact their ideas about what they think is happening in the story.
#21 Podcasts
As recommended I searched through Podcast.net and found The Library Channel which looks at the latest trends for Research libraries. I was also able to RSS feed this site to my bloglines.
If technology allowed, Podcasting could help with client training and promoting events and new services withing the library especially for distant students. This is already being demonstrated by John Hopkins University Library.
If technology allowed, Podcasting could help with client training and promoting events and new services withing the library especially for distant students. This is already being demonstrated by John Hopkins University Library.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
#20 You too can YouTube
After attaching the video below to my blog, I went back to the front page of YouTube and on the left handside of the page was a video promoting a toddler been given drugs. The video was to show the effects that the drugs would have on the toddler for entertainment purposes. Is YouTube being monitored? How did this video make the front page of YouTube?
Would I go back to YouTube? No.
Would I go back to YouTube? No.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
#19 Web 2.0 Tools
I searched through a few of the Web 2.0 winners - even though this is only a shortlist it seemed to be endless.
* I found Lulu to be a very interesting site. Lulu gives you the power to publish and sell books for free.
Lulu prints and ships each book as it's bought. You retain all rights to your work. You decide on design and layout. You set the price and creator revenue. Lulu lets you sell your work through Amazon and other book stores.What a great site for people to get their unpublished work out there at no expense.
* Another site I found of interest is the portable digital hard drive Omnidrive which is an online storage and file sharing application that can be accessed from any web connected device, allowing you to easily store, access and stream your files. Omnidrive is a folder of all your files that remain on the web, which means you can access them from anywhere. This is good when working in different sites but if you have a slow connection or the Internet goes down then this is not so useful.
* And for the mummy in all of us I found the site minti very useful. Their mission is to create the world's largest parent to parent advice-opedia.
* I found Lulu to be a very interesting site. Lulu gives you the power to publish and sell books for free.
Lulu prints and ships each book as it's bought. You retain all rights to your work. You decide on design and layout. You set the price and creator revenue. Lulu lets you sell your work through Amazon and other book stores.What a great site for people to get their unpublished work out there at no expense.
* Another site I found of interest is the portable digital hard drive Omnidrive which is an online storage and file sharing application that can be accessed from any web connected device, allowing you to easily store, access and stream your files. Omnidrive is a folder of all your files that remain on the web, which means you can access them from anywhere. This is good when working in different sites but if you have a slow connection or the Internet goes down then this is not so useful.
* And for the mummy in all of us I found the site minti very useful. Their mission is to create the world's largest parent to parent advice-opedia.
Friday, July 6, 2007
#18 Online Productivity Tools
What an excellent online tool. Zoho Writer allows you to edit, store and share your documents from anywhere. Zoho Writer saves multiple versions of your document, and generates PDF, HTML and DOC files from it. Tag Zoho documents and share with a link .
Unfortuantely though as I have a dial up Internet connection (slow) I found that when you click on an icon on the toolbar of a Zoho sheet, the other other icons disappear and you have to wait for them to refresh to proceed - this can take some time.
Published from Zoho Writer:
Home Sweet Home
Unfortuantely though as I have a dial up Internet connection (slow) I found that when you click on an icon on the toolbar of a Zoho sheet, the other other icons disappear and you have to wait for them to refresh to proceed - this can take some time.
Published from Zoho Writer:
Home Sweet Home
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