YouTube

http://www.santabanta.com/rss.asp - I thought this was funny.


YouTube and sited like My Space does provide a whole new world of info and entertainment. This does have a huge appeal for young and talented people especially musicians, filmmakers, singers, stand up comedians.


I can't see myself wanting to share my videos worldwide. Anything I wanted to watch took too long to play. Some of adverts were really funny if understand the culture.It does pay to have a look at the YouTube glossary. The library website could use these videos, on topics like How to search, reserve , books and new arrivals etc. The possibilities are endless.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?- loved this.

Podcasting has the advantage that you do not have to have an iPod or a MP3 player to access it.At the moment it is beyond me. Wasted a lot the time trying to download the 'QuickTime' It just took too long.This is something I would be interested in but until I get a faster connection, it has to be on hold. iTunes has the same problem. I think it is too technical.

Zoho Writer

Move over WORD. If this program does everything it promises without too much hassle, I think I am going to be in love with this. If one has used word, using Zoho Writer would be a piece of cake.
Tags which are keywords, should be an advantage to librarians. The fact you can multiple tags for a single document is an advantage. The icons are similar. Sharing documents with others with the option having it ReadOnly or Read/Write is a plus about the program.
However, when I logged in after signing for it, it did take its time to log on.

Wiki

A wiki is something that is created fast. It can be changed by anyone. Anyone can write anything. Wiki can be used for sharing of knowledge and exchanging ideas, it can be a good tool for anyone. My only concern would be how reliable the information would be. The same can be said of the printed word.Just because something is printed,it does not mean that it has to be correct and accurate.Wikis can be very useful for planning events, meetings. Each library can set a wiki with information that is local e.g. local events, services that are offered. Some of the wiki could have been better set out. We have already started using this at the library. But we do not always have access to a computer during working hours. To me this feels more like play time tool. I added my blog to My favourite bolg. It wasn't difficult but I was confused at first.

Rollyo

This is exciting and fun. "custom made search" is designer searching! This would appeal to librarians very much. I am surprised we have not made use of this up to now. "slim and trim customised search engine"sounds like a very desirable option for librarians. Looking forward to using Rollyo. This is my link: http://www.rollyo.com/profile.html

I used my search subject "Alternate Health", found out a useful site:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/herbalmedicine.html

However, I didn't have enough time to read all the article, may be another time I'd like to visit the site again.

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wk5 Image generator & LibraryThing

At first glance the instructions on Image generator seemed straight forward. But step no three just would not respond. Situations such as this can drive you up the wall. After some time out, I went on to LibraryThing. This is more like my kind of thing. At the moment I have just joined. After I have used it a number of times, I would be better qualified to make comments on it. So far it is looking promising. It is hard not to get side-tracked into doing other things while on line.

wk6 Technorati

Technorati is a leading search tool for blogs. A excellant tool for people with similar interests or hobbies. The only disadvantage is having to sign up for every thing and remembering the passwords! Having to "claim" your own blogg seems a bit weird. "Web crawler" can retrieve info much faster provided one had fast broadwith.
http://www.librarything.cowidget.php?m/jsthis very American I think. Some of the books I have read are not lisited at all.