10 Things About Thing 10

This is the final installment of " XX Things About Thing XX". The rest of the posts will be virtual. In other words, they will depend on your input.


Okay, Here we go;





1.The idea of online bookmarks started back in 1996 with "itList".


2. In 2003, del.icio.us (now called Delicious) started what is called "tagging".


3. One of the advantages of tag-based classification (such as web sites)is the that it is done by human beings, not software.

4. Social bookmarking can be useful as a way to access bookmarks from various computers, organize bookmarks, and share bookmarks.

5. There are however, disadvantages as well. E.g. no keyword standards, synonym/antonym confusion.

6. Tagging is also an excellent tool for spammers.

7. If one does not have a lot of bookmarks, "delicious" is not so tasty.

8. It seems a lot of these sites are just a means of advertising for the sponsors.

9. There are others ways of bookmarking that may even be safer.

10. Remember your "tag" expires on your birthday not the end of your birth month.

9 Things About Thing 9

Web conferencing has become a very useful tool. Listed below are some of the possible uses.

1. Already used by companies to hold meetings with links from across the country and around the world.
2. Used by colleges and universities for lectures.

3. Hospitals use it daily to view and learn surgical techniques.

Some other very interesting uses include:
4. A mother and father used web-conferencing to view the graduation of their two kids at two locations on the same day, hundreds of miles apart.

5. The funeral service of a soldier killed in war was viewed by his friends still on active duty.

6. Sunday Church services are available online as webcasts.

7. Courts uses conferencing for "1st Appearence" hearings

8. There is now available to any interested, virtual marriages(not legal or binding), and to go along with that, virtual divorces.

9. Web conferencing has spawned all kinds of ideas. Not all seem practical, but it's good to have these tools available.

8 Things About Thing 8

1. With so many Web 2.0 tools available, choosing becomes the issue.

What works for a smaller library may not work for a larger one.

A lot depends on what serviecs are being provided.

With the internet, some smaller libraries may not need to dpulicate what patrons could easily

get from another source.

2. What comes to mind instantly is email.

I'm told that email has been around longer than the internet. What did we do before

we had it?

Most of us(in Libraries) have as least 2 email accounts. It has now become the runner-up to


the telephone as most used communication tool.



3. Another popular tool is Instant Messaging(IM).

This is very popular with young people. So popular in fact that it has produced it's own



language(see link below).



http://www.city-net.com/~ched/help/lingo/chatslang.html



4. Messaging is now a very efficient tool in libraries.



5. Text Messaging is now so popular it is probably the leading cause of reptitive motion injuries
in young people.


6. Web-based groups are popular(Yahoo, Google most popular)

7. Large-file transfers(e.g.,bigupload.com, yousendit.com) are the "Fed-Ex/ UPS" of the inet.

8. All of the technology can (and probably will) be used in some version of "Library x.x".

7 Things About Thing 7

1. Most

2. Of

3. These

4. Seem

5. To

6. Be

7. Toys

6 Things about Thing 6

1. I viewed some of the services and found that most were not really useful to me.
Most of these are common to most photo sharing sites.
2. I did create a calendar however.
This is a very common service but is always fun.
3. The "jigsaw" feature was fun.

4. I find that "retrievr" could indeed become a useful tool as well as an online toy.

5. I tried using the "slideshow" and found it non as user-friendly as others I've used.

6. It amazes me that we have so much technology that the majority of it has become toys.

5 Things About Thing 5

1. Setting up a FLICKR account was pretty easy.
They did ask for a mini bio.
2.Uploading photos was also really simple.
I really like the ability to select multiple photos as opposed to uploading one at a time.
3. I like the "privacy" setting.
This is something I think people take for granted.
4. The "license" setting is very important.
This helps prevent unauthorized use.
5. I haven't found any use for the "map" setting, but I like the idea.

4 Things About Thing 4

1. I think I now understand how RSS works. (I accidently discovered a use for it!)
There seems to be some practical uses for feeds.
2. The setup is quite confusing.
I don't know what I did or if it was done correctly(see #1)
3. I wonder how long it will take before it becomes a "spam-way"?
4. I made a new phrase.
Spam-way is like the multi-product company, Amway, who would sell you something
by any means necessary.