Created for the infopeople Web2.0 challenge. First very first blog and rather experimentation field.
What this blog is all about: Learning 23 things on the Web 2.0
Here is a list of the 23 things, in case of interest: 1. Read this entry (that's right, the one that you are reading now), and this FAQ to find out about the program and to make sure that you are eligible to participate. Remember: to take our challenge you must take or participate in at least one of our Web 2.0 events. 2. Set up your own blog on Blogger.com & add your first post. 3. Register your blog by sending an email to infopeeps@gmail.com with your blog's URL and begin your Web 2.0 journey. We will then add your blog to our blogroll that you see on the sidebar of this blog so everyone can see what progress you are making. 4. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image-hosting site. Set up an account and join some groups! And remember, blog about what you learn! 5. Have more Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & third party sites. 6. Look at some of these library websites that are using Web 2.0 to enhance their offerings and create a blog post about anything Web 2.0-related that you think would be useful in your library. 7. Learn about RSS feeds and set up your own Bloglines newsreader account. 8. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds and add them to your Bloglines account. 9. Sign up for a Twitter account. Track your activities using Twitter for a few days. Think about how Twitter might be useful linked on a library website and blog about your Twitter experience. 10. Play around with an online image generator. Blog about your experience(s). 11. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books. 12. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo. 13. Learn about social bookmarking then create a Del.icio.us account and add and tag some Web 2.0 sites. 14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts. 15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts. 16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them. 17. Add an entry to Infopeople's Our 23 Web 2.0 Things wiki. 18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools. 19. Explore My Maps on Google Maps and create a map for your library and add a picture of it to the map. 20. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos. 21. Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts. 22. Teach someone else how to use one of the technologies described above and blog about your experience! 23. Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.
I subscribed to yet another account. And as probably all of you was sent a "Free Hugs for Jesus" video clip in my e-mail! I added a video Board on the left hand side with some YouTube clips for you to watch (if you are a cat person as I am)
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