WEEK 5 - PHOTOS AND IMAGES

Went into Flickr and searched Angkor Wat. Noted that copyright "all rights reserved" meant you cannot use this image to publish or to download etc. Angkor Wat by Dragon Caiman was the image I selected but I cannot use this.

I noted that above the image was "All sizes" to click.

Flickrcc, however, will provide all images that can be published within more flexible copyright parameters ie. Creative Commons. Will provide images may have more accessible copyright.

Searched for "libraries". Found Boston Public Library - library entrance hall by Haydnseek.
Checked out Flickr Services.
Did The Tour.
Flickr Toys - looked at how to construct a Magazine Cover, also Flickr Toys and Mappr.
Checked out Flickr - Boroondara Libraries.
I liked the idea of finding images to help jazz up displays for the library.
I do not own a digital camera. I love photographs. I am waiting for retirement for the big "organise the photos" project so I doubt that I would be frantically organising my digital photos. However, I love the idea of creating my own personalised cards so working with mash-ups would be fun. Now I have an inkling of this, it is something I would probably come back to for the creative stationery elements it provides. I am addicted to stationery so this is very tempting.

WEEK 5 - Photos and Images
This morning I was about to embark on Week 5 tasks, however I had the following to contend with in the first hour and a half (after a day at CL yesterday) : an urgent email to do a mailout for a Nov event - done; staff member not turning up for set up duties so helped do newspapers downstairs; phone call for Nils re meeting room booking - ended up spending time going through several potential dates for the group and doing the booking because they had to have it confirmed TODAY. So another morning gets filled up with unexpected diversions.....

Week 4 - RSS Feeds
I have subscribed to 4 RSS feeds:
Australian Library Journal
Senses of Cinema
Books on ABC Radio National Podcasts
Edinburgh International Book Festival

My favourite bookshop in the world is The Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, Washington. The Book of the Week on their website is AUSTRALIAN! Richard Flanagan's "Wanting". This is amazing - an Australian author being given a profile in America and it's not Tim Winton or Peter Carey. Fantastic.

Also, subscribed to fellow participant Jaynie's blog - The Girl with the Pink Umbrella.

WEEK 4: RSS Feeds

Not happy Jan! I am now sliding behind this programme. Too much to fit into the 2 weeks either side of a weekend shift ie. four day week either side, staff meetings, day senior shifts, rostering problems, maintenance men, students and an author talk... Then the RSS tasks. No sound on my PC so cannot listen to podcasts. Tried to add RSS sites and that doesn't work either - with Elizabeth O. helping too! The frustration meant that I went for a walk on Wednesday after work on the foreshore at St Kilda which was far, far preferable to sitting at a computer and tearing my hair out. It was better for my health, I enjoyed being near the water, walking and listening to the sound of waves. I will always enjoy the sea more than sitting at a computer and filling in hours of aimless activity that way. I will always enjoy communicating with people directly, having a lively conversation or even a telephone conversation. As I read in a recent article written by someone who has given up their FB account (they actually thought about it a great deal) this is not social networking/communicating, it is "broadcasting" plain and simple.

Week 3 - Social networking Facebook and Twitter

Set up a Facebook account but limited it by using an alias and will use it to connect with a friend in Vietnam for the purposes of this Learning 2.0 exercise. I can see that Facebook would be useful in remote situations where communications are restricted. I set up a Twitter account and think this is more immediate and I would be inclined to use Twitter more regularly - quick and simple ie.' just the facts ma'am'. Had a discussion with the Trainer at CL today and observed that websites would be the first port of call for me to check things of interest rather than a Facebook page eg. library catalogues, ABC topics or programmes. The fact that there is no mediation/authentication for many internet sites or social networking sites is problematic. If I can navigate to a site such as the ABC, then there is some satisfaction that the views and information have some authority as representing the organisation.

Week 3 - Social networking - Facebook and Twitter

Found Tapsister on Twitter and have become yet another follower. Found ReadingsBooks on Twitter and discovered that Peter Temple's new book has outsold Dan Brown's latest this week. Thrilling! Gripping stuff!