The End

Well what can I say, it has been an experience and it took up a lot of time I don't think I ever managed to complete any task in one hour, and I was conscious of the time factor from the very beginning. However I am delighted that I managed to complete the entire 23 things. My favourites and what worked well for me were, Windows live messenger, Podcasts and Flicker, I will continue to use the Live messenger and I find it great, the podcast are fantastic before the Web 2.0 thingy I only ever heard about podcasts but never tried it out now I am podcasting regularly and catching up on all the programmes that I love and never get to hear during the day. I love Flicker, But I am a photograph person and have been putting photos on my PC for years and now I have learned lots of new things and its amazing what one can do definitely a thumbs up on this one. My least favourite was the online gaming I found it boring and definitely not something I would ever use again. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to experience the 2.0 web whether it is something I will use again or not I don't know but I am glad I know a little about a lot of things!!!!!!!!!!! Slán

Zoho writer google maps

I love Google maps I am travelling in California this Summer from San Francisco to Pine Mountain in Southern California, so I was able to check out the distance from A-B and see all the routes, as we want to drive the coast rather then the highway and stop off in all those really interesting places along the way Google maps is brilliant. And what about the street view isn't that fantastic I could see my brother's car parked outside his home in San Fran. Google maps for me is a definite thumbs up. I created a document in Zoho writer and send it to my blog and now I see it has arrived, but I found Zoho writer extremely slow It took several Mins. for the document to save and another few Mins. for it to send to my blog. You would want lots of time for this one I think? Don't know if I will use this again.

Zoho Writer

Here I am in my new Zoho writer, I wanted to have a look at this so I had to sign up. Don't know where I am going with it just yet, but will give it a try. I think I would need a lot of time to navigate around this site maybe I will get back to it again in the future.

Online gaming

Definitely not for me. Absolutely hated online gaming. Played a game of Scrabble and a game of Sudoku which was about as much as I could manage or was interested in. I am not a gambling person even when I was in Reno at the casinos I was bored after one hour. But I am sure there are lots of people out there who would love it. Anyway horses for courses so they say..... You win some you loose some!!!!!!!!

Social Networking

Was quite interested in the social networking. Had a look at facebook, myspace, and bebo, and for no particular reason I picked facebook and signed up. And low and behold I found one of my sons and his million and one friends there, I sent him a message informing him that his poor old mum is now on facebook( he will probably have me taken out and shot at dawn!!) or order me out of facebook immediately. He need not worry it was only an exercise for me I wont be keeping it up. For use in the library I am sure it would be a great way to promote library services, but then I think if I was social networking would I want to read Library news? Don't know maybe someone will help me out on this one. I also set up my Windows Live Messenger, now that is something that would come in very handy and cut down on the phone calls to friends in different parts of the world, I have not tried it out yet but am looking forward to hooking up with a few people, Will let you know how I get on. Could not get into Twitter on Youtube today for some unknown reason to see what they had to say in "Plain English" will try again soon.

Youtube Sitepal & Podcasts

Enjoyed the Youtube experience found a few genuine sites and had a laugh, and managed to put one on my site. Went from there to Sitepal did not think too much of this can't say I would ever use it again but did send messages to my colleagues and they did receive them even though they went straight to their junkmail but after much searching eventually found them. Were they impressed you might ask? don't know they never said. (obviously not!!) I have wanted to find out about podcasts for a while now and today I did, and I must say I enjoyed it immensely and will definately go on to use it. I did not have my Ipod with me at the time but I did put some podcasts on the my pc and will transfer them later. I found some interesting things about DAB which I did not know and I had just purchased a new digital radio so the info. was good for me cant' say I understood it all but hopefully someday the penny will drop!!! At the moment all I know is how to turn the thing on. Had a look at Ebooks and audiobooks good to know about them for the future.

Bull in a grocery store

While I found this site very interesting and some really funny stories on it, I thought the Bull in grocery store was hilarious. While it could have been really serious for those involved for those of us watching it seemed so funny. If you do have a look at it please note the farmer doing the UTurn in the aisle that for me was the funniest ever. I choose this one because I know it really happened and not just a set up.

YouTube - Bull in a grocery store

YouTube - Bull in a grocery store

Wiki's

Just about managed to set up the wiki account today. Found myself getting lazy after last week's break did not feel like starting up again but here goes set it up and put a few notices in there and invited a few people to comment and add their opinions. ( At least I think I did) I have no idea who will be looking at them yet, It took me a while to understand the concept of a Wiki but I think after watching the video a few times about the crowd going camping I thought I understood it a bit better. I think it could be very useful for a library in many ways. I may have a go at it again at a later date when I have more time on my hands

Social bookmarking

Del.isio.us Technorati Social bookmarking. What can I say about it all? So many new things all together my brian is full up of words like navigation!! tags! bookmarks ! side bars! Action boxes! (what boxes) and my network people!!!!!! ( All my new found friends?) To be honest I don't know where I am going with them all. Where will I find time to work any more. I need the time to catch up with my network of people. People tell me what I should read my goodness I wont have to browse the book shops any more. Con.fus.ion-- con.fusion-- co.fu.si.on--

The Libraything

Can't say I enjoyed this library thing much. It took up a good bit of time and I am not sure if I will get around to using it.

RTÉ Business: Irish Business and Technology News

RTÉ Business: Irish Business and Technology News

Just finished Flicker and image generator and I enjoyed it so much. I loved playing around the the photos but the one thing I will say is that it does take up a lot of time. but overall an enjoyable experience and one that I will use again.

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blogging a way of life

I am new to the blogging way of life, it is so totally different from anythink I have ever done. I am interested in meeting new people in my new blogging life. I am sure I will never be bored again. I am interested in talking to people who have similar hobbies to me. I enjoy the outdoor life and meeting intesting people.