#16 So what's in a wiki

Prior to this I only associated wiki with wikipedia, I thought that that was all there was to it. I like the idea of a book wiki, probably because I am always on the lookout for authors whose books I might enjoy reading.

#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

After reading the first four articles (all by guys, do computers mean that librarianship is moving from a female dominated profession to a male dominated profession?) it was great to get to Dr Wendy Schultz as she still seems to forsee a place for books in Library 2.0. So often people search a catalogue, verify that the book they want is held and are disappointed when it can't be found. In the rush to embrace new technology don't neglect the old and make sure you can deliver what you advertise.
P.S. I appreciated being able to print these articles and read them away from the computer. As well as kids hearing being shot from listening to music at loud volume, staring at a computer screen for long periods probably doesn't do much for their eyesight.

14 technorati

I did get different results with the three searches- too many to be useful with Blog Posts, minimal with Tag Search, and in between with Blog Directory. Searching Learning 2.0 returned different results than searhing Learning2.0. One of the drawbacks of tagging, having no authority control.
I guess it was interesting that there was overlap in the list of Top Favourited Blogs and Top Blogs, for example Boing Boing and Techcrunch are listed in both categories.

No way do I want to the option to tag and claim my blog to make it easier for technorati searching. For me this blog is equivalent to an exercise book wherein I record my results. I am hoping that the last exercise will reveal the location of the delete button. Makes me wonder what happens to abandoned blogs- do they sit there taking up computer space forever? If the account isn't activated for a certain period of time maybe they are automatically wiped.

#13 del.icio.us

Reminds me of Backflip which we used many years ago to create quick links to useful web sites. I've had a look at the del.icio.us account that has been set up to support the SLV chat service and I guess bundling is the equivalent to the old Backflip topic headings.
I don't much like to look of it- that pale blue colour. think I'll stick to bookmarks for the few sites I tend to want to revisit

#12 Rollyo

Setting up the Rollyo was easy until step 7 - what clipboard???? Anyway with some help (yet again) I think I've done it. The create searchroll box was very easy to use, the bit about getting it onto the blog, not so easy. Quite excited to have done this. Great idea to be able to isolate relevant sites and limit a search to those sites only.

#11 LibraryThing

Full marks for ease of use - easy to set up an account, easy to add books. If I had a computer at home and could tear myself away from online games (why I don't have a computer at home) I could get into this. Once hooked on an author I tend to read through everything they have written and can see a use for being able to check which titles I already have while in a bookshop or library - if only I had a mobile phone. This is my bookshelf

#10 Online image generator

I looked at the generators listed and found the Custom Sign Generator with all the links clearly set out easiest. As with most other exercises the only limit is time, as all links lead to other links endlessly. For example the smiley generator - how many smiley faces are out there? How much time have people put into manipulating smiley faces and setting up these sites? More smiley faces than you need