Week 4 Social bookmarking

I had done this lesson earlier except for this blog; week 5 started and I forgot to post this blog. Now I have read the articles and reviewed my earlier work on del.icio.us so I can write my review. As part of my review, I found new links to bookmark in my del.icio.us account.

I like this tool, find it helpful instead of bookmarking to a specific computer and will share my knowledge about social bookmarking with others. I can see social bookmarking as both an easy way to create bookmarks as well a tool for research assistance. I like the casual unstructured tags that are used to describe the web sites selected. While searching del.icio.us I lost track of time, especially as I am attempting to find the correct tag to use when looking for new web sites. I like sharing web sites as well as the ability to mark ‘my personal’ web sites as private. Over the summer I will show my 12 and 15 year old nephews how to use del.icio.us to get them on the started on the right road. Of course they might already know about this web site and show me a few things.
The funny thing is I had printed the del.icio.us help sheet on August 2, 2006 to remind myself to investigate the web site. I had not investigated the web site, thank you for getting me in the program. I want to thank MLA for providing this course.

Week 6 - Online Photo Sharing

I can see my library perhaps using this tool as a historical or archival site. I enjoyed viewing the LOC flickr web site and exploring the different pictures. I am not sure if the copyright issues are as clear as I would like on downloading and sharing some of the pictures.


I will use it personally with family in the future as I believe this is easier than email the pictures. I added an image to the map, when I viewed the map from another email address the tap line added to the map did not show. I know I added three images to the group but only viewed one. Weird happenings, more practice is needed.

Car issues

First on my way home I got a flat in my passenger rear tire. Wrecker came and changed tire and then I had to purchase new tire. Next a few days later in the same location my motor quit running as I was driving down the road - just stopped. That is an awful silence sound. Was able to pull off the road and re-start the car after a few minutes. Car dealer informed me that the electronic switch in the steering column was going out and needed to be replaced. This switch is basically an on/off switch. After having a car for 12 years you can expect some issues.

Week 5 Review

Yes, I think Web Office Tools are the future - today or tomorrow no but yes in the future. They will grow as older individuals are encouraged to work with them in their work environment and the younger individuals use them instead of the more traditional applications. I liked the availability of the tools on the web - not my desktop. I found these applications easy to adapt to as the were similar to what I use in the office every day.



I am not concerned about the security of these products as I can limit the users. I think Zoho will need to allow larger image sizes in their presentation files. This I could see in a library environment.