Archive for March, 2008

The End or The Beginning

March 2, 2008

I totally enjoyed this journey.  Although I have doing quite a few of those 2.0 stuff, glad to learn new things.  I simply enjoy learning new things.  So participate in any upcoming discovery programs. 

I think the course is well structured.  I like the discovery resources part.  Just hope the discovery exercise section would be identical to that on the checklist.  Some exercises require us to create a blog, but no posting of permalink on the checklist or vice versa. 

I was wondering what the next wave is going to be after web 2.0.  3.0??

Netlibrary Audiobooks

March 2, 2008

Somehow, the link to Audiobooks is not that apparent on netlibrary.com.  I don’t seem to find it, so I used the  downloadable eAudiobooks link.  I only saw details for the audiobook, don’t see any links to listen to it.  Perhaps I missed something again. 

Glad to see the interface is available in other languages.

Podcast

March 1, 2008

I checked out the two directories:o Podcast411

o Podcastalley.com

found 1 podcast and blogined it.  The wealth of information in various formats, including podcast, is simply overwhelming.

YouTube

March 1, 2008

I have been abusing youtube already and totally enjoying it.  Not sure where to find the short code??  Is it the embed code?  The embed code is certainly not short.  Anyhow, here is the url to the video I like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVn-iX3LmCA.

Here is another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y71OPKtCRpA&feature=related.

Given the porn viewing issue at the library, I searched for “nude” and saw 133,000 results.  I clicked on one of them and was asked to verify I am not minor by logging in or signing up.  This certainly deters me from going any further.  What a hassle for simply watching a video.

Discovering Web 2.0 tools

March 1, 2008

I checked out quite a few ones in various categories, such as mapping, video, retail, and organization on the winners list.  Really impressed with the development in 2.0 tools. 

I was just wondering how these winners were determined.  Take Photos and Digital Images for example, Flickr is featured in this 2.0 course, yet I have been using Picasa, since somehow, the software got installed on my laptop and find it pretty cool!  Ditch one for the other?  Or I guess it does not hurt to have the best of both worlds.