Learning 2.0 Sandbox Wiki

Thing 17. I didn't do very well with this activity. I've created a log in and proceeded to add my blog to the favourit blogs page. I tried to follow the instructions but it didn't come up as a link so I removed it. I added something to the Favourite Flowers but don't know if I have done it right. The only other entry on the page was added as a comment. I could have done with more examples to follow. I will go back to it later but right now I'm moving on to Thing 18.

Wikis

The discovery resources for Thing 16 were great, especially the slide presentation Wikis: A Beginners, Look. I didn't know anything about Wikis prior to this 'Thing'. I enjoyed looking at the examples and the purpose of each Wiki was quite clear. I particularly liked the idea of the Book Lovers Wiki developed by Princeton Public Library as part of the summer reading club for adults a few years ago. I had a look at some of the book reviews.

Library 2.0

Thing 15. Library boats and Icebergs is an interesting concept for looking at Web 2.0 and Libraries. It is hard to imagine libraries not having a large print collection which is referred to as a 'just in case' print collection in this article. I like the idea that services should be able to be used by patrons without training.
To me Library 2.0 means library services using Web 2.0 thinking and technologies. Changes that sound exciting but would have to happen gradually for me to keep up!

Technorati

Thing 14. Again I wasn't able to access everything in the Discovery Resources, the tip of the month link is no longer available. There were some interesting statistics in the State of the Blogosphere.
I had a good look around the Technorati home page but I wasn't able to do most of the Discovery Exercises. Either I'm blind or the site has been updated! I did a search for "libraries" in blogs and found some interesting library related blogs.

Delicious

Thing 13. The tutorial video was informative and helped in understanding how Delicious can be used. I noticed that the URL is different and wondered if other content may have changed. I wasn't able to access the other two resources so I searched for something similar on the internet and came across the Ultimate guide to delicious social bookmarking http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/ultimate-guide-to-delicious-social-bookmarking/
I didn't go as far as opening a Delicious account but may do in the future. I can see that it could be useful for researching.

Twitter

For Thing 12 I had a look at Twitter. I went to http://twitter.com and found a Twitter guide at http://www.twitterguide.com.au/ which covers everything from how to get started and Twitter etiquette. I didn't go as far as signing up but I have a bit more of an understanding of what Twitter is all about.

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Two weeks later...I'm still on Thing 11. I have created a searchbox (with Kim's help) hopefully linked to my search roll. This is my second attempt, the first one came up with an error 'Your HTML cannot be accepted: closing tag has no matching opening tag: A'. I changed the style to plain so will see what happens when I publish this post.
I'm trying to move on to Thing 12, halfway through the 23 Things!