Trying again with Youtube

I failed to be able to get my video from Yahoo video to my blog. So RS & NH had better luck in Youtube, which I have followed with some success! This one was just a bit of fun.

I found a good library podcast on Podcast alley "Library Geeks" which was easily added to my bloglines. I have already made a podcast for the library. I found it quite difficult as the SOE does not support ITunes, and I needed this listen to my blog. But there is some very helpful people out in the ECU community who gave a hand. Also trying to get my hands on a Mac was difficult at the beginning, and it would wipe whatever work I would do as I moved from campus to campus. So I found making a podcast for ECU quite challenging. There is so much more you could do, but it is hard to get the time, always something new to move onto!

Klickety

Yahoo Video comes to Klickety

This is my attempt at putting a Yahoo video on my blog. I chose this video because I like this concept of people creating there own chat shows, or mini soapies. The guy on here - Justin has a camera on his head 24/7. So you can always hear and see what he is up to. There are similar people going around the streets now with cameras attached, and you can view what they are seeing on Google Earth. It is a bit scary and I am sure lots of fodder for places like YouTube will come up.

As far as libraries go, I can see useage for embedding tours and tutorials on our website. Students could rate them with the star system, or comment to others if they are worth watching or not. When searching Yahoo video last night, I found a lot of video's I could not watch as they were embedded elsewhere, so that was frustrating. I guess the same could happen to others. It would be easy to waste a lot of time trying to find something usefull.

Social Tagging

Looks like this one is the librarian winner. It seems del.icio.us has many features that could be used by students for finding information on the web other than the traditional web searchers that the owners are in charge of. I like the idea of everyone putting in their own headings on an website. The problem is if the subject is a bit obscure, I tried putting in "Welsh Wedding", and there were nowhere near as many selections as I found on Google. I guess it is a matter of time.

Having your own bookmarks follow you around is nifty as well. Although my own bookmarks are very different from work to home, I can see how well it would suit students moving from one environment to another.

I am beginning to enjoy the interactivity of it all. Been seeing comments on our blogs, not just by us! It is a bit of a buzz to think someone else thinks it is worth having a look at your blog, even if it is just to tell you they like your colour coordination!

Klickety

Had the 2nd life, looking for a 3rd

I enjoyed the 4 corners doco so much I bought the company. No, not really. I did go and join up 2nd life though to check it all out.

I did venture to Info Island to find it was really very empty. To me it seems a bit silly to go to 2nd life for information when it is just a click away anyway. I can see the benefit of getting people together and meeting librarians from all over the world, it is a great place to meet and exchange ideas if you are stuck here in Perth.

2nd life seems to be mostly about chatting idly, dancing and fun. It will be interesting to see how the Information/ Library part of it expands.

Klickety

Flikr gets the Flik

No not really. I had way too much fun on it. Looking at the a couple of people's photo collection took me about an hour on the desk! It all makes me feel very inadequate as a photographer. The process of getting the photo on this blog was a little long winded to set up, but not impossible. I can't really see too much relevance to libraries, other than getting students familiar with tags/ subject headings.

My favourite Mashup was the Montagr. I was not sure what to do with it for a long time. Once I got the hang of it I had a great time checking out various topics and creating the montages. Quite a waste of time, but that is what we are here for...Klickety

If it had wings it would fly...

IMG_2786, originally uploaded by i_kolk.

I am very excited to have accomplished another milestone in Web 2.0. Spent lots of time playing with passwords for my new Yahoo account which was a bit frustrating.

I have had a great time looking in Flickr. Just looking at one persons photos could take a couple of hours...I tagged, but it did not work when I tried to do the search in Flickr, it came up with all of JG's pics. Maybe it is a matter of time....Klickety

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.