Delicious...

Delicious - another programme I'd heard a bit about, seen links to on lots of websites, but didn't actually know what it was about. And now I do - thanks again Learning 2.0 team! Once the frustrations of set-up were out of the way, I can see that it will be so much easier to track down those elusive websites (these useful bits of information usually get written down in my trusty moleskine notebook - but there can be a lot of page-flicking involved in finding the website addresses amongst all that scrawl...).

Interesting to see the different tags people use for the same information. Interesting to browse through the sites different people have thought worthy of bookmarking and tagging with sometimes not-very-relevant tags. The descriptions generally need to be more focussed (that's if they exist at all!) - having to click into a webpage to check its relevance is enough to drive me back to google.

This week seemed technically more difficult. Perserverance (or maybe just stubborness - no mindless computer was going to get the better of me) I managed to get the delicious buttons onto my browser, and then link to delicious from my blog. Only a third through this week's tasks but I'm already well over the hour mark.

Mr Bean at the Library

I defy you not to giggle (or at least have just the smallest smile on your face) while watching Mr Bean at the Library!

The incredible stop-motion bookshelf

Maybe this is why I can never find that book I'm searching for! I'm sure my books sometimes do this dance in the middle of the night...

Is too much information ever enough?

My catch-up week lasted a bit longer than planned (about seven weeks since I last looked at Learning 2.0, but who's counting?) - partly time constraints and partly avoiding the great unknown of rss feeds. But I shall fear no more. Searching for interesting feeds was a bit tedious (if I spent more time just surfing the net I'd probably have more favourites ready for this week's task) and I can see the possibility of being inundated by rss. I'll check back in to Google Reader over the next couple of weeks and see if too much information is ever enough (to paraphrase Roy and HG).

This blog/rss feed addressing fashion from the Costume Institue is now closed but it is interesting to see interaction of the exhibition goers with the exhibition pieces - comments ranged from 'this is cute' to longer explorations on the history of a fashion. It also shows the potential for an exhibition curator to 'speak' directly with the exhibition viewers - tapping them on the shoulder to say more than they were able to fit into the caption on the wall or the paragraph in the catalogue or answer their questions. (Fingers-crossed that link worked - after seven weeks I'm a bit rusty)

Question about posting images

Integrity
Originally uploaded by iandavid

So this is the photo I was posting yesterday. Much more exciting to look at on screen than the plain white box in the previous attempt (sure, you could see the image if you could be bothered to click on through, but who would?)

Guess I'm learning by trial and error that the best way to post a picture from flickr is to use flickr in the first place.

Question: If I use flickr to post an image, must I also use flickr to compose the text (in their 'Your Post' dialogue box), or can I somehow go back to blogger and draft & edit my text there (eg, bold, italics etc) ?

Which value did I choose?

I could have browsed Flickr for hours trying to find an image that showed the library's values (who knew there was a big hill on Skye called Integrity?), but have finally picked this picture to show one half of our value Honour and Integrity.

We have lift-off...

If you're reading this, then I've made it through week two without any glitches.

Thanks Learning 2.0 team! It's been a clear and interesting programme of links so far. I want to jump ahead through the weeks and do it all in one go. I knew there was alot on the web I'd never tried, so getting the chance to learn how to use the technologies as well as seeing how they have been used by other people and organisations will definitely give lots to think about.

And I have to agree with all the warnings - coming up with a blog name is ridiculously difficult. I can recommend the old 'close-my-eyes-and-pick-a-word-from-the-dictionary-at-random' trick (though I did have to reject my first few randoms as being inappropriate!).