It's Friday once again, and nicely quiet (in patches) - gotta love school holidays!!!! :-)
After a week, I'm finally up to part 2 of week 6. Technorati.
Well, as per the rest of the Internet, it's certainly shows (via the popular tab) how many people want to get rich quick and how many people like to know about the rich and/or shameless. I didn't get anything out of viewing the popular list, except I was suprised that there were so many "get rich quick" or "make money" blogs in this list.
As Technorati is a search tool, it does have its uses.
I was stumped for something to look for at first but decided on the ABC's showing of the Great Global Warming Swindle and there was quite a bit of "noise" about it.
I especially liked this post amongst more serious posts:
http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/07/13/the-mad-bad-and-unhinged/
The mad, bad and unhinged
Post the ABC broadcast on the Great Global Warming Swindle there was an “experts” discussion and then the floor was thrown open to the great unwashed. And unwashed they were with a fabulous....
I did see the tags to go link to more posts, but decided time was slipping away. [In the popular bit, I don't know that the tags would be all that informative, but then I didn't spend much time there].
So, technorati could be useful to navigate the minefield of blogs and find some sites if you're looking for uptodate info on a particular topic or latest opinions etc. And there are certainly no filters, so all sides of any issue get a voice.
Bye.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Friday, July 6, 2007
#13 Tagging, folksomonies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us
Hi
I can see the use, in other organisations, of tagging and social bookmarking when needing to move from one computer to another - especially if you're the kind of person who'd spend hours on the computer at home (I believe some people actually take work home [gasp!]) or of course if you're just messing about (playing/CPD stuff) then, yes, could find interesting stuff to take note of.
However we don't own the computers (rent) and therefore we're not to download extra software to the computers (which is why I haven't bothered opening a del.icio.us account - it wanted to add some things to the tool bar) it's beyond our reach.
Change the supplier/contract or buy the computers, then we can make use of it.
I can see the use, in other organisations, of tagging and social bookmarking when needing to move from one computer to another - especially if you're the kind of person who'd spend hours on the computer at home (I believe some people actually take work home [gasp!]) or of course if you're just messing about (playing/CPD stuff) then, yes, could find interesting stuff to take note of.
However we don't own the computers (rent) and therefore we're not to download extra software to the computers (which is why I haven't bothered opening a del.icio.us account - it wanted to add some things to the tool bar) it's beyond our reach.
Change the supplier/contract or buy the computers, then we can make use of it.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
#12 Roll your own search engine
Nearing the end of week 5, yeah!!
Anyways, have created a quick rollyo thingy:
http://rollyo.com/ed2g/intl_authorities/
On sites like ILO, UN, WTO etc which are hopeless to search within - always using an external search engine on these sites.
I think it's a bit like a federated search in that you'd not be wanting to make the search too complex as you're looking at more than one site at a time.
Not sure what is behind it - eg Google or what other search engine; so don't know what search features are there. Will have to explore further at some stage.
That's all folks for today.
Anyways, have created a quick rollyo thingy:
http://rollyo.com/ed2g/intl_authorities/
On sites like ILO, UN, WTO etc which are hopeless to search within - always using an external search engine on these sites.
I think it's a bit like a federated search in that you'd not be wanting to make the search too complex as you're looking at more than one site at a time.
Not sure what is behind it - eg Google or what other search engine; so don't know what search features are there. Will have to explore further at some stage.
That's all folks for today.
#11 A thing about LibraryThing
Library Thing - very useful to update what you have on that next bookshop visit, assuming I've charged up the batteries...
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Dukie This is all I could be bothered adding for now; and I can't see myself adding much more.
I've often got a list of what I next need (well, it's all relative isn't it!) to add to a series etc, reminders of authors for bookshop visits. Especially handy when you've not bought into that series for awhile and have a summer holiday reading binge planned.
Eg I can't remember offhand what letter I'm up to in the Sue Grafton series; and I'll have to look at the books closely to see what one I read up to also....
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Dukie This is all I could be bothered adding for now; and I can't see myself adding much more.
I've often got a list of what I next need (well, it's all relative isn't it!) to add to a series etc, reminders of authors for bookshop visits. Especially handy when you've not bought into that series for awhile and have a summer holiday reading binge planned.
Eg I can't remember offhand what letter I'm up to in the Sue Grafton series; and I'll have to look at the books closely to see what one I read up to also....
#10 Play around with Image Generators
Hi
Have found lots of fun sites via the Generator Blog which would be useful if wanting to add something extra to jazz up your blog.
My chocolate bar, with the label "calories" didn't translate across, but now I've lost interest in it anyways, so it will just have to live it the reader's imagination....
... if only!!! Sigh!
Didn't like the slogans site - not tasteful at all.
But now it is time for lunch and then I'll do some more Learning:
Your sincerely,
The Bloodthirsty Stinking Scared-of-the-Dark Night Monkey
:-)
courtesy of http://www.chimpage.com/monster.html
Have found lots of fun sites via the Generator Blog which would be useful if wanting to add something extra to jazz up your blog.
My chocolate bar, with the label "calories" didn't translate across, but now I've lost interest in it anyways, so it will just have to live it the reader's imagination....
This was a fun site too - I'm sure that there are some quite cool names out there on a myriad of blogs around the world (eg kissyourbuttgoodbye - didn't fit though):
... if only!!! Sigh! Didn't like the slogans site - not tasteful at all.
But now it is time for lunch and then I'll do some more Learning:
Your sincerely,
The Bloodthirsty Stinking Scared-of-the-Dark Night Monkey
:-)
courtesy of http://www.chimpage.com/monster.html
Monday, June 11, 2007
#7
Hi.
I can certainly see that there's a lot of add-on guff for Flickr (and like sites) for those who have lots of time on their hands OR actually have a real NEED to be filled - stuff that they could certainly make use of.
From a purely wasting time, but looking at pretty pictures point of view, this site looked nice:
I can certainly see that there's a lot of add-on guff for Flickr (and like sites) for those who have lots of time on their hands OR actually have a real NEED to be filled - stuff that they could certainly make use of.
From a purely wasting time, but looking at pretty pictures point of view, this site looked nice:
An interesting 2005
Home Page — Kelvin Luck http://kelvinluck.com/assets/flickr_api/0.5/interesting4.php
A web application showing the most interesting photos on flickr from 2005 in a slick flash interface.
Home Page — Kelvin Luck http://kelvinluck.com/assets/flickr_api/0.5/interesting4.php
A web application showing the most interesting photos on flickr from 2005 in a slick flash interface.
I'm sure if I ever have the need, there will be an application etc etc out there to fill it.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
#Thing5
Hi
My 2nd post to a blog.
It took me awhile to realise that when uploading a photo (saved to the computer from Flickr) that if you choose none as layout, then you get to put the darn photos where you want them to go.
Flickr is all well and good, but needs a heap more tags to find 'that' photo... mind you, I now know that there are tortoiseshell butterflies and they're pretty.
A couple of photos I liked were the butterfly above - a nice, crisp image - and not a pin in sight! :-)
A couple of photos I liked were the butterfly above - a nice, crisp image - and not a pin in sight! :-)
And as I'd like to visit Ireland - I went on a hunt and found a couple of nice shots of County Kerry countryside - one of which is here:
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