03/06/2009
RSS -- I have several things setup on RSS: local newspaper, a favorite political cartoonist (Walt Handelsman), and LibraryLanding to name a few. I have them setup to come into my e-mail account and I'm notified (just like my e-mails) when a new posting as occurred. Each has it's own "folder" so they are separated. All of this lets me look when I have time. I've considered adding other RSS feeds but I also don't want to get overloaded with reading -- I have enough of that right now in grad school since it's all online. This round I've added a RSS "subscribe to" link on my blog.
del.icio.us -- I started an account prior to the 1st round of things but I didn't fully start using until the 1st round. At that time I imported about 90% of my computer favorites from my computers. I continually use del.icio.us -- probably tagging something at least once a day. I still think that I like favorites best but del.icio.us makes it so handy to be able to access from any computer. One downfall is that I really would like to find the time to go into my account and create some better "folders" or other subdivisions. In this round I've added mn23 and kayakingqueen to my network -- although I'm not yet sure how/why I'll use these networks. Something for more discovery at a later date. I'm drausche on del.icio.us and to date I have 991 tags.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Thing 29 -- Google Tools
03/03/2009
hmmm, I've never been a big fan of google (I've always liked & used dogpile.com) but it seems that google keeps coming up with little tidbits of uses so that I've eventually ended up using them -- such as this blog and gmail (used with this blog but not otherwise).
In the 1st round of things I used the alerts to watch a few fellow thingster's blogs. This was a great way to know when people updated without my having to check daily -- a kind of rss.
Today I looked over the book search and entered Waasa Inaabidaa (We look in all directions) -- a local title. It was interesting to see the info displayed including the map shown of places listed in the book.
I also recently became aware of goog411 and think it maybe helpful plus a great cost savings (my cell provider charges $1.79 per 411 call).
hmmm, I've never been a big fan of google (I've always liked & used dogpile.com) but it seems that google keeps coming up with little tidbits of uses so that I've eventually ended up using them -- such as this blog and gmail (used with this blog but not otherwise).
In the 1st round of things I used the alerts to watch a few fellow thingster's blogs. This was a great way to know when people updated without my having to check daily -- a kind of rss.
Today I looked over the book search and entered Waasa Inaabidaa (We look in all directions) -- a local title. It was interesting to see the info displayed including the map shown of places listed in the book.
I also recently became aware of goog411 and think it maybe helpful plus a great cost savings (my cell provider charges $1.79 per 411 call).
Thing 28 -- Customized Home Pages
03/03/2009
I've looked at several of these previously -- pageflakes and igoogle at the time I thought were okay but never used them. I setup a netvibes page and I think I'm going to like this. It took a little time to get it how I think will be the most useful + I ran into some little quirks that tossed me around but I'm not sure those were the page or my system acting up.
I customed my page with my e-mail, added facebook (although not sure I'll have it automatically sign in since that gives netvibes access to all my facebook things + those of my friends), I added my logon screen for grad school (on there daily!), and changed the news feeds to my likes.
I did create a blidget on widgetbox just to try it -- I used my own blog page just as a test. And if I can find the time I think I'm going to try the show yourself widget just for the fun of it!
I've looked at several of these previously -- pageflakes and igoogle at the time I thought were okay but never used them. I setup a netvibes page and I think I'm going to like this. It took a little time to get it how I think will be the most useful + I ran into some little quirks that tossed me around but I'm not sure those were the page or my system acting up.
I customed my page with my e-mail, added facebook (although not sure I'll have it automatically sign in since that gives netvibes access to all my facebook things + those of my friends), I added my logon screen for grad school (on there daily!), and changed the news feeds to my likes.
I did create a blidget on widgetbox just to try it -- I used my own blog page just as a test. And if I can find the time I think I'm going to try the show yourself widget just for the fun of it!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Thing 27 -- Twitter
03/02/2009
hmmm, not sure that I would find Twitter as something that I personally would use. I already use Facebook status updates for letting my group know what I'm doing. So I'll have to check into this a little more and think about it.
I will share an interesting use of Twitter that was in the Duluth News Tribune yesterday (Sunday, March 1, 2009) "Twitter's new twist: UMD journalists track use of handicap parking spots" ... here's a link to the article:
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/113658/
hmmm, not sure that I would find Twitter as something that I personally would use. I already use Facebook status updates for letting my group know what I'm doing. So I'll have to check into this a little more and think about it.
I will share an interesting use of Twitter that was in the Duluth News Tribune yesterday (Sunday, March 1, 2009) "Twitter's new twist: UMD journalists track use of handicap parking spots" ... here's a link to the article:
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/113658/
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