Week 3 : FeedMyInbox - RSS made simple

And it really does... Much better than Bloglines - easier and more simple to use and more convenient because everything goes to your email account. I think I might use this if there is a blog or site that I'm really keen on following.

It was fine on the staff PCs and I'm assuming it would work fine on Lear.net too. I guess I would tell patrons about this if we happen to be on a related topic, or if I was asked about RSS feeds.

Week 2 : PicApp

Have not finished Week 1 yet...will go back to it.

An image from PicApp

PicApp is pretty easy to use, but I do find that you kinda have to be a bit more specific about the type of image you are looking for.

Curious as to where the images come from, I had a quick look at the FAQ, and found that Gettyimages and ZUMA Press are two of the source of the images - no wonder then that when I type in "puppies" I get images of celebs at pet/dog-related events...

PicApp could be somewhat useful for libraries to get free and legal images without worrying about photo consents. I guess I could also suggest PicApp for kids doing homework and wanted to find news-related images. Not so sure I would use this again, as I think Google Images is pretty good, and I do like Flicker for interesting-looking pictures...

Week 1: Box.net

Hmm...turns out the Final post wasn't so final afterall.
And we are back to another round of Web 2.0

Just for your viewing pleasure, an amazing image found on Flicker:

[ no words ] Originally uploaded by bonnix (Scotty)

For more images: www.bonnix.de

So back to Box.net...

The video clip on the Learning resource bit is missing, so went ahead to Box.net to watch the demo provided on their front page, but was blocked from doing that...

Nevermind, I went ahead and created an account anyway, thinking that creating an account should be pretty straight forward. And it was.

But...when I got to "Upload Files", the "Add files" button doesn't seem work...maybe it just doesn't like me. Or maybe I have to try this on one of the Learn.net PCs??

......to be continued......