Wikis

I didn't know what a wiki was so this was very helpful. I went to several different websites and thought they were targeted mostly to older and educated people. I think its a great way for companies to collaborate on projects that a lot of people need to work on. The FVRL Wikis were fun to look at. I don't think I would like to add or change anything on other peoples wiki but you never know. I think I'll try it when my family goes camping and we need to decide on who brings what. This could be fun!

Goodreads and LibraryThing

I created an account with the
Goodreads website. http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/986183

I decided on Goodreads over LibraryThing because of the way it looked and it was easier to use.

Both of these websites are fun because you can see what other people have to say about the books they've read. Now I can keep track of the "soooooo" many books I want to read. You can even join a book group like the "One Minute Critic" book group!

Technorati

This website confused me. I'm not sure why you would want to keep track of all the blogs out there but I guess someone does. I felt like I was lost and didn't know what I was looking for.

When I typed in learning 2.0 it seemed to take me to the same place so maybe I wasn't doing it right. I think I'll move on to the next step.

Del.icio.us

I think del.icio.us is great. I first heard about this website from taking a class at FVRL but didn't take the time to start my own del.icio.us account. Now that I have an account and have spent some time with it I really like it. I can now save my favorite bookmarks to del.icio.us and have them where ever I go.

I enjoyed watching the One Minute Critic in the isdesk account. What a fun and great way to find out about books. Sam was great! I'll have to try a Peter Lovesey book!

Generators

Ok, I have to take back alittle about MySpace. Now I can see pictures of my kids and grandkids and keep intouch with some of my relatives.

Enought about that.

Generators are fun.
I tried the Fortune Cookie Message Generator and the Billboard Generator.
When I have more time I will try out a few more of these. I don't think my girls know about generators so it will be fun to tell them about something they don't know!

Social Networking - MySpace

MySpace - What a website. I have no interest in using MySpace but that's me. After hearing about what goes on in MySpace, I just don't want anything to do with it. Sooooo for the class I did sign-up. I looked up my girls and my niece and that was nice. I can see where the "younger generation" would like it. I for one won't use it and I don't think to many people in my generation would, but I could be wrong! As far as the library and MySpace, I don't think your going to get very many people to look at it. I think they would rather just go to a website. I'm sure someone out there probably in our own library will come up with a great idea for it. I would never have thought of looking up a library there if it hadn't been for this class. I think the kids that use MySpace are wanting to look at people's pictures and chatting.

INSTANT MESSAGING - MEEBO

For people who work at their computers all day, this would be a great way to communicate. As for me I wouldn't use this at home because I'm not on the computer that much. I could see using it in the library for reference questions but you might get so many you couldn't answer them all. I know that some of the library staff use IM and like it, I just haven't tried it yet.