Week 6: Facebook

I already have a Facebook page: I added my maiden name, leRoux to the mix, so my old school buddies can find me - and of course the old boyfriends who hopefully are miserable with remorse... Should perhaps put together the page for the Libraraian's Big Day Out as part of this exercise. Will keep you posted...

Week 5: Music & MP3s

I checked out Free Albums Galore, as my taste is quite eclectic. There is a good selection of classical music and some oldies - will defintiley share this with my mom!

There is an A-Z directory which is very helpful

Mmmm - Australian Rock Underground sounds promissing...

I'm surprised to see so many sites offering free downloads - long live the Internet and Tosca!! Thanks for sharing!

Week 4: Books & Social Networking

Goodreads

There is a list of the current most read books, and most popular (or unpopular) lists. It's funny to see how the same title makes it to both the best and the worst lists!

You can receive updates of book reviews and there is even frequently updated quotes!

Definitely a very useful site for reader's advisory services - it gives you a popular view of recent titles. As it is so easy to use, its a good site to recommend to customers.

Week 3: Twitter

Tweetietweet.

Was originally not a great fan of the idea, as I hate being constantly cojoled. It does however satisfy my need to be kept up to date and all-knowledgeable, so I'm now signed up!

Very easy to use, and quite addictive, once you get going! Great as a a tool to keep up to date with news and what your friends are up to. Mmmm - not sure how else we could use it at work - good for being kept updated on City-widie events and new book reviews or web posts, so keep on letting us know about all the great stuff, Tosca!!

Week 2: ZAMZAR

Zamzar is great! No more running around trying to get IM to give you conversion software - you can just go to Zamzar and press Convert!

I mostly use Zamzar to convert .doc files into PDFs, so no one can tamper with my facts and figures! I've not really explored other conversion types though, so it was good to learn that I can convert docx and bmp to gif or jpg. My goodness - there are hundreds of options under Conversion types!

You do have to pick the right time of the day though. Late afternoon is not the ideal and it can take a few hours for the document to be sent back. Early morning or late in the evening is better.

Will definitely promote this to customers - a great service!

More Web 2.0 - Week 1: Revisiting my blog

Well it really is time for me to get on with this.

I do use a lot of the Web 2.0 technologies in my daily life allready - but it would be useful to consolidate and have a think about how to use it at work...

#23

Well, well - it's definitely only the beginning!

There is so much we need to keep up with. We need to keep up, not just to not be left behind, but we also have a duty towards our customers, to educate tehm about web 2.0 and what it means for them.

Time is what we need now - to digest and to apply. Although, technologes move so fast these days, that we don't have the luxury of milling this over, we have to just get in there! What we do need to do is schedule time in our week to keep up so we can add the value to our service our customers deserve!