Del.icio.us

I can't believe how many useful websites I have found since I have started using Del.icio.us. This is definitely one of my favorite things. I am amazed at the number of educational websites that provide free information.

I had decided I wanted to reacquaint with the French language and found plenty of sites that I can use. Shorthand is another skill I have not used in years and I will pick that up as well.

The beauty of this is that when I am visiting my parents and am bored, I can simply go on the Internet and access those sites. I don't have to take my computer with me.

Explore Twitter

Twitter, what can I say? I don't think it will be a favorite. I am not the type of person to call someone to see what they are doing. I have never liked idle chit chat. I now have an account and sent a tweet. I will have to continue to investigate Twitter to see how I can best use it.

Once I began following CML's Twitter, I can now see a use for it. I saw the blurb about how read2akid resolved a problem by Tweeting to someone. I have reconsidered and will attempt to use Twitter. I hear it is addictive.

LibraryThing

What a great tool! I plan to add all of my books to LibraryThing. I have a book that is out-of-print and hard to find and I could not find it on LibraryThing. I will have to create a record for it. I like a lot of non-fiction and am hoping there will be others who share my interests.

I only have a few book cataloged, but, here's my link.



http://www.librarything.com/catalog/JessEd68

Image Generators

I selected Photofunia as my image generator because it seems to the easiest to use. I happened to have my camera here, too my picture, transfered it to my folder and converted it using Photofunia.
I can see many uses for this generator.

Below is my attempt to use Webfetti.com. BOOtylicious has nothing to do with me, but it is close to Halloween and BOOtylicious is a ghost.

Finding Feeds with Search Tools

I tried using Technorati, Topix.net, and Syndic8.com and did not like using any of them. If I had to choose, I would pick Topix.net. In my opinion, it was the easiest to use. My true preference is to go to my favorite sites and look for the RSS feed symbol. I also liked using Bloglines' Top 1000 to find RSS Feeds.

Finding Feeds

I found using Bloglines was a bit confusing. Once I started and successfully added my first feed, it was no problem. I began adding feeds that interest me and I also have added the required feeds. Since I have learned about RSS feeds, I am seeing them on web sites everywhere. There are even feeds on ProQuest!

It can be very useful in that you don't have to weed through the entire web site looking for the section you want. You avoid having to click on multiple screens on a site. You simply click and it takes you directly to the page you want.

I made Bloglines public to share with anyone who cares. Here is the link:

http://www.bloglines.com/public/Things-of-Interest

It is fast becoming a item that interests me.

RSS Feeds

My experience with RSS feeds was interesting. It took me a while to get used to it and its capabilities. I found a few feeds I know will interest me and added a few of the required feeds.



My Flickr feed is from the National Media Museum and it has many interesting pictures.



I can see this as a means for tracking the latest information on a topic. It can easily be used in reserch and can be aA very useful tool in library science.