The end is nigh

One thing's for sure, I know more about web 2.0 than I did before.
I am still mildly confused about tagging etc. But i think it may just be like Scanner Darkly, simple plot but you come away feeling confused.
And I am confirmed in my thinking that the internet is useful after you know what you are looking for, not before. It needs a reason, then it's no end of useful.
So good night, and good luck.

Man, that was boring

If only I was running a small business or something. The content I found on netlibrary was boring and very limited. Though I didn't look up Catherine Cookson or Dan Brown. But I didn look up Guatemala, Che Guevara, Metallica and Star Wars ( for, you know, some variety.) All of which came back with either one or two refernces to the subject, or nothing at all. Sorry that's incorrect- there were guide books to Guatemala. There where no books specifically about (or by as the case may be) these subjects.

I have found more interesting books on http://www.gutenberg.org . And who can argue with free literature.

Bear in mind/ Beer in mind

Ah... podcasts. Again I had more success looking for podcasts from specific websites than using any of the suggested directories. Mainly because I couldn't think of anything to search for... and the results were all too vague and nothing really stood out as listenable.

That and downloading any software was just too slow.

So I went to the bbc website and as I suspected, there's plenty of podcasts to be had there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/station/worldservice/
Again, I was kind of going about it the wrong way. The internet is most useful when you know what you want. If I had a subject in mind to research, then I could see benefits to podcasts. So, I shall bear podcasts in mind.

Oh mi god, liek thisis soo cool!

I'm just not in the mood for watching kids being injured, or animals doing cute things today.
So here's a link to some trusty ol' music....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTozgoj9OQ
Hooray for youtube and being able to watch stuff one wouldn't otherwise see. (Not a reference to the injured kids and animals.)
Also, I found out that I don't like Gregorian chants, no matter what they are covering.

Sunshine, rainbows and lollipops

It's Friday, it's a short day, and I am being paid to do my 2.0 stuff. I am inside, so I can't hear whether or not the birds are singing - but I assume so.

I browsed the list of awards (#19), and checked out a couple of sites.
I liked http://www.onesentence.org/for it's profoundness and irony. That and I don't like having to read long stuff, so one sentence suits my level of commitment.

I also checked out http://www.etsy.com/. Some if the stuff is butt ugly crap. But it's good for getting (stealing?) ideas.

Yo, yo, yo; zo, ho

Yea, so at least I can see a use for online word processing etc. Though I never found that online typewriter, maybe that's better.
Good to know this type of stuff is out there.
The best use I can think of for it, is to have information available while travelling. But what are the advantages to having your stuff online rather than on a flash card?
When will you be able to save word documents onto your ipod, now that would be handy.

Sadbox wiki

Ah Sandbox Wiki, how useful information is when you have a tonne of people adding to it with no rules. I'm trying to be open minded.. but come on. I guess that's the difference between good and bad... good is usable - bad is a bunch of monkeys typing. (Can't remember the exact number of monkeys, or how long they'd have to type for.)

I can't imagine sandbox being useful. In all the uses I can think of; it would take as long to set it up, tell everybody about it, they figure out how to use it, and remember to; as it would (for example) to go on the camping trip.

But I'll bear it in mind if I ever decide to go camping.

By which time we'll be up to about web 9.0.

Catch up #14 Technorati.

Now I remember why I probably skimmed over this the first time. Technorati relates to technology stuff. I have learned that I was inhabiting a 2.0 world, in a 1.0 fashion... and that I should be a little more curious and a little less scathing of new technologies. However, I can not imagine myself reading about technology stuff. It just doesn't interest me that much.

I have however, had to eat my words a number of times recently. I always said I didn't see the point in ipods. I know what I want to listen to and when so my old battered discman was sufficient. Then I was given an ipod, then some b*stard stole my ipod and I have been miserable ever since. (Bloody batteries just don't last long enough. Bring on the mp3 player... momma needs portable music.)
All things in moderation, except humble pie apparently. At least I now know that Technorati exists. I'll go now and maybe write someone a letter, or play a CD or even a tape... or crawl into a cave and use two sticks to start a fire.

Catching up on #9.

In trying to find some library related blogs I came across http://blogs.britannica.com/blog/main/category/books/
I was impressed as there are no blogs about My Chemical Romance, kittens or Britney Spears. Oh it's so organised and actually useful. I do in fact need to know which libraries in the world are haunted (can't get more library related than that) then I know which ones to skip on my "libraries of the world" tour. (Places are limited, book early.)

This brilliant site then led me on to learning about sustainability in the book printing industry.
http://www.greenpressinitiative.org/index.htm
I feel twice as good now, having not purchased the unsustainable "Harry Potter and-the-whatsit-something". I guess I assumed that books would naturally be printed on recycled paper.
But then some people need brand new paper pulp, bleached with toxins and embossed with flowers, toilet paper to wipe their precious butts with.

And... back to task. There's a new policy for ACL, purchasing sustainable books over the unsustainable. It only remains to see if there is New Zealand based information on the subject.
Oh, but I feel so good having found useful information in a blog format! That's put a spring in my step.

Is this 50 words?

Ok now that I've watched the little video about the friend camping trip, I can now see how a wiki would be handy. Very cool, so long as your group is all up for the technical challenge. I just don't have anything to organise...

But the best part of the week? Using wikipedia to refute the knowledge of my elders. Ha! More vindication for me!