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My sister’s kitty March 12, 2007

Filed under: Learning 2.0, Life — kempster @ 1:18 pm

I chose this as my favourite Flickr picture, because he looks exactly like my sister’s cat Smokey.  Soooo fuzzy and cute, but a little dim :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/molamoni/377786032/in/set-72157594262920558/

 

This week’s delicious activity March 12, 2007

Filed under: Learning 2.0 — kempster @ 1:05 pm

I have never used del.icio.us in the past, and I can’t honestly say I’m sold on it now.  For my search, I looked up the name of a book/miniseries I watched this weeked called The Hogfather.  I guess the term “Hogfather” is so unique that whatever results I got would be on topic.  Ditto for Google.  I did notice, however, that major official sites were among the first results retrieved in del-icio-us, just as in other search engines. I think I’ll go try a search for a more difficult topic and see what happens.

 

Hmmmm….wikis…. March 7, 2007

Filed under: Learning 2.0 — kempster @ 12:59 pm

This isn’t my first exposure to wikis – I’ve actually been doing some research because I’m thinking of making a wiki for the first year BHSc students concerning library resources.   For that reason, this week’s first-hand exposure to wikis was very handy.  My only concern about wikis is that it takes some time to figure things out, and I hope this won’t deter posters.  Also, the pbwiki design is really really busy.  It’s kindof cramped and overwhelming at first.  I wish there was more format control in wikis.  My test BHSc wiki is in WetPaint, and I like thier templates better than pbwiki.

 

RSS-ific! March 1, 2007

Filed under: Learning 2.0 — kempster @ 10:23 am

This week’s assignment dealt with RSS feeds.  I have never had a Bloglines account, but I must admit, I may be a little addicted.  The Bloglines interface is really simple to use, but I must say it took me quite a while to figure out how to organize my feeds into folders.   This seems like a very handy way to stay up-to-date on current events.

I really like getting a daily “Get Fuzzy” cartoon :)