Lunge 19 -Part B - 43 things list - heretis!

Lung 19 - Part 1 -PollDaddy - Sowhatdoyathink? Tellme, Tell me.

Lunge No.18, IM, Skype, chat

I’ve used Skype before. It’s a great idea and keeps the cost down when communicating internationally. Also used instant messaging both in a personal capacity (msn version and via facebook)) and a professional capacity (groupwise has an instant messaging capacity) and think both initiatives are great.
While I was with a previous employer, I was working within a network with multiple campuses. We regularly held remote meetings using Instant messaging. It was a very efficient means of coming together to share ideas but not having to suffer the inconvenience of travel.

Lunge 17: forums, groups, marketing and professional networking

I like this idea too. (Is there anything I don’t like ? – Yes, installing RSS feeds)

I’m already a member of a Google librarian group, which really isn’t very active. I had a look at Spoke which I found very U.S oriented. But really, isn’t most stuff?

Same with LinkedIn. Also they seem very people to people ish. Ie. You need to know who you’re looking for. I don’t really find this very useful. Google Groups however, very effective and worth a look.

Lunge No. 16 tools, applications, image generators

Ok I love the idea of Sclipo but there wasn’t much content there. I did find a video on ‘how to create darts’ (in clothing) for a better fit. Apart from my foodie interest I’m also interested in clothes making / sewing. Check out the video

how to properly dart your clothing for a better fit
Uploaded by THREADBANGER

I also really liked survey monkey. It looks like an easy was to obtain feedback from others. I can definitely see the applications of this to the workplace. Actually I’ve already participated in such surveys conducted by others from my workplace.

As for Pipes, I found this site a bit less user-friendly or maybe I just wasn’t searching for ‘popular’ / common stuff. Who knows. Although I did find a great site with a feature article all about Brad Pitt. Do I really need to say any more about why I like it? Ok I like the mash up part cause I can read the story, look at the pictures, give feedback on what I think, buy tickets to stuff on the same site, enter competitions…what’s not to like? Check out the site.

http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/news/index.php?news_id=4983

15 : Photos - I choose Flicker

MMMmmmmm chocolate.....and in Melbourne too!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/missmoon/2579450097/

14: tell us what you think- do you really want to know?

Well I think this was a great survey and I think the lunges have been very worthwhile. I can see how most featured medias can been applied to the library context (and have applied some of them in my Libguides). I've also really enjoyed creating a blog, checking out YouTube, Myspace and Delicious cause I probably wouldn't have done that without this prompt. Although I really do love reading blogs, it would never have crossed my mind to create one. Who would be interested in my opinions on stuff? Apparently at least one person is as I seem to have a blog follower. I bet I can guess who you are though ;)

Enought babbling, Lunge number 15 here I come!

Lunge 13 Mash ups

I like the idea of mashups. When I first hear that term I had no idea what was meant by it, but now I realise I use sites with mashups all the time. My favourite are the restaurant review sites which contain Google maps of the restaurants location and instructions on how to get to them. They also, in most cases include a section where the public can ‘review and rate’ the restaurant. They are all very user-friendly and encourage interactivity.
http://www.restaurant.org.au
http://www.bestrestaurants.com.au
http://www.yourrestaurant.com.au


A second example is a sewing blog I like to read. http://www.missceliespants.blogspot.com/
I know, I know, but I like the name.
On her blog she embeds (? Right term?) pictures from flicker, and surveys she’s created using online software (I think there’s a future lunge that covers these) as well as rss feeds from other sites, now and then she includes video’s and links to vodcasts she’s created. All very impressive! Check out her site if you’re interested.

Lunge 12 Articles of interest

I’ve just check out Buzzle and found a great article on Healthy food combinations. Did you know your not supposed to eat Carbs in the same meal as Proteins ? And there should be only one type of protein in each meal ? Interesting, but I don’t think I’d adhere to this authors ideas. Speaking of the author, I’m wondering what she’s basing her ideas on ? She does mention prominent American scientific studies, but doesn’t give any further detail. The author lists her credentials as follows, “Sufficiently educated to be able to read, write and tell good writing and good reading from bad writing and BAD reading.” Mmmm
I don’t mean to sound too critical but I’m just hoping students aren’t using these articles in their assignments, especially some of the more technical sounding topics. Although I really like a Black forest cake recipe I found.

Not sure why but I like Ezine better and didn’t really feel the need to be critical. Maybe it’s the layout and that it didn’t feel like it was pretending to be more creditable that it was. I stuck with the foodie theme and found some great articles. Overall I like the idea of these sites but again hope students don’t take the info too seriously.

Lunge 11.) Social video and entertainment!

Check out this video!
I don't mean to be advertise the opposition but it was way too funny not to use.

Looks like they allow the consumption of food in this library too.

Lunge 10: Blog Guides and catchers

Well I looked at Technorati and the Google Blog search which was fun. I found some great blogs on fashion (personal interest) and technology to do with information lit (library oriented) I even added some blogs to my feed reader in Google. But could i get RSS feeds to add to my Blogs? No, I'm sorry to say I couldn't. In this case technology has not allowed me to bend it to my will. I was attempting to do this along side three other fellow lunges and the consensus was that this is not an intuitive process. For previous lunges I managed to add RSS feeds from the RMIT library site to my blog - EASY ! There were step by step instructions on the RMIT site for doing this so it wasn't a painful process.

But not so with random blogs. Maybe it's due to assumes tech savyiness, I don't know. But you do know what they say about assuming....

I will not let this defeat me. I will have a second (or rather fifth or sixth) go at this. But for now I feel satisfied in my understanding of how and why, so 11, here I come.