This was great i really enjoyed the social aspect of this. I visited Etzy which is a retail place that sells handmade products. It had the most interesting products i have every seen, which is saying something because i am a total shopoholic. I could have spent hours looking through the site, except i doubt my boss would have liked it :).
I also looked at Last Fm was was brilliant all i did was type in one artist that i liked and it basically listed 5 or 6 most of them i do like but some i also haven't heard of which is great becasue i am always looking to discover some new music.
This tool would be great in libraries because patron could use these tools to find blogs about there favorite topics with just one easy click and not have to wade through a search engine search which sometimes brings up irrelivant websites.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
17. Playing around with PBWiki
Gee it would have helped if i pressed the Edit button huh. I spent about 15 minutes trying to added my blog until i figured out that i hadn't pressed the edit button, smart huh. Apart from that little hitch it was great. The PB Wiki Tips was also very good as it gave some good tips on how to make a wikki a little more user friendly, which would be good if you were new to the wiki game and wanted some simple tips on how to improve your wiki.
16. So what's in a wiki?
Wiki's are a very interesting concept. I quiet liked the book reveiw blog as the more input you have on those sort of topics and the different point of views add greatly to the websites as it is never very interesting to listen to the point of view of just one person, especially when that person doesn't like the same thought of things as you do, this way you can get many different points of view and you are bound to find something that interests you. which is always a good thing. I don't however know how comfortable I would be using a Wiki for research as you don't always know how accurate the information is but if you are just looking for background information and keep in mind that the information could be incorrect of out of date they are a great concept.
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