The last one

For the most part I have felt this program has been really worthwhile, both professionally and personally. Obviously as librarians we have to keep up with changing technologies and patrons needs so learning a about "web 2.0" is critical to my success as an information professional. as far as the structure of this course is concerned I think it was pretty good but at imes I felt I was having to rush thru things a bit to keep up and often became frustrated when I didn't quite understand something and found it easier just to move on. However at the very least I know what a blogline is, what technoarti does and how to access library thing etc. I think it would be very useful if we continue to have access to the the web 2.0 progrqam site so we can go back at our leisure and re explore some of the things we liked or didn't quite undreastand the first time. I would find this really valuable as I want to know a lot more but have felt a little pushed for time. Or perhaps a site could be set up which has links to each application and gives a little background on each. Then I would feel a bit more confident in choosing the best one for my or my patrons needs.
CYA

Web 2.0 Awards

I actuallly like this site, let alone the content. Its a good fast finder for some of the best sites. My biggest gripe of web 2.0 is that there is so much , pardon the word, crap out there so to have this site really assists with wading thru the chaff. I love the word processing sites and I think these are good for libraries who don't provide these softwares for customers. I think this is a major advantage to the industry.

On line image Generator

I loke the idea of this. Would be good for invitations and cards to friends etc, but I couldn't upload an image as I could not seem to locate any photos. I believe you have have a yahoo account to access and use flickr which I don't have. Could do it from home as I have a million photos there so may have a play at home.

Wikki Sandbox Thing

I don't get this at all. What is the point of having a page full of peoples favorite things? I added my favorite music but found the instructions complicated and as a result I don't have a link to show. Moving on....

web 2.0

To be honest, unless I worked in a library web 2.0 would mean nothing to me. I would probably utilise the things that I want or need and not give a second thought to what i was doing. I would maintain a parental interest in what my kids were up to on the net but thats about all really. But i guess therein lies the beauty of web 2.0. You take from it what you need.
Professionally, its a different story. Because I am studying a grad dip in library studies I am very aware of the need to be constantly updating my skills and knowledge in order to keep up with technology and the needs of our users. Even though most of the web 2.0 holds little interset to me I belive to be a good librarian i have to know about its technologies and be able to use them.

technorati

Technorati seems to be a good way to narrow down the plethora of blogs out there and zone in of those of note. I like that the blogs are "fan rated" - would hate to be the one wit only one fan!

Rollyo

I created a short Library Catalog list. Ones which i use a lot for study. I like this applicatiojn although I would always be wondering what I may miss out on in my searching if I relied on rollyo entirely. But it would be useful for certain things where the searcher is sure they just wish to utilise specific sites.

http://www.rollyo.com/search.html?q=library+catalogs&sid=326723