Week #12 – Mashups

I think that mashups are a great inventions. They can be used with with providing a service giving the end user a more customised, familiar and easy to implement interface. I frequently use Google Maps finding them very user friendly. The 'sky' option in the Google Maps API is great.

Other mashups examples are:
Map application integrating all the homes for sale in a region and plot their location on a map. Clicking on a specific pushpin location brings up information on that particular home.
With Mashups you can listen to new hybrid music versions that are a combination of a couple of different songs.

Week #11 – Podcasts and audio

I searched OCLS Podcasts site. The newest entry was posted yewsterday. it is entitled: How to Build a Paper Rocket (Video)
Lt. Col. John Lynn, director of Aerospace Education for the State of Florida, teaches Orange County Library System patrons how to easily build a paper rocket.
I think podcasting is a very convenient way of catching up with variety of information and downloading them to your computer.

Week 10: Answer boards and social searching

Today I visited the Answer Board Librarians wiki. I found few interesteng questions in “Exemplary Answers” section. The answers are well rated.
I posted a on Yahoo!7 Answers. It would be interesting how soon i will get an answer.

Week #8 – Tagging, folksonomies, delicious and LibraryThing

Today I have subscribed to del.icio.us., and I had fun with adding my own bookmarks. I think del.icio.us is a very handy tool for keeping up with the subjects of interest. I intend to us it a lot.
I explored Technorati and did a few searches. A general search for "bookmobile" found 288 results. An advanced search for the EXACT phrase "bookmobile" in all blogs displayed 292 results.
Search for "state library of nsw 2008" found 33 results.
I found the Library Thing to be an excellent web site listing over thirty million books.

Week 7: Online video

Today I started experimenting with Google Video. I found 273entries for "State Library" search. The following video is called "Why I love my library"


Another interesting video about North Queensland:

Google Reader

Today I have created an account on google reader and added a few RSS feeds. Today Powerhouse Museum's photo of the day is named "Curves and lines". "This image is an architectural detail of the new Ian Thorpe Aquatic centre that was designed by the late, world renowned architect Harry Seidler".

Wikis tutorial

After a little break I am back on the blog. Today I became familiar with wiki tutorial pages. I found the tutorial session very interesting.