#28

Well as you can see my picture is rather fuzzy, (I did not have much success in trying to change it) but it did work!

#26 Widgets

Ok I can see why people woould use this tool, it does the same job as favourites except that you have a more visual link on your screen. I played on the Yourminis discovery page and had no trouble manipulating the program, however it seemed to take up the whole page, I assume that the widgets sit at the bottom or top of your computer out of the way. This will have to remain an assumption as I am not going to try and load it onto this computer. Anyway, cool thing to know, probably appeal more to teenagers etc than me. I will stick to my tried and true "favourites" button.

The Constant Gardner

#25 Letterpop

Hey! I really like ning 2.1 stuff because I can do it, relate to it and actually see myself using it! I LOVED letterpop and have applications for it already such as my christmas letter and a newsletter for a group I am in. The applications are endless. The link I have included today is a Valentines Day message from Holly (my dog) to her friend Max ( her boyfriend). I hope you like it! http://letterpop.com/builder.php?newsletter_id=79044

Signing off,

A happy gardener

#24 Zamzar

Well here I am again. Just when I thought I had got through Library 2.0 I find myself working on library 2.1. So far so good. I had no trouble with Zamzar it was very easy to use and is a very useful tool. I told my husband about it and he was very impressed, I think he will use it more than me at this stage! Anyway it is good to be back in blogland!!!!

#23 The End

Well I have finally reached the end. I found it both stressful and enjoyable. As anyone reading my blog would have picked up I am not the most computer literate person in the world and tend to use what I need to use, however, I have appreciated the opportunity to look at web2.0 and learn from it. I don't know If I will go back to many of the sites but I enjoyed making and adding to my blog, I enjoyed #10 and the pictures which can be made(I made the site a favourite for my kids to use), I liked Flicka, I got into YouTube and may work with the kids to post our own doggie video on it, but I still think it is a big timewaster.

Anyway Thankyou to the State Library and the team for running web2.0 and giving us the chance to realise that these things exist. I would like to do it all again in the future as I feel that I will be more comfortable with the technology on offer.

Signing Out,

The Constant Gardener

# 9 Finding Feeds (which I had missed)

I used bloglines to find feed on both Kevin Rudd and Jennifer Hawkins and added them to my bloglines account. It was not too hard even though I did the RSS feeds thing weeks ago and had forgotten about.

#22 Audiobooks

What a great service. There are so many titles to choose from. They didn't seem to work for me at home but I don't know if I have the right programs on my computer and do not own a MP3 player. It certainly provides users with a range of titles in I think I read 100 languages. That could be a way for libraries to provide other language audiobooks for their users.