I have finally worked my way through the RSS thing and have my very own RSS feeds happening. The address is http://www.bloglines.com/public/cazza67. I chose some gardening feeds and also the headlines from the age. Looked at the age site but have not bothered with the gardening ones as yet.
Although adding feeds is not difficult once the bloglines account has been set up, I don't know if it is a service I will use. In fact I know I wont! I love reading the age online but that is the only news service I look at and I think I would prefer to have access to the whole paper rather than a selection of articles. Anyway at least I have done it and it is another aspect of technology I can surprise and impress my friends with!!!!!
Monday, October 22, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
#7 Thoughts On Technology
Techonology? Hum! What can I say?
For me technology is a bit frightening. I had been out of the workforce with kids for 12 years so coming back to work and trying to understand all the changes in technology that have taken place has been hard. However, I am getting there slowly, and even though I will never be a computer wiz I am willing to have a go. Hence this course.
One of the benefits of my efforts has been the chance to demonstrate new technology through internet demonstrations at work. Most of the people coming to the demos we run are older, and frightened or unsure of what is on offer. Because I know where they are coming from and how it feels, I believe I can demonstrate the internet or email etc more effectively, and with a lot of patience and reassurance. So although I may not be a techno buff, I can pass on the skills I have to help others become literate in the technology of today.
For me technology is a bit frightening. I had been out of the workforce with kids for 12 years so coming back to work and trying to understand all the changes in technology that have taken place has been hard. However, I am getting there slowly, and even though I will never be a computer wiz I am willing to have a go. Hence this course.
One of the benefits of my efforts has been the chance to demonstrate new technology through internet demonstrations at work. Most of the people coming to the demos we run are older, and frightened or unsure of what is on offer. Because I know where they are coming from and how it feels, I believe I can demonstrate the internet or email etc more effectively, and with a lot of patience and reassurance. So although I may not be a techno buff, I can pass on the skills I have to help others become literate in the technology of today.
# 6 Mashups
This is the only mashup I could find, everytime I tried to open the site for maps I got an error message.
#6 Flickr Maps
I found this picture using flickr maps, by searching for images in Melbourne. The lovely bathing boxes from Melbournes beaches are a reminder of the warm weather to come.
Garden Relaxation
I have successfully changed the name of my blog, and feel much more confident moving around the blog site, I have even put an extra gardening picture on from flickr. I love gardening, as did the hero of the book titled The Constant Gardener, so that is a nice literary link!
Monday, October 8, 2007
# 5 - The Laughing Cavalier
My first Flickr image, took a while but I got there. I love this picture because it is not your typical cute Cavalier picture. I have a 5 months old King Charles Cavalier puppy called Holly, I will have to put some photos of her on my blog.
Holidays Over!!!
I have been on holidays for the last two weeks (so have my kids unfortunately), so I have not added anything to my page. I have been exploring flickr, can't quite see when I would use it but I suppose it's nice to know its there. Thinking of changing my blog name as this one is not very interesting, problem is, I don't know what to change it to.
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