Task 10 Image generators

Lots to look at and choose from and again lots of time spent doing so. I really liked the Generator blog as it provided so many other links. I particularly liked the Delftware generator.

Go to http://www.royaldelft.com/index.cfm? and click on Choose your own plate. It didn't allow me to copy the image, but it is the closest I'll come to owning one.

I would have liked more designs to choose from in the Christmas card generator and I didn't find it easy to edit. A nice feature here is a link to other presents for the month of December which was fun also.

I had a play with http://logospetrucci.ch/ which was ok the Watermark generator at http://whak.com/test.jpg and Guess the title at http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/guess.php

Task 9 Finding feeds

As usual I find so much to look at. This task has taken me 3 hrs. I probably need a better understanding of the searching techniques.

I think the Bloglines search tool was good. I tried lots of searches on Syndic8.com before I was successful. There really is a lot of "stuff" out there and I think I'm used to relevance ranking which these tools don't seem to do. Perhaps I just haven't discovered the best searching methods yet.

I don't think I found anything unusual but it is interesting to find out about and have a look at these tools / resources.

Cheers
Stella

Task 8 RSS Feeds

I think RSS and newsreaders are an efficient and convenient way of receiving current information from the sources of choice for professional or personal use.

I imagine at work that information can be targeted for specific teaching areas or faculties and forwarded or distributed accordingly.

I have yet to try, perhaps there are feeds from suppliers, publishers etc. One would find information to assist with reference questions and with further experience, one can assist clients in the use of this technology.

No doubt there are many more uses than I will ever know about.

http://www.bloglines.com/blog/Stella55

I'm not really sure if the above is the Bloglines URL required for this task. If it is I didn't get it from the 'Share tab' within my bloglines account, as I couldn't seem to make that tab appear. I found it after clicking on the 'Blog tab' on the left hand pane.

Well I did indicate early on that I really am a novice at this.

Cheers

Task 7 Comment on technology

Technology can be wonderful especially for those who love experimenting to find out how to make it suit their purpose. It does greatly eliminate the barrier of distance in terms of communication and information sharing and building.

The range of technologies is more vast than I will ever know and it is so rapidly changing and evolving that it is easy to feel left behind. I think we live in a world where we no longer have a choice to remain unaffected by technology.

This current learning opportunity is my first exposure to Web 2 technologies and it can feel a little overwhelming at times. I can see people have a lot of fun with them and I hope to be able to do the same when I become more relaxed with it all.

Cheers
Stella