Wikis and Widgets

The term wiki is inspired by a shuttle bus in honolulu. The wikiwiki shuttle at honolulu airport was a term for a quick bus service. A wiki online is a quick service linking similar websites together. The best known wiki is Wikipedia, but there are many others which are directed at specific interest groups such as the http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page, the library success wiki.

Wiki's allow casual users to have input into web page content and design. Whilst this means pages on wikipedia relating to contentious items are liable to be biased, it also means wiki pages are often not considered reliable for academic research. They are however a good way of sharing information and I will be looking at them more.

Widgets, wow they are fun. Web Gadgets. We visited www.widgetbox.com and selected a cute widget, or web gadget. Mine is maukie the virtual cat. Just what I need. There are two ways of adding a widget, the easiest was to press the big button that says add widget, then select blogger from the options that pop up.

Week 4 Social Networking

Facebook. Yes it's fun. Stupid quizzes, stupid games and online chat with friends. I have been a member of facebook for a while, and we are currently organising our school reunion via facebook, as most people have an account. It is a great way to connect with large groups of people australia and worldwide. One of my friends has been travelling worldwide, and we can stay updated on his progress and photos. Lots of fun.

Week 3 : you tube, pocasting and overdrive

Ok so you tube is full of lost of rubbish high school kids posting silly things, but just sometimes you find something that you like. I found this clip yesterday, and just loved the cat. I sent a link to the clip to my girlfriend who teaches piano, and she was able to enjoy the clip as well. It is a very useful tool, but like most things you have to look around and sort through. I think I will just try to do this again without beccas help.

Podcasting

Podcasting is broadcasting, basically it is on demand broadcasting. You can log in whenever it suits you to listen to a broadcast, which could be interviews, music even language lessons.

Flickr, Del.icio.us and tagging

Today we learnt how to link to flickr. We looked for images on our birthdays, and look what I found

http://www.flickr.com/photos/obo-bobolina/2176849146/

I chose this because I really liked the natural image and colours. I like it. Very pretty.

This photo was tagged with the words, Janaury, seedhead and texture. I wish I could take photos like that.

The photo belongs to sets of photos by obo boblina.

We also looked at Delicious, an online bookmarking service. You can find the service here

http://delicious.com/, I signed up for an account but I have to add some tags. What a great idea

Week 1 Blogging

Well now I know where the word Blog came from, Web log, very interesting.

I think I will have lots of fun logging in at home and customising it. I think it will take a little time before it starts to look more professional.