How many ways are there of saying delicious? I didn’t even mind registering for this website …....it was just so yum

I would definitely use this site again and will introduce my family and friends interested in cooking to it as well as a source of inspiration and recipes

We have learned a lot about websites directly related to work but it is nice and refreshing to deviate completely now and then.From a work prospective I would recommend Tastespotting to customers who like cook books

Everything was so delish looking it was hard to decide but just loved this image and description of recipe.

I love the tagline to Feed My Inbox “RSS made easy” and surprisingly enough it was. I was apprehensive at first and it did not help that unfortunately the tutorial video did not seem to want to play but it seemed doable or so I thought and I went for it. The website is actually quite easy to use and understand.

I was being blonde all around so I also didn’t read the instructions well and tried to add all the library blogs suggested instead of just 1. Of course being on the free account it inactivated the sixth blog that I added. Which brings me to my main point only 5 feeds being free makes me reluctant to return to the website. It seems quite restrictive and I (not a fan of RSS at the best of times) just can’t be bothered. Also not to whinge too much but It doesn’t even send an email to confirm that the feeds will start (that might be just me)

I think I would only recommend this site to customers who had this specific query (none so far but you never know). It does have the plus of being easier to explain

I enjoyed Picapp but probably for the wrong reason entirely. It was fun to type in words and look at different associated images. For example typing Cat got me lots of images of a CAT scan and not so many cats. I do like that the website offers options of searching editorial or creative pictures

I have to admit it is a good website for searching for people. Personally I am not currently at the stage where I worry about picture copyright for my blog (should I be worried???) so Google images is much easier and more rewarding at moment. Though in saying that it is a good source when trying to find celebrities and I would use it if I needed non copyrighted images. I would also recommend it to customers looking for non copyrighted images.

For my image of choice I decided to Creative search for dragons. I really liked this particular one sitting and guarding the building (I need to get me one of these :) )

I had a relatively good experience with Box.net. The sign up was quick and easy except that they wanted phone contact details. Did anyone else find that strange??? For some reason I find it okay to give out my email address at random but pause to give out my phone details over the internet (probably just another paranoia of mine). Uploading was also quick and easy for me….though I think that was just pure luck listening to some of the stories.

The only other major detail for Box.net was the amount of storage up on offer. I am anticipating that 1 Gigabyte of storage might run out a bit too soon. I probably won’t use the site again due to the storage issue. I currently recommend Google Docs to patrons but it is good to have options

Yeah I do realise this is a weird post but it seemed strange to start without mentioning that it’s the start of another round....Am I right :)

Zamzar Revisited

Nope I didn't suddenly realise that I was made to blog but I thought before I abandoned blogging I should share the first question I got asked relevant to the web 2.0…..Strangely enough it was to do with Zamzar (Who saw this coming I was almost sure it would be Facebook ^_^ )

I had a customer ask me to help her convert an Open Office file (a free downloadable alternative to Microsoft Office) to a .doc so she could make changes before printing. The customer suggested the Zamzar website and was quite willing to pay for email to retrieve the document.

After several attempts to upload files onto Zamzar I stumbled onto http://www.freefileconvert.com/. Not only did it work faster but you don’t need email to download the converted file.

I don’t know what to write my final post, although that’s mainly my fault because I am doing the final post a week later instead of immediately after finishing.

So here goes

The Good

This web 2.0 was blissfully short….thanks for that ^_^

I found the instructions easy to follow and it was well organised (Thanks, made life very much easier)

The lessons were varied and definitely included things that I wouldn’t have done if I hadn’t been forced to for example Twitter (Is that a good thing thou?)

I know at least 2 people read my posts which was nice even if they were both from Manukau Libraries and sorta had to (my blogging was not in vain)….Thanks Tosca and Zoe

The Bad

I only have 2 followers in a library filled with staff (How sad is that???)

Some of tasks I felt weren’t as relevant for example I have never been asked about Twitter (nope not once but hey it could happen)

It was annoyingly hard for me to find the Manukau Libraries web 2.0 blog address

And The Ugly

Nothing that bad really….no really ^_^

And my 2 cents I am really glad that I didn’t drag out this lot of tasks for web 2.0 learning (made me whinge a whole bunch less) and it would be really useful to look at online sharing websites.

Okay will see everyone in blogging world next time I am forced to ^_^

Bye