Week 5 - Tagging, Social Bookmarking & Folksonomies

Activity #1

I searched for vegetarin slow cooker in del.icio.us and the first thought when I saw the results was that it looked more organized and easier to read. It also shows you the most popular searches saved by others which I found helpful. I looked at those results first than the ones with only 1 or 2 saved by others. The only funny and confusing part of the del.icio.us search was the following result: "Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe - Split Pea Soup with Ham Hocks and Carrots". It's obviously not a vegetarian recipe but the funny thing is it had the most saves by people.

When I searched Google for the same subject it gave me everything including books available to purchase on Amazon.com. Normally that would be fine but I wasn't interested in purchasing a vegetarian slow cooker recipe book but rather I wanted to find recipes online.

Activity #2

Here's the link to my del.icio.us favourites:

http://del.icio.us/annpearce

Activity #3

Here's the link to a great photo on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierrepierrepierre/437296360/

Activity #4

I installed the del.icio.us buttons on my browser toolbar and find it very helpful.

I'm also very grateful for the catch up weeks. I'm enjoying working on these assignments but I find it hard to concentrate on it when you're interrupted by the phone, questions etc... at work.

Week 4 Assignment - Wikis

At first I didn't understand the significance of using a Wiki but after taking to Deb (another Group 8 member) I can see how these can be a useful tool. It would be a great way to have offices/co-workers have input in a planning situation, backlines duties, changes which are happening in the office or just a way of keeping everyone informed and up to date.

I've provided a link on my blog to my Wikis assignment. You can either view it here or on the left hand side of my blog.

http://myfavouritebooks.pbwiki.com/Ann%27s%20Favourite%20Books

I also finally tried Wetpaint and found it more user friendly. It was easier to use and understand. This is the link to my Wetpaint Wiki:

http://digitalreferenceshelf.wetpaint.com/page/Ann%27s+Favourite+Sites

Week 3 - RSS

I've always wondered what RSS meant and noticed it on some websites. Now I know! What a great way of keeping up to date on your favourite news and websites! I've added one of my favourite sites which is the BBC news/entertainment webpage. If you're interested in this site, here's the url for the different feeds:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3223484.stm

Learning 2.0 @ Mac - Greetings!

Hi everyone in Group 8! My name is Ann and this is my first blog post for the Learning 2.0 project but not my first attempt at blogging. I have 3 other personal blogs (2 with Blogger and 1 with Livejournal). Blogging can get a bit addictive but it's a great way to record your thoughts or vent.

Looking forward to reading everyone's blog!