Week 5 thing 10 browsing other libraries' bookmarks

I enjoyed browsing through other library bookmarks and found interesting things to read, but not the time.

week 5 thing 10 Delicious v Google

This is a screenshot ofthe VHL Delicious site. A reader had phoned fo find out if we had a particular item but a quick search of the shelves showed that we had stopped subscribing the the physical copy in 1976. I was able to get an update on the current publications from the bookmark on ourDelicious site and to email the URL to the student.

The same search term in Google brought up the site in the first hit.

week 5 thing 9

Opening an account with Delicious was easy enough, as was adding a bookmark to the Oxford 23 things blogspot with the tag ox23.

I like the idea of all my bookmarks in one place and would find this tool useful as a student if a tutor was constantly recommending interesting sites outside the standard reading lists.

Being able to use my Yahoo login was conveniant. Delicious also used my personal details from my Yahoo account as the basis for my profile and so I restricted access to my site more than I would otherwise have done.

week 4 thing 8

The link from the 23 things blog brought me to a page which needed more elbow room to work and wanted permission to use temporary space on my desktop but the system refused. I wondered if it was because I was on a network computer. I opened another window in Firefox and this worked but left me little time for editing my image.

It was interesting to play withall the options in Piknik before saving and sharing. Next time I'll keep the original in Flickr and work from a copy.

thing 7

I've got a Yahoo ID, a Flickr account, and more names, passwords and favourite people to remember or forget. Uploading an image to an online sharing site seems straightforward enough so long as I remember if the original is on my desktop, in My Pictures or on a memory stick(if so, which one?). I uploaded a Screenshot from an earlier exercise for a trial run, and then, after a peek at the photos in the 23 things Oxford group where I was impressed by the skill and technical savvy,I was shamed into borrowing an image from the VHL blog archive (January 6 2010) to upload.

Thanks to Jane for her permission to use her image.

I am attracted to the concept of creative commons and attended the course at OUCS recently. I'm a natural magpie for beautiful things but am increasingly worrried about copyright (and self directed plagiarism on courses like Oxford 23 things).

My request to join Oxford 23 Things is still awaiting moderator attention - I'm hanging in there and grateful for the reassurance that Flickr knows I'm waiting.

Thing 6

I added 5 subscriptions. I was delighted to realise I could add my favouite blogs and so be updated from one place as well as complete the task.

I've also discovered the edit and draft tools in blogger which mean I don't have to live with my mistakes ad nauseum.

I'm really learning a lot from other people's comments on the tools we are using and am relieved when we share the same reservations.

Thing 5

I've added a subscription for 23 things to My Google reader and will choose some other feeds later.

I'm having to overcome all sorts of reticence about talking to strangers and don't want to get overwelmed by too many people talking to me at once.

Having said that I've really enjoyed the blogs I've read.