Welcome back bloggers! This week's exciting challenge was to look at tagging with Del.icio.us and Technorati and to 'crystal gaze' into the Library 2.0 meme. But, before we go there, just a couple of little housekeeping matters. You'll notice some widgets are taking over my blog, what can I say, I read an article on blogging and it said to keep things interesting (just like a real relationship really), so keep an eye out, things have a habit of changing. Have a play with "must have" cyber pet Johnny (thanks kids), you can feed him strawberries and he jumps and spins when you click on him (don't ask why!) and please don't go until you've waisted more valuable work time on a game of PacMan at the bottom of this blog. Now down to business.
Delicious Del.icio.us. I mean, come on guys, WHAT'S WITH THE NAME! I would have loved to been a fly on that focus group wall. Just imagine as one 'techno' asks "and what do you think we should call our fantastic new social bookmarking tool that allows "people" not "computers" to classify (tag) information according to their own meaningful labels?". "Ah" one of them replies "why don't we call it Delicious?". "Yeah, that makes sense, and, just to further confuse them, why don't we stick some random punctuation in the word too!" Duh! And you wonder why there's e-bombs!. Anyway, I joined up, got the icons on my toolbar and got real busy 'mis-tagging' material according to their philosophy. The only thing is, I wasn't the only one doing this and there within lies the problem. A simple search of comedy on their site brought up some guy dressed head to toe in pink lycra bound to a bed and the mention of sex toys. That's what happens when you involve "people"!
Not content with just keeping tagging to oneself, one bright spark developed a system for 'web crawling' through the 'tagged' thoughts of the over 50 million (mostly criminally insane) bloggers and called it Technorati. What can I say, he must have got bored at the laundrette one day. Podcast lady would have you believe there's meaning behind this name but I can assure you it's a brand of tumble dryer (quality European appliance - available in a stainless steel or titanium finish). So, basically, if you're looking for everyone in the planet's thoughts (and a few off the planet as well) just go into Technorati and they'll search the blogosphere for you. It's best use is for tagging within your own long boring blogs so the reader hasn't committed suicide by the time you get to the point. So within this blog, for example, I could tag "e-bombs", "murder", "a" and "the" (last two for the not so bright).
Now to Library 2.0 meme. There is so much I could say on this subject (like what's a meme?) but I really have to limit myself. Although I had only to read the one person's view on where we're heading, the sadist within me read all five (what can I say, not too bright, I just had to confirm five times that I'm out of a job!) 'Cause, let's face it, it's going to take more than a serious calorie controlled diet to fit me into the hard drive to fill the position of "virtual librarian". But I get that "the times are a changing" and I'm sure I'll rise to the occasion like I always have. After all I've learned to pump my own gas (still not too good with LPG), I'm a whizz at telephone banking (don't trust the internet) and I truly enjoy Centrelink's voice recognition technology although it truly doesn't enjoy me. But one thing remains constant in this 'self-service', 'fast-paced', 'talk to the computer 'cause the face ain't listening' culture - frustration - and the search for the ubiquitous "person". Perhaps there will still be a role for me after all.
Well I'll stop boring you with my blog and BLOG OFF. Until next time fellow bloggers. Hope the Easter Bunny's blogging good to you. Which gets me to thinking, does the Easter Bunny have a blog? I'm gone.
TALK TO JOHNNY
SECRET MESSAGE JUST FOR YOU
Hang the Freak
Monday, March 17, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
WEEK 5 - ROLLED OVER, REGENERATED AND THING-ME-JIGGERED - BUT STILL NO WISER AS TO WHERE TO STICK MY EARPHONES!
BREAKING NEWS - LOCAL HOTTIE WIN'S DEPP'S HEART
Well, it's official, leaked through "Image Generator", I am to become Mrs Johnny Depp! For 4 years now I have been harnessing the power of "The Secret" and all I can say is "Dr Wayne W Dyer - you rock man - I've seen it and now I believe it!". I have been perfecting the "Johnny to the rescue daydream" for so long now whilst facing the daily challenges of "It was chewed beyond recognition when I borrowed it", "I only printed the one page" and, my personal favorite, "If the Trojans escape from the computer, will they hurt me?". Anyway, it's all true, this self-help stuff really does work!!!!!!!
The other exciting news in Week 5 is that, not only having harnessed the power of the Secret (Book 1), I have now discovered an entirely new Secret (Book 2 soon to be released) courtesy of LibaryThing. This secret like the previous is mighty powerful and, whilst it can be used in many situations, it is particularly powerful in customer service. Today I share it with you fellow bloggers free of charge. Next time you're in a challenging customer service moment, wait 'till the point when the customer is just about to blow a blood vessel and, innocently, interject with the comment "Excuse me, would you like to see my widget?". The outcomes are astonishing. Post your comments please on http://rss(reallystupidsuggestion).blogspot.com/.
For all the systems personnel out there for whom the previous paragraph may have been a complete mystery, look to your left of the blog for said widget. Careful analysis of the content will ensure you that I am taking my career change pretty seriously (refer to Week 4 if lost).
As for Rollyo(Roll Your Own) I've pretty much been doing this for years (extensive training in the drug industry of great assistance here!). However, I did manage to sign up to create my own search roll. Unfortunately ran out of play time; I was attempting to create a category called Drug Barons.
BLOG OFF FOR NOW until my next exciting adventure in the World of Web 2.0.
Well, it's official, leaked through "Image Generator", I am to become Mrs Johnny Depp! For 4 years now I have been harnessing the power of "The Secret" and all I can say is "Dr Wayne W Dyer - you rock man - I've seen it and now I believe it!". I have been perfecting the "Johnny to the rescue daydream" for so long now whilst facing the daily challenges of "It was chewed beyond recognition when I borrowed it", "I only printed the one page" and, my personal favorite, "If the Trojans escape from the computer, will they hurt me?". Anyway, it's all true, this self-help stuff really does work!!!!!!!
The other exciting news in Week 5 is that, not only having harnessed the power of the Secret (Book 1), I have now discovered an entirely new Secret (Book 2 soon to be released) courtesy of LibaryThing. This secret like the previous is mighty powerful and, whilst it can be used in many situations, it is particularly powerful in customer service. Today I share it with you fellow bloggers free of charge. Next time you're in a challenging customer service moment, wait 'till the point when the customer is just about to blow a blood vessel and, innocently, interject with the comment "Excuse me, would you like to see my widget?". The outcomes are astonishing. Post your comments please on http://rss(reallystupidsuggestion).blogspot.com/.
For all the systems personnel out there for whom the previous paragraph may have been a complete mystery, look to your left of the blog for said widget. Careful analysis of the content will ensure you that I am taking my career change pretty seriously (refer to Week 4 if lost).
As for Rollyo(Roll Your Own) I've pretty much been doing this for years (extensive training in the drug industry of great assistance here!). However, I did manage to sign up to create my own search roll. Unfortunately ran out of play time; I was attempting to create a category called Drug Barons.
BLOG OFF FOR NOW until my next exciting adventure in the World of Web 2.0.
WEEK 4 - WHAT THE RSS!?!?! OR MORE IMPORTANTLY "WHERE DO I STICK MY HEADPHONES?"
To set the scene, I have my valued one hour off the desk which I have been told to use for my blogg. Time to get off the desk and find an available computer - 15 minutes. Where to stick the earphones? Eventually find computer with speakers. So we are now attempting to achieve a learning outcome of taking a person who can't find where to stick their earphones to successfully learning the advanced web 2.0 technology of RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Not too much an ask really.
Anyway, the video won't play; can't wait that long for the computer to load up the 'youtube' presentation (which at least did look a bit interesting), I do the really silly thing of looking at the bloglines tutorial. This is akin to the first time you innocently press the "help" button on your computer and wonder why it's written in English but reads like Chinese. Anyway, now running way out of time but have a least resolved a very important matter which is, if I do become a serial killer, I will limit my selection to systems personnel! Eventually, I manage to speedily set up a bloglines account and I have one very impressive e-mail to prove it!
As for the use of this technology, in my next life time when I come back with an enhanced systems technology gene I will utilise my time better by setting up a personalised stock watch and property watch. I will be fed moment by moment information on the whereabouts of my heirs to the extensive empire as they trapsy around the world. But most importantly I will have free'd up enough time to satisfy what seems to be the goal of members of my family, that is a serious e-bay addiction!
But for the moment I can think of only one personal urgent need for the use of this technology (now that I know it exists) and that is to set up my own "Where's Johnny" stalker feed (Depp, of course!).
I'll blogg off for now and look forward to my next systems enlightenment.
To set the scene, I have my valued one hour off the desk which I have been told to use for my blogg. Time to get off the desk and find an available computer - 15 minutes. Where to stick the earphones? Eventually find computer with speakers. So we are now attempting to achieve a learning outcome of taking a person who can't find where to stick their earphones to successfully learning the advanced web 2.0 technology of RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Not too much an ask really.
Anyway, the video won't play; can't wait that long for the computer to load up the 'youtube' presentation (which at least did look a bit interesting), I do the really silly thing of looking at the bloglines tutorial. This is akin to the first time you innocently press the "help" button on your computer and wonder why it's written in English but reads like Chinese. Anyway, now running way out of time but have a least resolved a very important matter which is, if I do become a serial killer, I will limit my selection to systems personnel! Eventually, I manage to speedily set up a bloglines account and I have one very impressive e-mail to prove it!
As for the use of this technology, in my next life time when I come back with an enhanced systems technology gene I will utilise my time better by setting up a personalised stock watch and property watch. I will be fed moment by moment information on the whereabouts of my heirs to the extensive empire as they trapsy around the world. But most importantly I will have free'd up enough time to satisfy what seems to be the goal of members of my family, that is a serious e-bay addiction!
But for the moment I can think of only one personal urgent need for the use of this technology (now that I know it exists) and that is to set up my own "Where's Johnny" stalker feed (Depp, of course!).
I'll blogg off for now and look forward to my next systems enlightenment.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
#3 Flickr Continued - Technology
Romantic Evening, Technology-Style on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The effect of technology on interpersonal relations is a worry! Sometimes I worry I may not be able to recognise my own children due to only seeing the tops of their heads whilst texting and the back of their heads whilst msning. I think I will need to set up my own "Facebook" account so my family remembers me!
The effect of technology on interpersonal relations is a worry! Sometimes I worry I may not be able to recognise my own children due to only seeing the tops of their heads whilst texting and the back of their heads whilst msning. I think I will need to set up my own "Facebook" account so my family remembers me!
#3 - Fully Flickr'd
Tobias II on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Here's a photo of a puppy blogged off that he didn't get invited to the Learning 2.0 training.
Here's a photo of a puppy blogged off that he didn't get invited to the Learning 2.0 training.
Week 1 - Creating a blogging blog
It wasn't blogging easy with the computer taking it's time and finding a unique blogging name.
But we're here!
But we're here!
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