Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Twitter assignment for May 25, 2010

• Armed with a bit of knowledge about what Twitter is all about, share your thoughts on this fast growing online phenomenon.

Frankly after reading the About Us on the Twitter site, I cannot fathom a meaningful use for this site. The marketing hype was drivel. The site may be popular but the "tweets" were not anything that would change the world or provide authoritative information. There are a lot of people out there with far too much time on their hands.
There is a slightly more positive article in this month's (May 2010), Smart Computing magazine p.49-51 "To Tweet or Not to Tweet" That is The Question. Anyone interested in learning how to market their ideas via Twitter will enjoy this article.

Monday, May 17, 2010

May 17, LibraryThing

Do you see any practical applications for LibraryThing either at home or at work? Will you start using this site?

I can see this site being very practical for book reviews. It would be great to see what others have thought of the book. Another aspect of this site is to get a synopsis of the plot to see if it is something I would want to read (or have already read) It would also be handy for finding new authors. I may start using this site.

Monday, May 10, 2010

May 10 Assignment Online Productivity Products

Do you see yourself using these tools or will you stick to more traditional methods. If you were to use one of these tools regularly, which would it be and why?

I think these tools are easy to use. I would use them, especially if they replace the traditional tools. I do not think that I would use them in addition to the tools I am using at work because that would be redundant. I have entered information in the Calendar so I guess that I will be getting reminders for those events. If that constitutes using this tool regularly, then yes I guess I would use it.(and that is why)

Monday, May 3, 2010

May 3 Flickr and YouTube

Comment on the quality, entertainment value, or usefulness of the content on these sites.

Both sites, Flickr and YouTube, were user friendly. I was already familiar with YouTube. I use YouTube for many things. I use it to find songs and artists, and to get lyrics. I find it especially useful for finding very old material. I can see the value of Flickr but since I am not much of a photo taker or sharer I would not often find this site useful. From a work perspective, storing and sharing photos on Sharepoint is more useful for me.