Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Week 5 Thing 12


Week 5 Thing 11

So the site I chose to explore from the Web 2.0 awards was last.fm. I really like this site because it allows you to type in the name of a band you like and then provides you with a list of similar bands that you would probably also enjoy. I typed in my favorite band "the honorary title" and sure enough most of the bands (75%) that came up were also bands I already listen to. I also like that this site list the events or shows in which the band will be playing. In addition, this site allows you to create a profile and share music with others. When I have more time I will probably create one and add all the music I like to it. I also like the fact that you can listen to music on this site. When you type in the band you like the site plays music from other bands that are similar and lets you rate whether you like it or not. I don't really see how this site could benefit the library that much, except maybe in the selection of the purchasing of CDs.

Week 5 Thing 10

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Week 4 Thing 9

For this exercise I used some of the search tools listed to locate RSS feeds. However, I didn't find them very helfpul because every time I typed in something a lot of the results that would come up where unrelated. However, out of feedster, topix.net, syndic8, and technorati, I think technorati was the best one. I found it might just be easier to go to the websites I usually visit and see if they have the rss symbol and add them if they do, rather than wasting time using these search tools. I did this with one such website that provides daily updates and recaps for soap operas. I like this site because it lets me keep up to date with what's going on in my favorite soap General Hospital.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Week 4 Thing 8

I managed to set up a bloglines account although it was very confusing. I'm trying to paste the link below. Hopefully it will work. I followed the directions and subscribed to ten different feeds.

http://www.bloglines.com/public/thehonorarytitle28