Wiki

I like the idea of Wiki, both professionally and personally.  I think the public library where I work could use it as an area for comments or requests to purchase by patrons.  It would be interesting to see if any of our patrons use it on our public pcs.  Maybe a survey should be done?  Not sure about Wetpaint though ... if you want ads removed from your site, you will be charged $19.95 per month.  When joining up, you are required to enter your date of birth?  How is this relevant and in remaining anonymous, who will tell a little white lie??!!

RSS feeds

Well I have seen RSS feeds on many websites and finally know what it means!!  I did spend a lot of time sifting through sites that I wanted info from.  I like that you can select websites that you regularly visit, but have them "come to you" with information that is relevant to your position in the workplace or on a personal level, information that you are interested  in receiving.  Who hates the junk emails?  Meeee!!  I would rather receive emails that are of interest, instead of delete, delete, delete!  As I have only just set the subscriptions up, it will be interesting to see how much information comes pouring through, at least it will be interesting!!  Can anyone tell me why the "post date and time" is incorrect? It isn't really 1:11! 

RSS feeds I have added:

Bobbin lace: http://www.bobbinlacepassion.com/index.php/feed/
Powerhouse Museum: http://feeds.feedburner.com/PHM-PhotoOfTheDay
Thrill the World: http://thrilltheworld.com/feed/
Unshelved: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Unshelfeed
Swan Libraries: http://swanlibraries.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

Flickr

Thank you all for your lovely comments, very encouraging.  I have checked out Flickr, there are many talented photographers and interesting photos.  I was wondering if I would use this site as a part of our library information services, then I recalled an unusual question from a patron some time ago ... could I find a picture of a cow's eye!!  Low and behold, there are many on Flickr and there is one from Chrissie64's photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrissie64/160211977/  if you fancy a peek.  Check it out if you dare!!  (Complete with flies and all!, pretty gross really). 

Here I go ...

Well, I have procrastinated long enough and finally put thoughts together to get my blog up and running.  I have no idea what to write about at present.  It has been interesting reading comments from other bloggers and it appears I am not alone in treading on new territory!  In saying that, I do love to learn, so once I put the fear aside of something which is very foreign, I know I will thoroughly enjoy this course.