Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Bravo Learning 2.0
I think I have done my 18 things....so bravo to Lynette, Leneve, Leanne and all those involved with Learning 2.0. Good chance to try things practically, and to think about the modern world and the modern way.
Web/ Library 2.0 observations
Here's a list of things that occured to me during Learning 2.0
Hard information vs random conversation
Library as social hub - community meeting places with books.
'Library 2.0 is a logical extension of the changing role of libraries in communities, ever since sshhing went out of fashion.
Control vs contribution
Owned vs shared
intellectual property vs intellectual piracy
Reliable information vs shared self expression
Every individual becomes their own quality filter, effective or ineffective? efficient or inefficent?
The end of privacy
Anonymous intimacy
The internet's main strength was, is, and will be as a communication tool
Data vs information
More is not necessarily better, often less is more, but also sometimes less is less and more is more.
Democracy of ideas vs quality and integrity of expression of ideas
Stream of conciousness has become the mainstream, but we are not all James Joyce
It is valid for everyone to have a view but every view is not valid
Librarians are experts in their field, just as other specialists are.
Because there is more information available now than ever before doesn't make librarians less important it should make us more important. Information has never been easier to access. Good quality information has never been harder to locate. There is wheat on the internet, but is there a lot of chaff!!!!
Expertise is still important
If you come to me and say you have a pain in the stomach, I might tell you it is appendicitis....but go and see a qualified doctor before going under the knife!!!
A lot of Web 2.0 tools are about organisation...which is very useful
Wikipedia is an exceptional example of co-operative information. We shouldn't focus on its' faults or compare it to Brittanica, it is not a print encyclopedia. Judge it for what it is. In those terms it is astonishingly successful.
Now stand up, turn off the computer and go and sit in the garden. Virtual life is just that. As Bob said
Hard information vs random conversation
Library as social hub - community meeting places with books.
'Library 2.0 is a logical extension of the changing role of libraries in communities, ever since sshhing went out of fashion.
Control vs contribution
Owned vs shared
intellectual property vs intellectual piracy
Reliable information vs shared self expression
Every individual becomes their own quality filter, effective or ineffective? efficient or inefficent?
The end of privacy
Anonymous intimacy
The internet's main strength was, is, and will be as a communication tool
Data vs information
More is not necessarily better, often less is more, but also sometimes less is less and more is more.
Democracy of ideas vs quality and integrity of expression of ideas
Stream of conciousness has become the mainstream, but we are not all James Joyce
It is valid for everyone to have a view but every view is not valid
Librarians are experts in their field, just as other specialists are.
Because there is more information available now than ever before doesn't make librarians less important it should make us more important. Information has never been easier to access. Good quality information has never been harder to locate. There is wheat on the internet, but is there a lot of chaff!!!!
Expertise is still important
If you come to me and say you have a pain in the stomach, I might tell you it is appendicitis....but go and see a qualified doctor before going under the knife!!!
A lot of Web 2.0 tools are about organisation...which is very useful
Wikipedia is an exceptional example of co-operative information. We shouldn't focus on its' faults or compare it to Brittanica, it is not a print encyclopedia. Judge it for what it is. In those terms it is astonishingly successful.
Now stand up, turn off the computer and go and sit in the garden. Virtual life is just that. As Bob said
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you.....
Podcast - Adrian Mitchell
Radical poet Adrian Mitchell performing some of his idiosyncratic verse at the Lakeside Arts Centre Nottingham as part of the East Midlands Literature Program. The reading is from 19 September 2007 and features some of Adrian's warm and witty humanist verse as well as his 1960s antiwar tour de force To Whom It May Concern
Hear him speak....
Or maybe watch him performing from way back in the 1960s, when the poem had such powerful resonance.... Although recent perfomances are equally resonant having substituted Iraq for Vietnam.
These are struggling to load completely, but that is probably just my wimpy laptop, shouldn't be a problem on a big, butch PC.
Hear him speak....
Or maybe watch him performing from way back in the 1960s, when the poem had such powerful resonance.... Although recent perfomances are equally resonant having substituted Iraq for Vietnam.
These are struggling to load completely, but that is probably just my wimpy laptop, shouldn't be a problem on a big, butch PC.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
On Zoho
Hi
I am on Zoho and it seems really easy to use, in fact Mr Gates may be in some strife.
And it was easy to post straight to my blog.
I am on Zoho and it seems really easy to use, in fact Mr Gates may be in some strife.
And it was easy to post straight to my blog.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Annoyed of Mount Waverley
I have had enough of flickr. How do I actually view any of these 300 million images!!!!
I have searched without logging in, I have after logging in.....nothing. Nothing under cats, dogs, pets, trees just a helpful message
Anyway, I have given up. If it is not easy then it is not internet.
Ahh, (I haven't really given up) when I go into Advanced search I find my safe search is automatically on. When I turn it off I get 750,000 images of everything, and none of them look unsafe too me. Flickr ought to check the intsructions on delicious and realise what is and is not intuitive. May I quote another user comment
Amen to that Mandy, whoever you are.
And this from their FAQs
Not going to have much joy searching in those countries!!!
Admirable for flikr to try online censorship and can see why they do it, problem is it just really annoys anyone trying to use it, and if you find nothing under cats or dogs from a database of 300m images with safe search on, then something is broke.
Okay, I have over ridden the default I hope.
I have searched without logging in, I have after logging in.....nothing. Nothing under cats, dogs, pets, trees just a helpful message
We couldn't find any photos matching tree. Would you like to try a search for photos about sky, nature, trees, green or blue instead?and what do you know nothing under any of those suggestions. Just what are the subject of these 300m photos!!!!
Anyway, I have given up. If it is not easy then it is not internet.
Ahh, (I haven't really given up) when I go into Advanced search I find my safe search is automatically on. When I turn it off I get 750,000 images of everything, and none of them look unsafe too me. Flickr ought to check the intsructions on delicious and realise what is and is not intuitive. May I quote another user comment
safe search filter !!
mandy091969 says:
How can I switch that f****** safe search filter off for good ? It is extremely annoying to be compelled to confirm that f***** thing each damn time I do a search.
Amen to that Mandy, whoever you are.
And this from their FAQs
Note: If your Yahoo! ID is based in Singapore, Hong Kong or Korea you will only be able to view safe content based on your local Terms of Service so won’t be able to turn SafeSearch off. If your Yahoo! ID is based in Germany you are not able to view restricted content due to your local Terms of Service.
Not going to have much joy searching in those countries!!!
Admirable for flikr to try online censorship and can see why they do it, problem is it just really annoys anyone trying to use it, and if you find nothing under cats or dogs from a database of 300m images with safe search on, then something is broke.
Okay, I have over ridden the default I hope.
flickr and delicious
Firstly, I am a fan of delicious, very simple idea, useful way to organise bookmarks and most importantly access them from anywhere....and the best constructed instructions I have seen on the web.
I signed in to flickr but I almost immediately realised that I have no interest in having me up there on the web, and I am not that interested in posting my photos on the web.
I see what it does and how it might is useful for organising and sharing photos. But really people, do we absolutely want to share every little insignificant thing we have ever done. It probably suffers from the same fate as most of the internet - too much, too much, too much. There are a number of interesting blogs, and there are 100 million that are self indulgent, disjointed, of no interest.
Flickr has 300 million plus photos. Many are great, most are as interesting as the last photo album you looked at that wasn't yours, except there are 300m pictures in this album.... Is that the slide night from hell or what.
Anyway delicious and flickr are both very useful tools to organise and share information or data. With flickr its public face is subject to the same lack of discernment that troubles all the internet. Everything is equal, there is no distinction based on quality, reliability or need. So we all become our own quality controllers, or referees, which is actually very inefficient.
Another issue is privacy. It is something that people are placing far less value on. This may be a good or bad thing. Perhaps the inner life is becoming the internet life. But please, we don't have to share everything, most people are not that interesting....
I signed in to flickr but I almost immediately realised that I have no interest in having me up there on the web, and I am not that interested in posting my photos on the web.
I see what it does and how it might is useful for organising and sharing photos. But really people, do we absolutely want to share every little insignificant thing we have ever done. It probably suffers from the same fate as most of the internet - too much, too much, too much. There are a number of interesting blogs, and there are 100 million that are self indulgent, disjointed, of no interest.
Flickr has 300 million plus photos. Many are great, most are as interesting as the last photo album you looked at that wasn't yours, except there are 300m pictures in this album.... Is that the slide night from hell or what.
Anyway delicious and flickr are both very useful tools to organise and share information or data. With flickr its public face is subject to the same lack of discernment that troubles all the internet. Everything is equal, there is no distinction based on quality, reliability or need. So we all become our own quality controllers, or referees, which is actually very inefficient.
Another issue is privacy. It is something that people are placing far less value on. This may be a good or bad thing. Perhaps the inner life is becoming the internet life. But please, we don't have to share everything, most people are not that interesting....
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