# 13 Del.icio.us

I found it really easy to register with Del.icio.us and add some of my favourite bookmarked sites. I can see the potential of this tool for both research assistance and as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere? The URL for my favourites on Del.icio.us is: http://del.icio.us/kelliget

#12 Rollyo

Rollyo could be quite useful in the library world for literature searches, etc. I was able to create a searchroll for reader advisory websites and add a searchbox to my blog. When I have time I would like to explore this tool further. Tried to insert a link to my searchroll, but it wouldn't work. The URL is: www.rollyo.com/kelliget/karens_reader_advisory/

#11 Library Thing

LibraryThing | Catalog your books online

I didn't have any trouble setting up a LibraryThing account and adding books to my library, but I did have problems adding this list to my blog. I tried to follow the instructions from the LibraryThing site, but it didn't allow the URL to be copied to my blog. Only with some help from a work colleague was I able to be shown another way to add html/javascript to blogs. I find some of the technical stuff a bit hard to work out sometimes, but its worth all the brain strain when it works!!!

#10 Image Generators

I had a play around with some Image Generators and really liked these ones. I found them really easy to upload to my blog. Some of the animated ones were really great, but a bit more time consuming to design like the Bob Dylan and Jib Jab ones.

My creation

My creation, originally uploaded by Elliphotos.

Here's a trading card that I've created for my blog

Daintree Rainforest

Daintree Rainforest, originally uploaded by claire moss.

Here's a photo that I've transferred across from Flickr. After scanning through various rainforest photos, I came across this one which reminded me of a trip to North Queensland a few years ago. I then followed the instructions on how to post the image to my blog and it worked!!

# 9 Finding feeds

I think that finding feeds can be very time consuming. I had a go at searching feed finders such as Feedster, Topix.net, Google Blog Search and Technorati. I had the most success with Google Blog search. Overall, I was able to find and add 10 library related news feeds to my bloglines account

# 8 RSS and Newsreaders

I have now set myself up with a bloglines account which can be found at: www.bloglines.com/public/ellik. This part was easy, however, finding and adding newsreads was a bit more difficult and time consuming. After a while, I got the hang of how to add RSS feeds to my blogline account and have 12 feeds that I can refer to (3 of these are blogs of co-workers). I can definately see the benefits in this service as a way of getting regular updated information without having to carry out individual searches every time

# 7 Blog about technology

A part of my job is to run internet sessions for members of the public and so by me learning about new technologies allows me to pass on to others some of the new and fun ways that we can use the internet. Web tools such as Blogs, Flickr, Mashups, etc. are all technologies that I now know a bit more about and with the popularity of digital photography, I now understand more about uploading photos to websites and then posting them into blogs which I think people are really interested in. I'm hoping to keep utilising these tools myself so that they will become second nature just like emails have

# 6 More Flickr Fun

Now that I've learnt all about Flickr mashups and 3rd party tools, I've created my own trading card using Trading Card Maker. It was very easy as all I had to do was to follow a few simple instructions, select and upload my photo, choose the colour and layout and add the text

# 5 Flickr

I've just created a Flickr account and added a couple of photos

The beginning

I have just started an online learning course and the first step is to create a blog and post some comments on what I feel about lifelong learning. This is all new to me, but I feel confident that I will complete all tasks required and in the end reach my goal of becoming more familiar with new technologies.