The Last Post: a Summary

Mostly, I've enjoyed this round of web 2.0. TasteSpotter stands out as my favourite task and box.net will definitely be the most helpful in the longer run. Box.net is a site I can see myself using and recommending to customers. I prefer the setup of Bloglines, which I discovered from the previous round of web 2.0, to the email alerts of FeedMyInbox.

Another successful web 2.0 experience. TTFN,

ZeeLeeCee

Week Six: EnCompass Culture

This site is fairly straight forward to browse; popping up with options and sub-options. However the constant movement irritates me though I imagine it would make you read things through more rather then clicking blindly on a heading that only half covers what you are searching for. What I am desperately craving in a book/reading orientated website, is one with a very wide library of books (where I struggled and failed to find a number of my lesser known favourites) and recommendations on authors who write in a similar style.
All and all, an interesting (if busy) site.
ZeeLeeCee

Week Five: SlideShare

I can see that SlideShare would be great for sharing information. Though manageable, the site wasn't terrifically easy to navigate. Also, I found the site fairly ad-heavy, something which I find particularly frustrating. I can't imagine I would recommend this site to the average computer user.
Here's something to share; in my searches I came upon the rather brilliant term 'supertransformimagicability'.
ZeeLeeCee

Week Four: TasteSpotting

I could see myself becoming deliciously addicted to TasteSpotting. In moments I found a recipe for some rather beautiful banana coconut cream bundt cakes with a pineapple glaze: http://willowbirdbaking.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/banana-coconut-cream-cakes/. I would be eager to use this site as meal inspiration, particularly with these impressive desserts.
I'm not bothered by the lack of library-ness, this is a fantastic resource.

ZeeLeeCee

Week Three: FeedMyInbox

I still use the Bloglines account I created for Web 2.0 in 2008, admittedly mostly for web comics. I think I prefer Bloglines because it is completely separate from my email account. I worry that FeedMyInbox with overwhelm me with emails especially since I largely subscribe to daily updated sites. I also like Bloglines option to save links. I plan to continue to use Bloglines as it remains my preferred site.
On the plus side, I have now added the 'Scooper on Libraries' blog to my list.
ZeeLeeCee

Week Two: Picapp

Picapp is a curious image site however, with little interest in blogging, I'm afraid I cannot appreciate Picapp as a blog image site. I was unenthused by the categories so used the search bar. I searched for 'fireworks' and found this gorgeous photo of Bastille Day fireworks at the Eiffel Tower.
I have been struggling to add this picture to this post as a link and had to fiddle around with everything. I can't imagine a situation where I would need to use this site again.

ZeeLeeCee

Week One: Box.net

I found it very easy to sign up to box.net and to create my first folder. I've uploaded a half dozen photo files to store which can be viewed through this link: http://www.box.net/shared/7j2sn2n5ks.
I intend to use this site again to back-up personal files or to share photo files across the ditch.
I imagine I would recommend this site to customers, particularly in situations where email and USB drives are inaccessible.
ZeeLeeCee

Final Week: a summary

Overall, I've enjoyed 2.0. Zamzar is a useful tool particularly with unfamiliar users. The free music sites would be something I will continue to use and perhaps Goodreads to keep a track of books I have yet to read. Facebook I am comfortable with and can understand the social networking appeal.
Lastly, there is Twitter which I originally disliked on principle and now loath with good reason. It is a impersonal and difficult site and I don't see how anyone could ever keep in touch through it. Even Facebook makes more sense.
TTFN,
ZeeLeeCee

Week Six: Facebook

The supplied video clip described Facebook as addictive and stalkerish. Both of these comments I would agree with. The large majority of students with laptops sign in to Facebook during lectures. Facebook is really the strongest implementer of self surveillance which is why it took my peers so long to persuade me to join. It is a great communication device and it means I can keep in contact with all the people I don't see on a week by week basis.
Anyway, I added to the discussions on current reading and best book ever ('Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex' by Mary Roach and 'Bloodtide' by Melvin Burgess respectively). I looked into the Folger Shakespeare Library who post about Shakespeare-related events.
As a final note, here is my favourite quote from Nicola Morgan's 'Sleepwalking';
"Once upon a time lived a princess. Her hair was as long as the sound of honey. Her skin was cake-warm. She smelt of biscuit and caramel and her eyes were lemonade bright."
ZeeLeeCee

Week Five: Music

I trialled two of suggested music sites; MP3Raid and FreeAlbums. FreeAlbums was difficult to browse as it was in a blog setting. Mp3Raid was easier to search for artists however I did have to endure massive amounts of advertising including pop-ups on weight loss. It was simple to find and download music files. This is a music site I would recommend.
ZeeLeeCee

Week Four: Goodreads

I thought Goodreads was a great site and very easy to navigate. I added 100+ books to my shelves in quick succession. I became a fan of Bryan Sykes, Tess Gerritsen and Spike Milligan, among others. The suggested reads are only available on some books unfortunately however the to-read 'shelf' would be a great help for me as I am forever losing physical lists.
ZeeLeeCee

Week Three: Twitter

I am not a fan of blogging so I see micro-blogging as just an exaggeration of a process I already dislike. Within a minute of signing up some random person decided to 'follow' me (stalkerish). My most interesting discovery was 'apod' which adds a new cosmic photo each day. I found the site difficult to navigate and I can imagine keeping up with all the tiny little goings on in a number of people's lives would monopolize a fair amount of time. I'm afraid this is not for me.
ZeeLeeCee

Week Two: Zamzar

As suggested, I converted a Word document into a pdf. However, being far more familiar with Word, the reverse is preferable. So I converted a pdf into Word with little fuss and now have a document I actually know how to edit. I can imagine the list of conversion options would also be a great help for those unfamiliar with computers. I would find this site helpful when my regular methods of conversion fail.

As a side note, I have included a link to a post about cats in libraries (hint hint!).
Zeeleecee

Week One: Blogger

I welcome myself back to Blogger with two fresh faces; gorgeous kittens Tivi (gray tabby) and Cammy (light ginger) pictured here at ten weeks old over Easter. I needed to remind myself how to add photos and rearrange the blog to achieve this but it is of course all part of the (re)learning process.
Happy renovations to you all,
ZeeLeeCee