Web 2.0 "awards"

The very first award I looked at was the one under the "books" category (what did you expect??) and I was very surprised and disappointed to see it was a website for self-publishing. I know it is gaining in popularity, and maybe the site is fantastic, but to have a site like that beat out Worldcat (which got an honorable mention!) told me a lot about these awards. To me, they lost all credibility with that one award. It led me to wonder if these awards are bought and paid for. I have no way of knowing that, but I can't help but be suspicious.

ZOHO-HO-HO

ZOHO-HO-HO

 

Never heard of this before 23 things but I'm very happy I know about it now.  I've been working on a cookbook for my kids of all their favorite recipes.  My son lives in Tampa and I've got a Word file on my computer that I tried to share out with him via Google Docs - but Google Docs severely limits the size of Word documents that you can upload, and the document I want to share is over 200 pages long.  I had no trouble uploading an experimental document of 199 pages to Zoho Writer, although I haven't figured out yet how to delete it!  But at least I now have a way to share my son's favorite recipes with him via Zoho Writer.  And my daughter will be going off to college in a couple of years...

 

Wiki-bandwagon

I like wikis. Libraries should definitely be jumping on the wiki-bandwagon. User friendly, easy to maintain and change and grow, all the good stuff.

Here at SWC our readers' advisory group is working on a wiki we hope to share with the library eventually....we are only at the very early, planning stage right now. Will share when ready.

Wiki wikki wachee

So I checked out the PBCLS wiki and immediately found the "favorite books" page. I added a few of my favorites...okay, a dozen or so of my favorites. Very easy to do and oh yeah, I added the author to someone else's favorite, Gone with the Wind.

Folksonomies

I had to look this word up. This what Google found for me, in case anyone else wasn't familiar with that word either:

Definitions of Folksonomies on the Web:

Are collaboratively generated, open-ended labeling systems that enables Internet users to categorize content such as Web pages, online photographs ...www.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/metadata/glossary.html

The tagging of content with metadata or information by users and community members based on their personal preferences. Folksonomies allow any user to add comments or information that other users can take advantage of when looking for or organizing their own information. ...plc.fis.utoronto.ca/tgdemo/Glossary.asp

You say technorati, I say okay

Interesting. I learned that the BookBitchBlog has an authority of 20. Or 19, depends on which computer I use, oddly enough. I also enjoyed reading some of the comments. I didn't enjoy learning that someone is using the BookBitch name, however, as it is protected under copyright law. Will have to pursue that in my spare time...

It's del.ight.ful, it's del.icio.us, it's de.love.ly

Several years ago I tried to Digg my way to saving articles but ran into an annoying download, spamware-type problem. So I avoided the sharing networks and just greedily held on to my bookmarks in my Yahoo account.

Enter 23 Things, lucky #13. Reluctantly, I mosied around del.icio.us and decided to give it a try while I was at work. That way if there was any download, spam, spyware type issues, IT could take care of it. (you're welcome, Peter) But there wasn't. It worked like it should work, easily, simply, with a minimum of fuss and bother. So go check out my del.icio.us bookmarks on articles about a new blog that is a dream for Readers' Advisory & Collection Development, the Encyclopaedia Britannica going wiki, and Johnny Depp's brother writing a book.