ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS

As a recent member of Facebook with a photo, thanks to Debbie, I’m discovering the joys of social networking. My sons, Eric and Ryan are both members and it was fun to find the correct spelling for some of their friends names. I’ve been cautioned to only accept names of people I know. Alas, there was a definite note [...]

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ONLINE APPLICATIONS AND TOOLS

Google Docs & Spreadsheets will be especially appreciated from home computer.  Time was spent creating a word document. Check spelling is a great feature - a click on the yellow highlighted misspelled word(s) – and alternative spellings appear!
Profile was setup on LibraryThing: got books. Since springtime has arrived, a list of books on gardening seemed like a good [...]

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TAGGING, SOCIAL BOOKMARKING AND FOLKSONOMIES

A search of del.icio.us for miniature shoes provided 13 links with a few not on topic. As a phase search there were 6 links, all on topic miniature_shoes! My favourite site – “Just the Right Shoe” was found on both searches. Google phrase search yielded 13,700 hits and results page 1 listed “Just the Right [...]

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WIKIS

WikiMatrix comparison chart was really helpful, except for the more technical features. Comparison Wiki information - PBwiki (Jan 07) and Wetpaint (Dec 06) was recent. Also, more than two could be requested for the compare.
BOOK CONNECTION  was easily added to the PB (peanut butter!) wiki ”my favourite books” and it was fun to receive other members book lists via [...]

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BLOGLINES -after meeting with Alex!

The feeds are now organized and there’s even a folder for Learning 2.0. Wired news already has 200 postings.

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BLOGLINES -before meeting with Alex

Well, some rss feeds have been selected from Bloglines but figuring out the next step resembles teetering on this bridge. 

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