Wiki fever

I am amazed at the effficiencies that a wiki provides. Why haven't we at a local level been making more use of them? In our library network a wiki would be a great tool for maximising input across the network. A great tool also for the meeting phobic in our midst! A wiki that staff could nominate availability for events would save heaps of time.
A wiki targetted at Readers Advisory would be beneficial with contributions from staff, book club members and the general public. A wiki could also be used to replace the traditional comments/feedback book.

Moving on..

Great to have updates available so easily. Hopefully means that I will read them in a timely fashion! Professionally there are lots out there that I can subscribe to. Will obviously have to be fairly selective in my selection to avoid information overload. I have subscribed to a couple of ALIA rss feeds, Manly Library Novel ideas, ABC news AFL updates and the blog of sailing friends Ron & Dolores. By looking at other library sites have become more aware of the severe limitations of our site and how antiquated it is in its presentation and in the way we communicate with the public electronically. - No rss, but planning happening. Will be great for Reader's Advisory, special interest groups etc. On a personal level I am disappointed that there is no rss available for the Australian yachting sites that I visit or for some of the more esoteric musical groups that I like to listen to.

Not all "smooth" sailing.

I was initially unsuccessful in uploading a photo from Flickr despite numerous attempts. I resorted to uploading a couple of personal shots instead.
Sailing is obviously a personal hobby and it has been a pleasure browsing Flickr for a photo to include in my blog.

After some assistance I succeeded in uploading a photo from Flickr! This is a comparative photo taken at sunset. One of the yachts shown could almost be ours... This photo also has a geotag.

Browsing through Flickr it is very quickly apparent that some photos have very comprehensive tags and it is interesting to be able to follow through related photos in the same set - Some contributers are better "cataloguers" than others!

The beginning...

Am excited to be part of Web 2.0. Looking foward to developing my on-line skills and hoping to make this blog look much more interesting by the end of the program.