Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Phew! Made it to Week 16: Web Awards and Conclusion

Finally staggered across the finish line!!!
Can't believe that I have finally finished the Web 2.0 Learning Program.

It is just amazing that I really enjoyed a large part of it. There were times that I got soooo frustrated and nothing seemed to work and it didn't help that I didn't know what I was doing. Somehow I stumbled through.

Enjoyed creating my blog, loved flickr, had too much of good time with play week and seem to stumble through middle part of the program. The last couple of tasks I started to get my mojo back...
Enjoyed the discussions and competitiveness among work colleagues whilst attempting the various tasks.
Many thanks to Virginia, Leslie and Lynette.



Edging Closer with Week 15: Flow Charts

Flow charts are not my thing..... (that's what I thought until I had a go).

Signed onto 'Gliffy' and attempted a flow chart....hard to believe that I really enjoyed trying out the various features that I happened to stumble upon!


Had fun in 'Bubble.us' - my bubbles kept multiplying but finally figured out to to detonate them!!!

Finish Line in Sight with Week 14 - Newsletters in a pop!

Enjoyed this little exercise.
It is a great way to keep in touch with family and friends (for annoucements, sharing holiday stories, christmas greetings etc.).

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Finally On Track with Week 13 - EBooks and Audiobooks

Had a quick browse at the various sites. I'm not a big fan of Ebooks and Audiobooks, but I can see the benefits its offers for those who are time poor etc.
For me, I much prefer to read a paperback any old day.

Getting There with Week 12 - YouTube

Heard a lot about Youtube but haven't been game enough to explore this further. The only one that I looked into was Raymond Crowe's (not related to Russell) amazing hand shadow show to the song 'What a Wonderful World'.
Much more sophisticated then when we were kids......


Trying Hard to Catch Up with Week 11 - Podcasts

A very frustrating day.....the internet is soooo slow.
Managed to listen to a podcast from the ABC as I had trouble getting into other sites.
I can see this being a useful tool and will explore further.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Phew! Finally Caught Up with Week Ten - Rollyo

Easy enough for me to create an account on Rollyo. Now the hard part is deciding what to add. Finally decided to add a group of various free/healthy recipe websites that I may want to use in the future.

Slowly Getting There with Week Nine - Wikis

I'm a bit time poor at the moment. Had a quick look at the various wiki sites. Enjoyed looking at the various Library wikis. May go back later to investigate this further......

Chasing My Tail with Week Eight - Social Bookmarking

Had a very frustrating time trying to register onto del.icio.us.
Finally after my lunchbreak I got down to exploring and added various bookmarks and noted that some that I have added have been bookmarked by other users......quite impressed.

Madly Catching Up with Week Seven - iGoogle


I think I had too much fun setting up my iGoogle page. Way too many things to choose from.
Some of the gadgets that I added were - to do list, currency converter, quotes of the day, weather etc......
Amazed at how easy it is to use, gets the thumbs up from me.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Lagging Behind with Week Six - Google Book

I had accidently come across this page whilst searching for book details for ordering and inter library loans. I really didn't take too much notice of where I was as long as I had the details/information I needed.

Exploring Google Maps With Week Six

Spent heaps of time exploring - amazed with google earth.

This is where I spent my very early dog years in the countryside.

http://maps.google.com.au/?ie=UTF8&ll=-37.264217,141.981812&spn=0.500564,0.806122&t=p&z=10

Now that I am a city dog, this is my new/old neighbourhood.

">http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&t=p&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115401597689564454459.0004509f5191bc3dce6fa&ll=-37.798696,144.899197&spn=0.015531,0.025191&z=15>

Thursday, June 19, 2008

More to Google with Week Six - Goggle Applications

Amazed with what Google has to offer...... like a treasure trove.

Had a play around and found this very useful, will explore further when I have more time.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Getting Social With Week Five - MySpace/Facebook

I actually know a little bit about MySpace as my niece has her own. I'm quite impressed although it's not for me!!!! Much too revealing for my liking....

Signed up for MySpace and Facebook but not sure whether I will be socialising on these.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Much Angst Over Week Four

After much trepidation I finally signed onto Bloglines. Feeling more confident now with registering onto various unknown sites. Phew that was easy!!...now for the hard part.

After much fiddling around and not knowing what I'm doing I finally somehow subscribed to various blogs....

Still a little confused about RSS and Feedeaders until I spoke to my work colleague who kindly explained to me in layman's term what it means and how useful it can be and showed me how he uses this in his job to make things much easier....

Slowly getting my head around this and may find this useful in the near future.

It always hard trying new things for the first time...

Time now for a strong cuppa and some chocolate!!!!!

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Attempting Week Three

Fun, murder mystery books that are easy to read with twists and turns throughout the storyline. The murders are solved by two very smart siamese cats named Koko and Yum Yum.





The history of Lilian Jackson Braun is perhaps as exciting and mysterious as her novels. Between 1966 and 1968, she published three novels to critical acclaim; The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern and The Cat Who Turned On and Off. In 1966, The New York Times labeled Braun, "the new detective of the year." Then, for reasons unknown, the rising mystery author disappeared from the publishing scene. It wasn't until 1986 that the Berkley Publishing Group reintroduced Braun to the public with the publication of an original paperback, The Cat Who Saw Red. Within two years, Berkley released four new novels in paperback and reprinted the three mysteries from the sixties.
Even though Braun claims that her cats have never done anything extraordinary, her fictional cats, Koko and Yum Yum, solve crimes and delight fans in book after book. Braun says the reason for her success is that "people are simply tired of all the blood. I write what is called the classic mystery." She says that while "not all mystery fans may like cats, all cat-fanciers seem to like mysteries.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Surviving Week Two


Master Joey
Originally uploaded by Oh No! Not Again

Another week has zipped past. The weather has turned terribly cold although it does warm up in the afternoons.

Brrrrr.........


Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Secret Life of Joey M

Like my owner I take each day as it comes whether it is exciting or dull!

My days are filled with chasing the sun to keep warm now that winter is not far away.

Oh for a quiet sunny spot to just sleep and dream of chasing rabbits and an endless supply of bones.



My poor owner was sooo stressed the other day.....muttering about 'blogs'......I got all excited as I thought she said 'BONES'.

In my leisure time I just laze about with my eyes half open watching the birds pick at my half eaten bones.....too content to chase them away.

I must say that I'm good at catching rats that scoot under the house. My total so far is 3 but who's counting....

One of my tricks is that I can do an 'Elvis pout' whenever I'm in trouble!!!!

My one bad habit is always getting in the way and being told too many times to 'move your butt!!'....

WOOF!!