Final Post for SPL2.0

I used Google docs to make a presentation addressing the points in our final thing. Here it is:

Presentation

I think I will be checking out other people's blogs now that I am not worried about getting the "things" done and then maybe I will talk to them about some of the things we have discovered in the course of the process. Then it will really be collaborative for me (I did collaborate some - when I needed help or other people needed help, but I haven't really discussed a lot of these things with people).

Podcasts

I tried one of the podcasting tools and found some interesting things. OF course when I wanted to watch one I had to install something (I figured I would) so I had to stop. I'll explore more in depth later. It's nice to have the SPL 2.0 blog to go to for all of the different links to things. If I keep checking bloglines at home, maybe I will add one.

Actually, i think I did save one when I first set up the account, but I never look at it because I'm usually at work when I check my feeds.

oopsy (#20)

Somehow I missed the beginning of week 9 so I'm a little out of order on my posts. I'm sure I could manage my posts into being in order, but I'm not going to. I suppose I should have put the "thing" numbers in my post titles, but I didn't. Then I'd be sure not to miss anything. That would be a good rule of thumb if this is offered again.

So here's my take on the downloadable audio: I like our databases. I'm checking out the African American music database, specifically the Supernatural Hoodoo Blues playlist. I would listen to this at home if I were in the right mood, of course. I think I'll try the Smithsonian one next... I wasn't able to get on. They say their tech service is workign to restore access :(

Now it's working (1 minute later). I've been wanting to listen to some Buddhist monks chanting and I had a difficult time finding what I want. I didn't think to check here! I looked and found something, but it's not precisely what I want. And then I kept getting error messages. So I switched to Pandora.

Librivox

I've looked at Librivox before, but I've never actually listened to anything from it. My only concern would be the quality of the reading since it's all done by volunteers, but the only way to find out how it sounds is to have a listen. I took a look at the recently cataloged and saw they had Shakespeare stories done by E Nesbit which I'd be curious about. I think this would be a great way to get some exposure to things I might not normally come across since everything is in the public domain. I'll have to remember to check there when I'm in the mood for an audiobook on the weekend and can't pick one up at the library.

Google Docs

Well, the formatting went through (see previous post) but it's not entirely, but I'd have to mess with it a bit to make sure it's readable. It's nice to know that it can be done that way, but I'm not sure why I would at this point since blogger is so easy to use.

I decided to use Google docs instead of Zoho since I already have a Google sign in and I can't keep track of too many things. I'm going to try to publish it to see what happens. And I'll use all sorts of fun formatting to see how that comes through.

Flock

I just took a look at flock.com and it looks like it would be a great thing to use. I have started some accounts on social networking sites, but since I don't like to spend a lot of time checking stuff they tend to fall by the wayside. Flock seems to be kind of like bloglines because I would probably actually maintain (and maybe even start new) accounts if I could get to them all in one place. I didn't actually start it up, but I'll keep it in mind for something to do at home. I think I might save seomoz.org to my delicious account because I did see a lot of things I'd like to play with and that seems like the best way to keep track of what I want to check out. I don't really understand why some of the retail sites are Web 2.0, but I guess I'll just have to look at them more thoroughly. All in all, it's good fun :)

Wikis #1

So, I played around with some of the wikis and ended up wandering all over the place, thanks to the New Orleans ALA wiki. I read a pronunciation guide and discovered that I can buy super cool things that I've always wanted but never seen anywhere. I was also reminded that I once promised never to go to Rite-Aid (didn't manage it, though).
Some wikis took a little figuring out in terms of organization. I like the idea of having a wiki for the intranet and for teams that work on things together. I'll have a better idea of that once I've played in the SPL wiki sandbox, though.