Week what where and YIKES

Back after the holidays and running scared away from websites, back to the warm drooley world of blogger.

Where am I, what am I doing here, and what is my topic for my BIG bad Google website? I know not much about lots of different things, so where to go? Tasks which require major decisions bamboozle me. Although I did just have the idea of ikebana, something I'd like to learn more about.

Now I will have to research that before I make my decision, and waste a bit more time....

Looking at websites

https://sites.google.com/

Week 6 goodbye comp task 1

Goodbye comp task 1 hello George. Goodbye to flowers and poetry, maybe I was born in the wrong century. Today I will be ticking off the comp 1 tasks and making sure I have completed everything. I may add another gadget if it fits with the tone of my page...
Moving on to comp task 2 and websites in the next week.

Hello is there anybody out there...

What's the point of the blog if nobody reads it? My blog is public, so anyone can view or follow, and I have 2 followers. My classmates, most of whom have higher privacy settings than I, have many more followers.

So, if you control who you invite, you can increase your followers. If you wait for them to come, it may never happen.

Now, is there a way to promote or encourage others on the site to look at your blog? This will be my challenge for today WEEK 4

Is my blog a dog?
I don't have a clue
how to increase the view ING......

W. H. Auden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

W. H. Auden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rain needs poetry.

HYPERLINKS

I have just worked out the difference between links and hyperlinks.

Here's a hyperlink to some information on W H Auden

This site hosted by the National Library of Australia allows you to search for all sorts of items, as well as locations of libraries, and specific databases. I just did a search on my family name and found articles, theses and even a manucript, and which libraries hold the information.

http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss

This blog has been created by a professional librarian, it's called Bronwyn's Library Blog, and is a great resource for anyone interested in libraries. It links to current articles, discusses hot topics, and promotes ALIA events.

http://pivotalpoints.com.au/liblogger/

Week 4 - whatever Margie wants Margie gets....

This week Margie would like to see more hyperlinks. I will now search for some links in a hyper manner, on the topic of libraries.

A favourite photo.....

One of my favourite photos of one of my favourite musicians. I love this photo for the beauty of the man, and the joy expressed.

The Camel Fat Freddys Drop featuring Alice Russell

One of my favourite bands. They're from NZ and have a big brass sound, very soulful, reggae'ish. Gorgeous lead singer with a beautiful voice.

All a twitter - not

Here is a link to a chap who is studying to become a librarian. I chose it because he's wearing a cool hat in his picture, and I am amazed that someone so young and cool looking and male is studying to become a librarian. Here is the link:

http://twitter.com/dragnew

Twitter doesn't interest me that much, lots of random messages that are rather meaningless.

Week 3 so much to do

Yikes there is lots to do today. A myriad of tasks for comp task 1. Here are some of them:

I am currently following this wonderful blog: http://margieswebclass.blogspot.com/

And I have made some rather silly comments on my classmates blogs:

• http://helensfirstone.blogspot.com/2010/07/week-two.html#comments
• http://christinaswebclassblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/library-commercial-3.html#comments
• http://musingsnonliterary.blogspot.com/2010/07/signs-symbols-listenings-feelings.html#comments

And I would really like to add this link to a Facebook library site:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/State-Library-of-Victoria/135146376519962?ref=ts

I have added this link as the State Library is a fantastic resource for us as students, and I wanted to keep up to date with their current programs.

That's it for now. Until I can work out: how to add a gadget, or is that a widget, and how to embed a youtube video, and how to con my classmates into making comments on my blog!

what's in a name, I think you mean letter.....

What a difference a day makes, especially when one little letter can change your name. Christine to Christina, Louise to Louisa. A wee error which can cause maximum annoyance. Louise is a really nice name, it's just not my name. A is the magic letter.

http://www.cressidacampbell.com/images.html
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/ellisrowan/
http://www.fatfreddysdrop.com/

Some sites I like to visit...

and by the way....

Thanks to Christina for showing me the mysteries of photocopying in the library. All my enrolment forms are now completed, and I still have 20cents credit left on my card.
Would anyone like to discuss or share their tantalising experiences with enrolment/admin at VU?

Week 2 what fun

Week 2: full of scarey things like actually creating our Blog. Mega confused by privacy settings, security issues, and what colour matches yellow. Is my username too dorky? Does anyone care?