23Things #15 Library2.0

I didn't realise it at the time, but I pre-empted (for myself) this step.

Library2.0 to me means only: libraries serving community members in the Web2.0 environment - upon the same rationales that have ever defined quality library service.

23Things #14 Technorati

So... I claimed my blog at Technorati today ...

To properly participate though will be a little fiddly, but let me compare... to tag with Technorati I include easy html in my blog post ... to tag with del.icio.us I click a button in my toolbar.  The sooner I can migrate to Blogger Beta the better.  Almost wish I'd bitten the bullet and gone with Wordpress from the start.

It might be interesting to search sometime, though I have no real need presently I enjoyed a brief diversion thanks to Serena at Talk Nerd posting a YouTube of Walking on Sunshine.


moonflowerdragon technorati tagging blogging learning2.0 23Things

Silkroad Online ... my first MMORPG FUN

The boys and their friends have introduced me to Silkroad online and I've had a very interesting, engaging week adventuring around Jangan.

There are always new skills to learn, and I'm thinking maybe it is just a little repetitive trying to level to meet something new, but it is very fun "meeting" people from all over (ages 14-43): helping (it feels wonderful knowing and sharing the little bits even newer plays want to know) and being helped.



Right now I'm trying to sell some of the treasures monsters have kindly dropped for me - I'd like to be able to afford a pet wolf. It is not easy calculating a fair price for goods, and timing is probably off as I set up stall when I'm going to be away from the keyboard rather than take up playing time.

Scenarios for Internet Ethics

Thanks to my Bloglines account, and Francey from Gargoyles Loose in the Library, I now have a bunch of new scenarios to raise when discussing internet issues with my boys.

Our local library gave us material from the government's initiative to promote internet safety (can't remember what it is called), which didn't really address anything we hadn't already discussed ... but finding the material prompted a refresher discussion in a timely way for our exploration of Silkroad (about which more later, right now I want to PLAY).

IT goddesses

If I'd had daughters instead of sons, this calendar would be my first purchase.



I love the eye catching way it "smashes through perceptions of geeky technologists", and in the process aims to:

# Raise awareness of the diversity of Women in IT
# Raise money for non profit groups that run initiatives to encourage females to take up technology studies and to enter technology careers

23Things #13 del.icio.us

I first became interested in del.icio.us as a way of hacking categories for blogger. I've put off that exploration in hopes I can transfer to Blogger Beta, but as soon as I noticed del.icio.us in the 23 Things I created an account (doing the Things slightly out of order) and have been tagging since, slightly frustrated by a suspicion that I could be using better tags.

To commemorate Thing#13/23 though, I have accepted the offer of a tagroll for my sidebar. (update Jan2007: lost and not yet replaced on switch to new blogger)

I love the way that if I del.icio.us tag a flickr photo page the photo appears in my del.icio.us page making it prettier.

23Things #12 Clearly I don't do a lot of searching...

because I don't yet have my own need for Rollyo (or Google's Custom Search Engine).

I've spent a little time trying to conceive of a combination of sources useful to me, but as yet ... nada.

I would relish a work-related purpose when the time comes, and I'd be very interested to hear experiences of improved results or search time from the tools.