chris's blog

Yes, I'm going to sit this week out. Have fun in your other worlds.

So much to discuss when talking about social networking
sites – where to start?

First off, I found the that the
readings this week filled my head with all sorts of different thoughts on what
folksonomies are and their usefulness, and some big words were thrown in for
good measure (Kroski talks about ‘ontology’ and I nearly fell out of my chair).
So, after reading the articles and looking elsewhere for some definitions, I
have come up with my own definition for what ‘folksonomy’ means (with thanks to
Kroski and Funk and Wagnalls):

OK, so I have been tagging the odd article on del.icio.us
for this class as I have come across articles or websites that would be of
interest to the class. However, until I read the articles for this week, I
really didn’t know that the tagging we were doing to these links were actually
being used to help other users of del.icio.us search for things, too. So, by my
estimation, I am practicing the spirit of librarianship even when I’m sleeping!
I am so helpful.

Regretfully, I am going to have to pass this week. Junior Raso picked a geat time to have his first 'I will not go to bed' night.

 Back to the blog next week.

Chris

OK, so this is at least the third course I've taken that has talked about RSS, though this is the most in-depth study of it that I have undertaken. All along, I've thought that here was something I could use to get all the information I needed sent to me on a regular basis, and I have been meaning to actually go ahead and do this at some point. But I would always let it slip my mind and then just figure that, well, IE 7 has SUCH a great favorites service that I do not need RSS feeds because I just go to every website that I like on a daily basis anyways.

The case studies this week provide some great do’s and don’t’s for blogging in the library realm:

Wow, there is a lot involved in Social Software. Sure, I haven't been blogging before, but I have been surprisingly using all sorts of Social Software and subconsciously, I didn't even know it!