Although I haven't been able to actually post anything on You Tube yet (still learning), I am amazed at the wonderful pieces being posted by genealogists sharing family research information online. I can see so many opportunities for oral historians. I have also been inspired (and amused) by the promotional pieces posted by research libraries. If you haven't already seen it, check out Birmingham (AL) Public Library's "Genealogy or Looking for One's Own Peeps" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAxrLJ5nw_g . It's certainly stimulated my creative urges.
Thinking, thinking, thinking....
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Delicious?
Now, this was one of the activities that I hoped might help our department. One of my colleagues started doing del.icio.us but seemed to be having some trouble. I'd looked at it before anda thought I might be able to figure it out, so gave it a try.
Getting it set up was easy. I selected a name for our network and a password that we could all use. It was simple to create tags. It isn't so simple to install the del.icio.us bottons on the other computers in what I had hoped would be our nedtwork, but the process seems to defeat me. I can get it done on one computer, but not the next.
But what was most distressing to me was how cumbersome using it was. We have been making "favorite" bookmarks for our desk computers all along, and it was so easy. Click on favorites and the links pop up right there, make a selection and go. But each time you get on your computer, and click on the del.icio.us button, you go to a different webpage, then select another page to which to go. As nice as the idea is, we've just added another step, so I was a bit disappointed. I'll probably just keep using the Favorite book mark button.
Getting it set up was easy. I selected a name for our network and a password that we could all use. It was simple to create tags. It isn't so simple to install the del.icio.us bottons on the other computers in what I had hoped would be our nedtwork, but the process seems to defeat me. I can get it done on one computer, but not the next.
But what was most distressing to me was how cumbersome using it was. We have been making "favorite" bookmarks for our desk computers all along, and it was so easy. Click on favorites and the links pop up right there, make a selection and go. But each time you get on your computer, and click on the del.icio.us button, you go to a different webpage, then select another page to which to go. As nice as the idea is, we've just added another step, so I was a bit disappointed. I'll probably just keep using the Favorite book mark button.
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