iGoogle often

Love iGoogle. Have had it set as my home page on the home computer for sometime. I get my news, my weather and other fun stuff right in my face when the machine boots up. When I have time to kill I love exploring the weird and wonderful gadgets that people invent.........

Was there life before Google?

Can anyone under 30 imagine life before Google? My kids are great Google users, and try out all sorts of things (including googling 'poo' on google images...they're young). We've trialled a Google spreadsheet at work to allow collaboration in purchase suggestions for replacement works across a statewide network. It seems to be going well. At the present, I can't see a need to use Google docs in my personal sphere.

I searched on Google books for Anne of Green Gables however it was only available in limited preview. The hit-and-miss of this type of thing I guess. We've recently incorporated Google books to the library catalogue http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au and it will be interesting to see what the reaction from clients is.

Google maps - love it and use it often.

Facebook could be fun

Facebook really grabbed me. It was easy to get going and quick to find links to 'friends' that were a real blast to the past. Something to play with when I have a bit more time (and courage).

not 'my' space

In exploring MySpace I managed to get significantly side-tracked looking for people who went to the same high school. I thought the fact that the profiles my search returned were for people between 18-25 was pretty telling. Libraries who are operating in this space are obviously trying to engage with youth. Sure, we probably have a need to create a presence in this space...but it just one of the many ways we can consider interacting with our clients. I found the idea of interacting at a personal level in this space far from appealing....I must be getting old.

I'm just not that into RSS

I'm not a great RSS fan. There's already way to much information trying to get into my head. I have an iGoogle page on the pc at home, and that is enough for me - I have the gadgets for the Sydney Morning Herald and some personalised weather info for locations where family live. Every so often I fiddle with adding new ones..but usually take them off again.

IronChef

I created an account with LibraryThing back in March 2007 after chatting with a colleague over dinner in China Town, Sydney (we were in town for a web architecture workshop). She was telling me about this virtual 'library' concept. I thought I'd better check it out! I love collecting (and cooking from) cook books. LibraryThing is a great way to see other people's collections - although I still haven't been able to find any more great Hungarian cookbooks! So, I've taken this opportunity to add a few more acquisitions to my account...and add a feed to my blog. Pretty groovy.

How many lattes is too many?

I'd never heard of image generators...lots of fun to be had here! In the end, I played on http://www.imagechef.com/ I like to make sure my day includes at least one skinny latte. Lately, I seem to enter the building via the coffee shop - it helps to be on frequent-buyer status and I love that cafe owner just serves up my morning hit....if it's a bad day, I only have to mutter 'the usual'.