I've taken a while to comment on this "Thing". One excuse, I've moved locations and job role and I've less time to get on a PC at work and secondly, I've been reflecting on what I've covered (yes honestly!)
I think I should have written down my thoughts during the week, so I could turn them into some mind-blowing amazing post, but I haven't, and so this is written relying on my memory! (Bad idea, but I'll give it a go!) I think I may base this on Helen's 23 Things post from yesterday, as the structure is clear and helpful.
Thing 1 As I've probably mentioned far too many times, I already have another blog on the go, although this one now seems to be the most frequently updated. It took me a while to decide to publish the first blog. Lots of questions, mainly around have I got time for this and also will people really want to read what I write, is my writing up to standard, etc, etc. These all seem quite negative thoughts. I don't think I'm a negative person, but perhaps my thoughts and reflections tend to the negative side?
Thing 2 I like to comment on posts if I find them interesting, although many times, I'd like to just say Me too or I like this, but as usual, my fingers get carried away and I type too much!
Thing 3 Personal brand, like Helen and possibly like many people I'm still umming and ahhing about the amount of personal information I've made available online.However, I'm quite happy to create things like this blog, create accounts with Twitter, etc. Possibly my main concern is that I haven't given my brand much thought (or not as much as I should have done!) I think it needs to be more consistent across different applications. Although I have another blog, I think it's still possible to access that via this blog and I really need to make sure I'm relatively careful on there (although a part of me still says that's my hobby and not work and so they shouldn't be compared.) Same with anything I say on Facebook...
Thing 4 This is still the one I'm getting used to or trying to use effectively... Google Reader is a great way of combining all the blogs I follow, although one blog updates frequently and it's sometimes difficult to keep up to date with it. One plea I have is that I wish blog titles were more obvious about the content, rather than decidedly obscure... I've yet to see I use for Pushnote (sorry to all those who love it!) As for Twitter, well at the moment I'm just a lurker really. I don't feel I have lots to say (apart from when writing these posts!!) and follow lots of "people" on Twitter. It is however I great way of finding out information and keeping up with news if you follow the right accounts. I certainly read tweets everyday even if I don't tweet myself. It's a start!
I'm the only member of staff at work taking part in this (to my knowledge) and so don't really get the chance to discuss things in the way I may do with other participants, but it has given me the chance to suggest possible ways of promoting our services.
I'm looking forward positively... Fingers crossed!
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Friday, 15 July 2011
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Tweets, RSS and Pushnote
Well this Thing has caused me no end of difficulties. I've moved jobs at work and although I work for the same authority, I now have less access to a PC and completely different demands on my time. Much of my "research" and looking around now has to take place at home.
Twitter: I've had an account on Twitter for some time, but it took Thing 4 to encourage me to make my first tweet. Funnily enough, that was it, nothing since! I can sort of see the use for Twitter in certain information environments, but for a public authority librarian unless you have access to it all the time to see responses to tweets, it really does not work. I think there is quite a difference between what everyone has access to in their work environment, but from my experience, public authority PCs are considerably more locked down than a university PC. One blog post from another participant (now comes the problem, I can't remember who and didn't follow them!) thoughts echoed my opinions aobve. Twitter is something which you need to be constantly plugged into and it just isn't possible in some work environments.
RSS feeds: I've been using Google Reader for some time, so this is not a new thing for me. One of the original posts I ever subscribed too was Phil Bradley's blog I mainly subscribe to sewing blogs for ideas with sewing, but I'm now beginning to feel the need to subscribe to other "library" or professional feeds to get the juices going. I might even be enthused to write more on this blog apart from about the Things. What I'm finding now is that I have to make sure I spend at least an hour each day to check Google Reader, otherwise I have so many posts, it's impossible to keep on top of. Has anyone else found a way to keep on top of these? I have to say, it's almost become second nature to log into email, and then log into Google Reader. It's a nightmare if I've been away for a while!!
Pushnote: I've not even looked at this. I certainly can't use it at work and it sort of seems to be another version of Delicious in some ways. Useful websites can be saved in "public" folders in Delicious. We're considering using Delicious on our public PCs to make useful websites available to the public.
This has been a slightly negative post this time, but I think already the differences between embracing web 2.0 technology in different sectors is beginning to show, and we're only three weeks into the 23 things...
Twitter: I've had an account on Twitter for some time, but it took Thing 4 to encourage me to make my first tweet. Funnily enough, that was it, nothing since! I can sort of see the use for Twitter in certain information environments, but for a public authority librarian unless you have access to it all the time to see responses to tweets, it really does not work. I think there is quite a difference between what everyone has access to in their work environment, but from my experience, public authority PCs are considerably more locked down than a university PC. One blog post from another participant (now comes the problem, I can't remember who and didn't follow them!) thoughts echoed my opinions aobve. Twitter is something which you need to be constantly plugged into and it just isn't possible in some work environments.
RSS feeds: I've been using Google Reader for some time, so this is not a new thing for me. One of the original posts I ever subscribed too was Phil Bradley's blog I mainly subscribe to sewing blogs for ideas with sewing, but I'm now beginning to feel the need to subscribe to other "library" or professional feeds to get the juices going. I might even be enthused to write more on this blog apart from about the Things. What I'm finding now is that I have to make sure I spend at least an hour each day to check Google Reader, otherwise I have so many posts, it's impossible to keep on top of. Has anyone else found a way to keep on top of these? I have to say, it's almost become second nature to log into email, and then log into Google Reader. It's a nightmare if I've been away for a while!!
Pushnote: I've not even looked at this. I certainly can't use it at work and it sort of seems to be another version of Delicious in some ways. Useful websites can be saved in "public" folders in Delicious. We're considering using Delicious on our public PCs to make useful websites available to the public.
This has been a slightly negative post this time, but I think already the differences between embracing web 2.0 technology in different sectors is beginning to show, and we're only three weeks into the 23 things...
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