RSS

I had a basic idea about RSS and thought it seemed like a good idea, but I've never used it before.

Having created a Bloglines account and played around a bit I'm seeing the benefits and limitations of the technology.

I think it would be most useful for sites which don't update very frequently, or for blogs; as for general news sources I think I'd get a bit overwhelmed. I suscribed to the BBC News feed as it is something I use, but I think I prefer to visit the website and be able to pick and chose what I read rather than in a linear format. Visually Bloglines isn't the most exciting to use.

I'm liking this RSS feeds | State Library of New South Wales, I never thought about using RSS for catalogue related stuff, but I guess RSS is really just a format for distributing information and bringing lots of different sources together so can be used for just about anything. Although it's tempting to search for more feeds to subscribe to I think I would use it more as an extension of what I already do - to help make it simpler to keep up with blogs, sites etc.

Sharing Images

Creative Commons seems great, seems straight forward.

I thought I'd include a topical photo, I think I'll try just a link as the safest option. If I can figure out how to do it.

Kaiserslautern, 26 June 2006 (5)

Photo sharing seems like it could be fun and I'm sure we can think of creative ways to use it in a library environment, but I'm unconvinced of its general usefulness to a library. Maybe I just need to have a look around a bit more.

Blogs seem like a good idea but I think you've got to have a clear idea of what your purpose is. The process of choosing a blog title, username, password etc is rather harrowing. In a library environment this may be easier because it would be something related to your library.

I'm looking forward to learning about the different technologies, I consider myself fairly web savvy but there is a lot I don't know or have any experience of, RSS for instance or mash-ups.