Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders 8 & 9

What a wonderful tool, I couldn't believe the number of RSS links just by typing in a subject and RSS in the "Google Search" box. I certainly found hundreds when I listed "Cars" and yes I did narrow the search down to "Rover", not a lot of hits.

I managed to add 6 feeds to my bloglines account, the "ABC television guide" has the most feeds - the information is up to date and concise - you don't have to waste time searching for various sites to read. I have seen on various sites "RSS, XML or ATOM and the orange box never knew what they were and thanks to "Library 2.0" I now know, will certainly investigate the RSS link when I am teaching my Internet students at Rosanna Library.

I had a play searching for RSS in relation to Libraries, found the University of Oklahoma Libraries has a pilot project , they have a select content which is available through the RSS.. What a wonderful opportunity where individuals can access the RSS for a particular subject and the RSS brings up the relevant books - perhaps YPRL could have a RSS feed!

You could get really addictive with "RSS" and in this very busy world we live in this new technology is brillaint!!!!
click here Here is one of my bloglines feed - I hope it works!

Week3: Technology 7

Digital Cameras - they are a wonderful tool. The first true digital camera that recorded images as a computerized file was the Fuji DS-1P in 1988, the first commercially available Digital camera was the 1991 Kodak DCS-100. The Digital camera is so easy to work (some people have stated). I have heard they are hard to operate and you can delete photos by mistake and you can't retrieve them? If you take a picture not to your liking you can delete the photo, where if you have a camera which requires "film" you can't delete the picture.

As an archivist for the Car Club I have found the Digital cameras can be a problem, members forget to send me the file or print out copies on A4 paper not the special photoshop quality, sometimes the file has been deleted by mistake and can't be resurrected.

So that is why I have the "old fashioned" Olympus 140 with film, so when I take a photo I can have the film developed and place the appropriate photos in the club albums.

I realise the "old fashion" film cameras will eventually fade, but at the moment I am happy with mine and yes I realise technology will catch up with me eventually --- but not yet!