Wikis

Oops, just realized that I forgot the blog on this one. I edited the entry for "Judith Sargent Murray," a early American feminist writer (some believe her to be the very first American feminist writer). I was working on a research paper on her, so I added some relevant info

TSLP

So, I've finally finished! I enjoyed the TSLP. I've learned about several internet resources that I will probably use in the future.

YouTube

OK, this one gave me a bit of trouble, simply because I didn't know enough about video file formats. It would be nice if the webcam program provided a more direct way to save files (perhaps there is a way and I just overlooked it).

Podcasting

No problemo.


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Rollyo

Rollyo is pretty nifty and easy to use. I like how it allows specialized searches, so you don't have to wade through all the crap brought up by google searches.

del.icio.us

Very easy to use, especially with the Firefox extensions. I might use this to keep up with research I do for papers, it is easier than my normal method of going into gmail and emailing myself the URL every time I find a useful webpage. Of course, it's only easier if I'm on a computer with the extensions installed (I wonder if it will let you install the extensions to more than one computer per account?)

Bloglines

Subscribing to the blogs was no problem (I did that last week) but it took me forever to figure out how to share the blog feed and get the url. I finally figured out that you had to set up a blog in order to get a username for the feed's url. I don't know why in the world Bloglines doesn't have you create a username when you sign up for the feed.

Overall, it's a neat site. But, I use my personalized Google page to keep up with my news feeds. Bloglines is convenient, though, in that you see the entire blog entry. On Google you have to click the heading and go to the actual website to read the entire blog. So, I'll probably use Bloglines a bit in addition to my google page.

LibraryThing

This is a nice little tool for keeping up with your personal library. It was easy to use, though I found it easier on some of the books to actually go to amazon, search for the book, and c&p the isbn from there. Of course, if I had been doing this from home, I wouldn't have needed to do that, since I would have had the books, and therefore the isbn's, on hand.

Last Daughter of Krypton

I was really excited when I saw the comic strip tool, but I'm disappointed that it doesn't just turn it into an image you can save to your computer. I could have done this better just on the printshop I have at home. And I think I will have to do that, now:)




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MySpace

I already had a Facebook, so this was no problem. The thing I don't like about MySpace is that you have people with no training in web design designing web pages--and most of the pages make me cringe (I don't know much about web design specifically, but I am trained in technical writing and editing, so I at least understand the concepts of headings and white space). Anyway, I'll probably use MySpace a bit, just because there are old friends of mine on MySpace who aren't on Facebook. But overall, I prefer Facebook's template and interface.

Gmail

I already had a gmail account, so I just used my existing address.

Bloggin', yo

My pages looked a bit different than the samples on the intranet page, but I didn't have any trouble figuring it out. The interface, though, isn't as clear and simple as it could be, and I might have had some trouble if I didn't already have experience with message boards, etc. (This is my first blog, though, so I don't really have anything to compare Blogger to. Perhaps it is more user-friendly than other blog sites)