Week 6 delicious

Delicious could be useful when I am travelling overseas because I won't have to write the names of websites I require if I am on a different computer. It is an easy way for some people to use from anywhere in the world but personally I won't be using it because I am old-fashioned!! Ha ha.

Week 5 Rollyo

I went to this website but it is undergoing maintenance right now. I will try again later.

Week 5 Library thing

Library thing could be a very useful tool to use especially if you have a tendency to forget the books you have read. It is simple to use and quick to set up. Personally I would stick to "my reading log" which is provided by the Auckland City Libraries.

Week 4 - twitter

http://twitter.com/Iloathecomputer
I think twitter could be pretty interesting but as with most computer thingys you are spending quite a large amount of your time on the computer. But it is certainly a fun way to find out what is going on with your friends, movie stars etc. day to day. I wouldn't use it though as its just another excuse to spend more time on the computer and that is just drugery! ha ha!!

Week4 RSS feeds

I already had a G mail account so it was easy making a google reader account.

I subscribed to the Auckland City Libraries for new DVDs and new biographies. The subscriptions sent to me are quite differently set out and I found it confusing. I probably wouldn't use it myself as I don't spend a lot of time at home browsing my emails.

https://www.google.com/reader/view/#overview-page

Week 3 online image generators

It was fairly easy to follow and is good to use to send to a friend instead of a card. Personally I would never get to use this at work only at home.

Week 3: Picnik

I could not enter picnik because our flash player was not updated. I couldn't complete task 3.

I tried to go to splashup but a message comes up saying you must have flashplayer 10.

I went to pixenate and upload a photo of a beautiful beach. I played around with some of the functions such as cropping and resizing. I also added text onto the picture and rounded the corners of the photo. I found this exercise quite fun and I guess it would be useful for library use when they do their photos for events such as Diwali.

Week 3 Trading cards

I enjoyed making the card but it is of no use to me.

Week 3 flickr mashups

I liked flickr montager the best because it was fun making mosaics out of pictures and I could choose any image that I liked. I searched pictures of chihuahuas in the search box as they are one of my favourite dogs. The flickr colour pickr and mappr didn't hold any interest for me and I wouldn't ever use them.

TASK 5

With the help of two workmates (yes 2!!) I uploaded a image of my favourite dog and I put a
short caption underneath. What do I think of it? Well it is definitely a useful tool to know how
to do but I doubt whether I would ever use it again because I have already forgotton how I got
it on the page in the first place. Ha ha!!

Week 3

SMALL CUTE DOG WITH LARGE UGLY WIG

Week 1 setting up my blog

As I am finding this whole blog thing pretty confusing I am not getting very far. I like googling
things to find out facts etc. and I like emailing but for some obscure reason I have a real blockage
in doing this bloggy thing but for the wonderful patience of a work colleague of mine I am slowly getting there. Three cheers for my computer savvy friend!!