More playing around with Zoho

I thought I would play more with Zoho. Using zohoshow I created this presentation and decided to blog my creation.

#18 Online Productivity

Writer

Wow, what will they think of next?

Creating documents on one computer and finishing it on another computer without having to save it to a memory stick or sending it to yourself via email, how good is that?

My daughter said "now you tell me about this" as she is in year 12 and could have used this program at school when doing work on the computer and she had forgotten her memory stick and hadn't finished her work in class.

I have looked at some of the other features that zoho offers and I think it could be a useful tool.

If you haven't used zoho before, I recommend you give it a try, I think you will like it.

One small problem I had was when I typed this in zoho writer and chose "Publish", (which should allow you to publish what you wrote to your blog) it wouldn't or couldn't make the connection to my blog. Not sure why, maybe I was doing something wrong. Don't know! :-<

#16 & #17 Wikis & Learning 2.0 Sandbox Wiki

Watching the YouTube video explaining how a Wiki works, made it easier to understand what it is.

I went to Wetpaint and had a play around, I typed in scrapbook and found this great Wiki giving reviews from the editors and from the public, tips and hint, how to..., etc... anyone into scrapbooking would probably enjoy this site. It also has video clips to watch. Looks like a great place to share your ideas, thoughts and tips.

Wikis open a whole new experience, not only can you get help, ideas, inspirations from people you know with the same interests but with Wikis you can share with people all around the world.

Now I am entered into the Learning 2.0 Sandbox Wiki where I have spotted familiar names of other colleagues.

#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

It is true, if libraries don't keep up with the times, technology & with patrons' needs they will left behind (become extinct).



Web 2.0 & Library 2.0 - to providing a better and more efficient service to more people.

Like Web 2.0, Library 2.0 our goals is to reach more people. This means keeping up with what people need or want. As information sources are no longer just books libraries need to also adapt. Informing our patrons of library updates, events, programs etc... whether by emails, blogposts, text messages, U-tube, myspace, podcasts etc... any means necessary. Web 2.0 gives us many scopes to reach more people in many different ways.

Like me how many of you would remember when we were young to make a phone call we had to find a public phone (hoping it was working), to keep in touch with family overseas meant writing a letter and waiting anxiously for a reply. Diaries and address books were used. And who new what computer meant? Games were board games, playing cards or physical sports and an electronic game was the old Atari.

#14 Technorati

I Played around with Technorati, like some of my other colleagues I like to bookmark blogs I like for easier viewing rather than going through all the blogs. But I think it is a great way to find blogs of similar interests and bookmark them to my favourites, which I have done by added them to Del.icio.us and added them to bloglines for easier tracking for updates.

#13 Del.icio.us (Tagging)

Never knew that there was anything like Del.icio.us, I always thought that bookmarking a site could 0nly be done on the computer you have bookmarked it to. In the past I have emailed myself the web address to access it from other computers. But how easy it is to do it through Del.icio.us.
And what about tagging? It is great to be able to put as many tags on it that you want, to make it easier to find and for others to share. I noticed too, that when I have added an item to Del.icio.us and somebody else has added it, it shows how many other people have bookmarked this site, and I have been able to go through their bookmarks to see common interests and check out those sites.

Having Fun Playing Around

I was looking at one of my sites I regularly visit and saw a Slide presentation, so I followed the link which led me to www.slide.com (click on the word slide to take you to the site).

There I signed up and created my own slide show, it also allows you to add music but I didn't like the selection they had.
So go check it out and create your own slide show.

#12 Rollyo

I love my movies, so I created a Rollyo with different movie databases. So search up your favourite movies and see what results you get.

Have Fun.

#11 Library Thing

What a great place to look up books. I registered with Library Thing and had a play around. There I decided to create a library of my own books I own to do with scrapbooking, some of the books I own didn't come up in the Add books, so I did a Suggestions search which found them, then I returned to Add books and added them to my library. Those books I owned that didn't have pictures attached to them, I added. I also added tags of scrapbooking to them and some I added paper piecing.

When I added all my books, I created a widget displaying the books.

#10 Image Generators

Where to start, there are so many image generators to chose from.
First I played around with Blythe Doll Makeup Generator, but when I was done I couldn't find a way of saving my creation.

Then I found this site which is a My Little Pony generator, one part was to create your own pony, selecting pony colour, hair & eye colour, type of pony, female or male and adult or child, this is what I created.













Another part of this program was to create a father pony and a mother pony, then when you press create it generates a child. This was the result.


And then I stumbled across this image generator, I think that everyone who had a go at completing the Public Libraries-Learning 2.0 should get one.

Diploma-generator

#9 New Feeds

Never noticed them before...
But a lot of places I visit, surfing the net, have RSS feeds. Never new what they were before, but I am understanding them a little more now. And when I find a site I like I check for feeds and add it to my Bloglines.

Through Bloglines I have included a Sub with Bloglines shortcut on my toolbar (I use Mozilla Firefox), What this does is, if I am in a site I like I just click on the Sub with Bloglines button and it checks for feeds for easy & quick addition to my feed list.

The link can be downloaded by going to your Bloglines account, opening the playlists tab, scroll down to subscribe to it an click on Browser toolbars, Then select Sub with Bloglines that suit your internet browser.