Web 2.0 Award List

Web 2.0 Awards List was a very interesting site. I went into the geneolgy site to see what was there. As I am into doing my family tree I think this site will be very useful. It had a "My Heritage" site which won 1st place and got 4 and 5 star ratings. I had look around this site and discovered you can form your family tree and put digital photos on it and even make digital photos that look similar to your family. It is really a geneolgy site for managing your digital photos. They give you a tour around the site and a free account so you can get in easily and it was easy to navigate. I can't wait to get on it in my spare time and have a go. There are also alot of other geneolgy sites that would be worth a visit also. There are so many subjects you can go in under also, depending on your interests. This is well worth the visit.

No 23 The Final Frontier

Well who would have believed it. I am finally at the end of this journey. It has at times been utterly frustrating, very time consuming and at times very rewarding. I don't think I am a blogger at heart but have enjoyed seeing other peoples blogs including my granchildrens. It has helped me grow in confidence and explore things I would otherwise never have done. I still have difficulty remembering how to transfer images and find it's a trial and error situation as I have never had tuition in this area. Fortunately I have very understanding work colleague's who have been there for me. I would like to thank everyone of you for your support, help and imput into my being able to work through this programme and the lovely comments you left on my blog. Hang in there if you aren't finished, there is a life away from blogging and light at the end of the tunnel.

This is TrendyGran signing off.

Podcast

Well I did have fun trying to achieve this podcast and transfer it to my bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/blog/TrendyGran. Hopefully it has been successful and you too can have a listen to this podcast. I could't find anything in particular relating to New Zealand at the olympics but that's not to say there isn't anything there.

Video

I checked the video clips and did a few searches. I found that very interesting and played a little bit of one. It would be handy to see what is out there and has a particular programme been put onto video yet or not. I notice it referred you to "youtube" quite a bit of the time which means you could go straight to that site. There seemed to be alot of music clips also, but I'm not sure if I would use that. Maybe if you wanted to sample some type of music before investing in it on CD it would be very handy.

ebooks

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top I had a look at this website, but found you would have to download the book and as it was large book I had chosen I did not do this. I found this a very interesting site though, but don't think I would read books on line unless I was needing to find something in particular for a project. I did notice you could get CD's and DVD's for free on this site which may be of interest in the future. I would still prefer to curl up and read a real book.

Podcasts

http://games.podcast.com/ I had a look at Podcasts but don't think I would use it much. I also had a look at itunes but it's not really my thing either. Very good for people who want to have music playing while doing other things. I notice people of my generation don't like noise when concentrating but my childrens generation can't seem to work without music playing in the background.

Youtube commercial from 1960's.

This is a 1960's commercial which had a doll that my sister had as a child. It is made of a softer plastic than the doll I had. Mine was a pedigree doll called a "Walkie Talkie" which I still have in my possession.

My Google Docs! test

This is a test to see if I can export this to my blog. The set up is very similar to using a spreadsheet on microsoft. I don't know if I would bother to use this as I have my laptop at home and only do work that is applicable to me and not share with others.

Zoho Writer and Google Docs!

I created an account in Zoho Writer but then found it wouldn't let me in. Said there was a problem both on my laptop and work computer. Not to be deterred I had a go in Google Docs. I wrote a small document and will try and export it into my blog. I did think that Zoho writer could be of value to maybe groups that are doing a project together such as writing a club magazine and they can all have imput and edit it before it is published. I noticed on Google Docs that it doesn't have so many fonts etc, not like microsoft word so that may be a bit limiting for some people. All in all very interesting.

7th Week

I had a look at Bebo, My Space and Facebook. This isn't something I would do. I don't go on the net enough at home to keep this up with my friends and am kept pretty busy with my life away from work. I can see the benefits for those who are interested and want to keep up friends who maybe overseas and see photos etc, but feel email is just as good. I wouldn't want my details attached to other peoples social groups either. I had a good look at facebook and discovered there were 11 other people out there with the same name as me, so that was interesting. I understand that if you are on line in Facebook and someone on your friends group comes on at the same time you can communicate with them, which would be very rewarding, especially if they are overseas. The other site I went on to was called http://www.oldfriends.co.nz/ and I really enjoyed that. I went in under the schools I went to and the years I was there and recognised several names and read about the people I knew. Maybe some of you would like to do that also.

New Granchild for TrendyGran

I just received a phone call from my son to announce the arrival of my grandson.

Details are:

Boy
Toby James
Weighed in at 7lb 14ozs
51 cm Long

This brings me to four grandsons and one granddaughter.

I have now added a photo and Toby is about 12 hours old. Isn't he just lovely.

Isn't this so exciting. I just had to tell you all.

Technorati, PLCMC Learning 2.0 and Del.icio.us

I had a browse around each of these web sites and read the comments on them. Found The Technorari one has a lot of different links and gossip which doesn't appeal to me. The PLCMC Learning 2.0 was interesting to read others progress and comments of encouragement. The Del.icio.us website is probably good for those who go on the internet and have favourite sites they visit and can bookmark them. If you are using tags, I don't see the difference to when I'm on a site, like google, like it and put it in my favourites to link to again.

We were very fortunate on our team day at TVNZ to sit in on a rehearsal of the Fair Go programme. After they left to go to make up we had our photo taken in front of the "Wall of Shame" where people won't front up for their companies. A fantastic experience.

The New News Team

We were very lucky and had out Team Day at TVNZ where we learned so much about their operations and libraries. We saw the editing suites, media exchange and watched the 12 o'clock news go to air via the control room. We visited the NVR Library, Research Library and Programme Traffic. All in all it was a very successful day and the team really enjoyed their visit and got so much out of it.

Wikis

I found the Princeton Public Library wiki fantastic. The book lovers wiki with the 5 star reviews was so inspiring. I wanted to read so many of the books that were reviewed.

The SJCPL site was quite plain and uninspiring but easy enough to navigate.

The Library Success site was equally plain but very easy to follow. Loved some of the links they had on their site.

It would be a full time job to keep these updated I would think, as changes are taking place all the time. Very interesting exercise.

Wikis

I had look at Princeton Public Library Wiki and absolutely loved it. The book lovers wiki and 5 star reviews were so inspiring and you found several books you wanted to read. The layout was easy to read and navigate.

PB Wiki

I had a look around this site and posted a favourite in the movie area.http://manukaulearn.pbwiki.com/Favourite-Movies

Technology

I can't believe how far I have come over the last few years. I have purchased a cell phone and learnt how to use it, text, add numbers etc. My other was a Digital Camera I got for my birthday last year. I take photos, put them into my computer, edit them and print them out. I nearly forgot that I have laptop computer that I am doing most of this work on. Besides all the computer programmes I have had to learn I am very proud of myself. I hope everyone else has a positive experience with these tools. I have been having a few problems with some of the Blog Programmes but have hung in there and spent quite a lot of time at home trying to nut them out. Let's hope it gets easier. Many thanks to my colleagues at work when I get really stuck.

TRADING CARD

I had a terrible time trying to transfer the image directly into my blog. This was a library picture and I had trouble trying to transfer it straight from the trading card I had made into the blog. I then saved it into My Pictures File, and then I found I was able to transfer it from My Pictures File into the blog.

Blue-coloured Rose

Blue-coloured Rose
Originally uploaded by casillero

I thought this rose was just magnificent. I hope you all think so too. I love roses and this is one of my favourite colors. I had a bit of trouble with flickr but my lovely co-worker Lucy was able to help me out. Many Thanks.

Rollyo Scrollo

I found this exercise quite difficult. I spent half a day at home trying to do this. I did achieve quite a bit but I had trouble transfering the search tool across to my blog. Lets hope this time it works after much frustration.

Select...ReadingBooksSearch The Web

Library Thing

I really enjoyed surfing on Library Thing. I did get it across but could't see the covers so have changed it to a link to My Library.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/TrendyGran

Hollywood Sign

As I watch a lot of movies with my family I thought this sign would be quite appropriate to put on my blog. I think everyone can relate to this sign and know what it means. I thought I would have a bit of fun with it though and change it's name. Hope you enjoy the play on words.

bloggins

http://www.bloglines.com/public/manukaulearn

Creation of my first blog account

This is TrendyGran and this is the first time I have had anything to do with blogging. I just followed the instuctions on Blogger.Com until I needed help. I also managed to set up a Gmail account. I am most impressed at how easy it was this far, but hope it will be this easy in the future.