Tuesday, March 18, 2008

week 4 - RSS

I have found this week's tasks to be relatively easy - that was until I tried to attach a subscription to my blog. However, persistance has paid off and I do have a feed showing on this blog.

I really enjoy the Commoncraft demonstrations, it all seems so straight forward, clearcut and amusing. Loved the New Scientist site, it has always been a favourite of mine but was unable to attach as a feed, I thought it may have some copyright restrictions as no matter how hard I tried to attach it - it just didn't want to do it. However, 'Word of the Day', won the day along with the Womens Weekly recipies search.

AWW - Recipe Search and
ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I have learnt a lot from taking part in this initiative, not only about the technique of blogging but also how much amazing information, pictures, ideas and just plain stuff that's available out there. Which is quite amazing in itself as I use the internet for work and research but have never just checked it out, so to speak.

As for RSS in the workplace, I have no doubt it will be a very useful tool and will be incorporated into the library's blog advertising upcoming events, such as writer's talk or children's story time activities. I'm not really sure what would work best but I sure someone will.

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