Bloglines Exercise

I really like Bloglines! And it is great to be able to have PubMed RSS feeds about topics (as well as Dilbert cartoons). Seems to me that this technology will easily replace set searches that have to be set up repeatedly in individual databases.

Flickr

I am skipping uploading my own photos, but I look forward to our upcoming online exhibits which will be mounted on Flickr.

Sphere and Blog.Ask

these two blog search engines gave me the best results. I actually learned about gaming in the Undergrad Library at the U of Illinois and the feds trying to get Amazon.com's customer list . Two interesting and relevant posts. I prefer the blogs that are more than just opinions.

The Blogscope interface is terrible! Although the popularity curve idea is interesting.

I like Technorati in principle, but the search engine is very very broad. How do they determine the "related videos"! I got a PSA on seat belts from the NJ governor as a related hit to "public services in libraries". I guess we need some library administration blogs too - I could not find one.

10 things or so

Folks,

I am very pleased that Public Services will be exploring Web 2.0 tools in depth. I look forward to joining you all on this journey!

Carol Ann