Wiki Kwiki

Wikis. I think they are a really great, democratic tool for organizing and deseminating information. Power to the people!
It seems that there is a critical mass of information. Otherwise, it really isn't doing much. Why not have a blog? I think the Library Success Wiki is and excellent example of one that is ...successful.
The thing that I don't like about wikis is that most of them look the same. They are very stark, white and uninviting. The BookLoversWiki is an exception. I like it! I just wish there were more books on it - that critical mass thing I was talking about earlier.

Tagging thing #17

I keep getting interupted while working on this one. And I just don't feel a stick-to-it-ness about this thing. Tagging I think is great. People should be able to organize information in ways that make sense to them. Duh. But then there are also people who will tag everything so that they fit into certain categories, like me. My cell groups: family, friends, work, other. That's all I need to keep myself organized, especially since I know what information I have entered. My LibraryThing tags: children's, teen, romance, fairytale. The group of everything else is small enough for me to manage.
The problem with tags is that most people probably don't do it with other people in mind. Look under "interesting" in del.icio.us and you'll find lots of crap that isn't interesting at all. This is why I don't think that tags or folksonomy should be the only way of organizing information that is meant to be accessible to everyone, like a library catalog. It might be a nice way to supplement a catalog with more user-friendly language, but it shouldn't be the only organizational system. LC still rocks!

mine are delicious

I like del.icio.us as a way of keeping track of my favorite websites and organizing them a little. It was particularly useful when I was going to school, because I could just save all the pages I was looking at. I guess I don't really care about the social aspect of bookmarking. But there are a few others that I linked to because I thought their websites are good. Mostly, I look at other people's bookmarks and then take them as my own. Ha-ha-ha (evil laughter).

My Rollyo

My search engine is called fun in Seattle. The idea is that I can look for tours, shows, events, dining and other fun stuff for my vacation. Yay. Of course, I used Google to find the websites to add to my search engine.

I think it works well. But one problem is that some of the sites feature travel in other places too. So my "winery tour" search found tours in other areas as well as Seattle.

I'm planning to have dinner at the top of the space needle.

Rollyo

I haven't started yet, but I wish I would have know about this tool when I was planning my wedding. I used del.ico.us instead.

Library Things

So I don't really get the point of cataloging the books that I own. I seriously only own about 10 books. I work at a library, can check out any book that I need on any day of the week AND they are already cataloged!

But what I DO like is that I can keep a list of the books that I've read recently. That way I don't have to remember. And I can go back to the list if I want to recommend something or read more of an author. Plus it is fun to see all the covers.

Another Thing about Image Generators

Okay, it was really fun! The generator blog had some really neat things. You could generate images, jokes, poetry--all sorts of things. The problem that I had with most of them is that I could print off the image/joke/poetry/whatever, but couldn't save or copy. So I have nothing to show for all of my hard, hard work. It's a crying shame.