Monday, March 29, 2010

How comfortable am I using Best Websites?

Bucketloads more comfortable!! Though not because of this practice, but very recently some lovely fellow staff members showed me how it all works. I had no idea how to use Delicious before then, and had been avoiding it, but I can see now how it is set-up. I'm not sure if it is the best way to arrange a directory (as I think that is what our aim is, really), but for ease of creation, use, and maintenance, I can see its advantages.

All that aside, however, I'm still not sold that it's the best technology for listing our children's sites. There's a little too much going on, it's not exactly kid-friendly, and it's quite ugly to look at!

As far as tips go, I don't have much experience yet using them, but I did find the help tool at the top of the page that tells you how tags and bundles work!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Which aspect of Web 2.0 am I the most scared of?

Easy.



Twitter.



Why? I'll give you three reasons:



1) Personally, I think the whole premise is ridiculous. And I'm afraid of signing up for something I hate.

2) That I won't be able to figure out how to use it, and will discover that the "tweeters" that I have been secretly snickering at will have a reason to snicker right back.

3) I will end up loving it. This is what happened with my experiences on facebook, afterall. I resisted for months, saying I thought it was dumb. And then I tried it, just to see what it was like. And then I got hooked.