I finally got the chance to experiment with wikis. I added content to two of the favorites sites - books and pets. I found adding pictures wasn't hard at all if you have them saved on your computer. Since I'm doing this from my laptop, that was a non-issue. It was especially easy to change the picture size, too. I was expecting to have to use the Microsoft Image Resizer and change it before I uploaded it. It was great to be able to just input a size and fine-tune it as needed.
One thing I did - and had to start all over again! - when I imported my last picture, I had inadvertantly highlighted the entire page, so importing the picture wiped out all the other posts!! YIKES! I immediately canceled and started over. The danger of the wiki is how easily things can be changed. I could swear I checked out the YouTube link that Steve had put in for some very classical music and it turned out to be Anne W's link instead! People could be very mischievous if they desired!
Oh yeah, wiki means quick in Hawaiian. Onto tagging.................
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
My First Blog -- Ever!
Well, I've done it - gone and created a blog! Were it not for LT2, I am sure this wouldn't have happened, but I'm glad I'm doing it now. Not that there will be anyone remotely interested in what I have to say, but at least I've got someplace to say it when I want to! A great place to vent when the voices get to me!
You might be wondering why anyone would name a blog after the lowly navy bean. Well, it isn't! My husband's nickname for me for 26 1/2 years has been Beans, and my older son is a Midshipman first class (i.e. a senior) at the US Naval Academy, so NavyBeans seemed appropriate! (GO Navy!)
Now for the meaty stuff:
I went to the LibraryBytes blog and discovered that there's now a Library 2.1! Boy it's hard to keep up with all this technology! It's a very timely blog entry for me, though, as it lists 6 new websites that can make life easier for me, in the case of a program I will be presenting in 2009 on some of my favorite websites. These might just be some of them! However, in order to see if they are of any use to me, I'll have to visit and evaluate them. Sure - the homework I'm doing for work leads to more homework! Such is life!
If you're interested in checking out these sites, here's a link. As I check them out, I'll report back in new posts, in case you're too busy to check them out yourself!
You might be wondering why anyone would name a blog after the lowly navy bean. Well, it isn't! My husband's nickname for me for 26 1/2 years has been Beans, and my older son is a Midshipman first class (i.e. a senior) at the US Naval Academy, so NavyBeans seemed appropriate! (GO Navy!)
Now for the meaty stuff:
I went to the LibraryBytes blog and discovered that there's now a Library 2.1! Boy it's hard to keep up with all this technology! It's a very timely blog entry for me, though, as it lists 6 new websites that can make life easier for me, in the case of a program I will be presenting in 2009 on some of my favorite websites. These might just be some of them! However, in order to see if they are of any use to me, I'll have to visit and evaluate them. Sure - the homework I'm doing for work leads to more homework! Such is life!
If you're interested in checking out these sites, here's a link. As I check them out, I'll report back in new posts, in case you're too busy to check them out yourself!
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