Week 9 Things 20, 21, 22 &23

Here I am - all finished. Older & wiser than when I started and definitely more intrigued. (I was tempted to say puzzled-but remembered New Years resolution: refrain from temptation.)

Youtube (not to be confused with Lancome Juicy Tubes): doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid. Maybe if I was a few decades younger I'd get a kick out of all this, but I'm too much of an old cynic now- however, as I was describing the wonders of Learning 2.0 to my even older husband: 'Take yourself back 30/40 years ago when you were a kid & you had something to say to the world- What options did you have to be heard or seen? How did you share your thoughts with strangers? How did you find like-minded souls in the wilderness?' That, to me, is the beauty of Youtube & podcasts etal. Having said all that deep & meaningful stuff I need to point out I had a lot of fun re-visiting The Monkees singing "Pleasant Valley Sunday" & puzzled over a Japanese weather forecast circa 1970- why oh why??? Answer: it is because it is.

Ebooks: wow! That is so worthwhile. Music on my mp3 player is fun, but a lot of times I can take it or leave it. Most times I like to listen to my mp3 when I am suffering insomnia. A bed time story is even more appealing. Briar Rose & Rumpelstiltskin were a nostalgic journey- particularly having them read aloud to me. Last time I had a story read to me I would have been knee high to a grasshopper (fullforward to yesterday when I accidentally ripped the leg off a grasshopper trying to remove it from my favourite rosebush. Ouch- that is a bad karma event I will have to repay!) The quality was excellent and I really do look forward to downloading full version books to assist me in my multi-tasking-read-a-lot-of-books-and-anything-I-can-lay-my-hands-on lifestyle. How wonderful for so many people & a myriad of different lifestyles.

One of the the hardest thing for me to understand fully & utilise best was week 4 RSS & newsfeeds. I plan to revisit this area & learn what I missed the first time round. The actual blogging is another grey area- inserting links, widgets & the elusive Zoho Writer & not to mention all those lost drafts (don't bother coming back now- I've moved on)...I must & will conquer. Audio books & Library thing I love, Del.ici.ous & Tagging seems so simple I think I missed something - like I definitely did with Rollyo- the whole searchtool thing is a little hard for me to get my head around. Wiki & Youtube are rather lost causes for me, but Flickr & Picasa are here to stay as is Blogging (I have found my true vocation- there will be more blogging!) ADVICE: stick to the one short & simple password & username through all the different sites & programs- I got very confused there for a while!


I guess that sums up for me what Learning 2.0 is all about. It's ALL there. The only questions that matter are WHERE & HOW.

I'd like to thank all concerned for the opportunity to participate in this exciting learning project- I wouldn't have missed it for anything. Not only have I learnt about the web etc etc I have also learnt about myself- I AM tenacious, I AM capable of learning new tricks, I AM still able to be surprised & thrilled to discover new things & I AM obsessive & I AM a ranter & raver & I AM borderline mad & maybe I should not be let loose in public, but I AM having a ball.

What we all need to do is to keep learning, searching & investigating. Open our minds, switch on our pcs & join the world waiting out there. Now that this chapter is over & the real journey is just beginning I aim to go back to the beginning and refine & define all I have learnt. Thanks & hope to see you all out there!

Week 8 Things 18 & 19

Have just come back from trip around the world- oops, I mean cyberspace. Tried to send you a few lines via Zoho Writer but unfortunately could not find a way to post to this blog. That's another project for the 'Later-On' basket. Although I had no immediate success (posting-wise) I can see how web based programs like this will enable all of us to be more zen and travel lightly. Why would the average pc user ever need to buy a word processing etc program?

Seeing you did not receive my postcard from Zoho let me fill you in on my latest movements... On the web's award list I have been checking out the on line classifieds (Courtesy of Craig's List http://sfbay.craigslist.org/) & unfortunately due to the fact that I am currently tied to my non-travel-friendly pc I will miss out on the free stuff located in Boronia consisting of bags of cds, candle holders & mats. There is still an opportunity to obtain a free acne book (oh to be young again), I could pay for online Russian language lessons (don't know about the likelihood of needing those in the near future). Closer to home I have a chance of joining a carpool from Melbourne to QLD & if I get in soon I'll have a say on the route. Best of all, after perusing the classifieds I stuck my nose into a forum on Haiku. My favourite was on the pondering of expanding jeans after an 'all-u-can-eat-cruise'. I could relate to that- without the cruise bit.
Trouble is without that laptop prize I don't fancy my chances of gettin out there at all! But that's the whole idea isn't it? There is NO need to get 'out there' when I can sit at my desk & travel the world in my pyjamas & get home in time for breakfast. I see I am in a win/win situation here!!!
Ciao.