Week 6 Encompass culture

I have signed up to this website and will be interested to see what emails I receive.
I have signed up to a few of the genre lists (World fiction, crime) and think it will be similiar to "nextreads" but with a global list not that the library doesn't hav e a wide variety of material but will be good to see what is avaialble in the UK.

I did a search on adventurous fiction and there was a huge list from diffrent years. I am assuming when you subscribe you get the most recent fiction published inthat genre so will check when I receive the email.

Customers would enjoy this as often when you go into the mainstream book shops you see the popular fiction (chicklit, crime etc) so will provide more of the first time novelists and perhaps more obscure writers. Borders has a good selection and often has more in the less popular genres and that includes non fiction.

It would be good to compare the emails with the Goodreads emails and see if they are heavily slanted to their respective countries.

It is another option for our customers to receive an email when they are relaxed at their computer and would like to read.

I would like some comparitive authors e.g. if you like .... you might like ..... I like Amazon for this - I don't buy but do look at the website sometimes.

slideshare

Wow, don't think we can get away with the boring powerpoint presentations after seeing this website. Great site, really raises the bar but also challenging if you don't have the skills to use it to enhance your presentation.
I looked a the library sites and very professional, tried a few key words and watched a few presentations library and web2.0. I also liked how it was similar to youtube as there were more suggestions at the end to view.

I think all the customers under 25 would quite easily be able to use this site but the older generation who are use to showing graphs and cahrts would find it a real eye opener. There is so much out there to learn, where do you find the time to do all of this?

Tastespotting

Nice website to drool over, did a couple of searches - tamarillo, kiwifruit, pavlova, found a recipe on tamarillo chutney. I wouldn't use this website, if I needed a recipe I would search google. I could see this as a popular palce for good cooks who spend alot of time in the kitchen but not for me. I have cook books I don't use as getting too lazy and want something quick and easy. I also think the less people you have to cook for the more you tend to make the same things - different if you have a family or regularly entertain. But I did like the photos, very appetising.

Feed my inbox week 3

This is a good site to subscribe to a number of feeds which is managed by this site, just register and then choose sites to feed into your email.
Good for busy people who want to keep up with information an don't have time to hunt around for a website each time so can have it come to them in their email.

Picapp week 2

I am running behind in my web2.0 lessons. Explored this website and it's great for all users staff and customers as there the images are free to use so no concerns about the leagality of using an image. I looked up the Christchurch earthquake to see if there would be images and there are including the historic church at Hororata which the PM has promised to rebuild. This would be a useful site for youths needing an image for their homework, for customers needing an image for a presentatin, has a whole lot of uses perhaps greeting cards etc.

Web 2.0 round 2 lesson 1 "Box"

Is this anything we woud use for work purposes?
Yes, just thinking of recent training documents that a few of us have been working on together. They are on the ndrive so we can all access them but when they go out to the whole staff it would be good for staff to access "Box"
Would you use it personally?
At the moment I ahve the n and hdrive and do carry things around on my USB. I could see it being very useful if I had forgotten to take my USB with me
How easy is it to use?
Very easy, I thought it was similar to eLGARNET - is this the same concept? Easy to upload files and add a comments
What worked for you?
Simple to use
What didn't?
Not sure if I am ready to share my documents but I do like the way you can add people, they don't pester you.
What surprised you?
Easy to use
Would customers find this site useful?
This would be great for customers as many of them forget to take their USB out of the pc and it contains valuable and vulnerable info about them so if they could access virtual storage that would help them particular customers without a home or work pc to use.
Would you promote this to customers?
Yes, due to the amount of USBs that get left behind or are taken by others. You can alos control who has access so it can be only you or you can choose who can access the other files
I also think it's easy to bring the document up to edit it e.g. a CV and the system say you can edit it without any software
Why/why not?

Comment of Web2.0 part 2

Enjoyed all the lessons some more than others.

Top lessons: Zamzaz useful for work and to help customers.

Good to know about twitter and facebook - need to get more confidence in using Facebook

MP3 - a real change in appreciating music - easy to track down, don't have to go to the shops, don't have to buy the whole album and can get alot for free. Can select music in the comfort of your home. Still a bit reluctant to put my details out into Cyberspace but did rip a song on to the Ipod at work so feel pleased about that.

Loved goodreads, great to have a site where you can talk books and get recommendations.