AtticusM on del.icio.us!

Well I may be running a little behind the rest of the pack (long time no blog!), but I've set up my del.icio.us account. I've had to use the name "AtticusM" because "Atticus Mockingbird" was already taken - which I'm surprised at, it's not as if it's a very common name!

It was very easy setting up the account. I love the way that I can share with everyone some of the really great websites and blogs out there!

For instance, I've been subscribing to LibraryBytes (Helene Blower's site) for a while now and often get some really useful links. And today I saw that there's a 'free use' Flickr group where all photos submitted to the group are completely copyright free! That's right - you are encouraged to use these photos for displays, signs, web pages- ANYTHING! And it was set up by librarians primarily for libraries! So I encourage you all to join this group and add your photos from Flickr to it, so that we can all USE the pics, not just VIEW them!

I was initially concerned about security and privacy. It is a bit 'big brother' that everyone can see what pages you like and visit. However, I figured that if you don't want people knowing what you're visiting, don't post them to del.icio.us!

I was inspired by the Sutherland Libraries Tag Cloud. It was great to see some family history and local studies sites recommended, as well as readers advisory. Many (if not all) public libraries in NSW have web pages with a separate 'links' or 'electronic resources' page arranged by subject headings, so why not have Tag Clouds that the current generation of library users are so familiar with!

An animation dissin' web 2.0 by using web 2.0

I'm sure we have all come across colleagues, family and friends who really don't like web 2.0 and don't understand why we want to know more about it. I had a family member who sent me this link via email.

American Comedy Network : My Space

Its an animation of 'Frank Sinatra' and his feelings about one web 2.0 phenomenon in particular. What I found amusing is that the animation was obviously done on a computer, and then broadcast to the world via the web using web 2.0 practices - good to see that people still fully partake in irony!