I have recently completed a fabulous course on Web 2.0 technologies. The hands-on workshops and the online information were particularly helpful. I have had the most fun blogging although I’m quite shy about leaving comments on other participants’ blogs and I still seem to get lost on my own dashboard!
Gmail is great – I just have to remember to check an extra mailbox now. Library Thing was a real treat. Finding other people with similar tastes in books has lead to a vast new reading list for me. Wikis have a lot of potential for work as does Delicious although I have only recently got into the habit of using Delicious to tag my bookmarks. I have not been comfortable with Social Networking although I admit that without Twitter I may not have found Project Natal – Milo Demo , mentioned in Stephen Fry’s recent tweet, so soon. Short podcasts and vodcasts are an effective way to get across a short piece of information for training or current awareness purposes. I talked about my experience with gaming in my last post. Project Natal technology will no doubt take interactive games and learning to a whole new level.
The other things that I got to work with such as Flickr, image generators, RSS feeds, etc were all very interesting and useful. I realise that I have to keep using them so that I don’t forget how easy they really are to incorporate into my work and my life.
The other great thing about the course was having a knowlegable and helpful presenter. I also had the opportunity to read the wonderful blogs of my fellow participants and benefit from their generous assistance throughout the course.
I hope you keep blogging, I really enjoy reading about your travel adventures and scrapbooking too of course!