Friday, May 15, 2009

Discovery/Dessert

This was an enjoyable exercise. It allowed us overviews of some new technologies and applications. I would participate in any additional training like this. Many thanks for your hard work!

Podcasts

I found this most disinteresting.

YouTube

A great tool..see clips of classic movies or shows, this will bring a tear.......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPlkOyaqaQ

Flickr Ferrari

take a look at this, I have driven two of these stunning cars, one black and the other red. It's named after Enzo Ferrari's son Dino, who died in a racing accident.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunsetclassics/2816148974/

sandbox

I've been here!

art's sandbox

I've been here

Bull Run Library WIKI

An interesting tool for this library. Not only did it have a listing of events, but several interesting links. I went byond libraries in Wikipedia and searched for Atlantic Records. I found interesting info, some of which needs to be modified. Fun!

WEB 2.0 Awards

Fantastic! I tried Pandora radio, searched on Dick Dale (legendary surf guitar), and it retrieved him and any others in that genre. I'm sold!! This would be a great research tool, if you were looking for baroque music, it would pull all music related to it.

Zoho writer

A simple way to share documents online

Delicious

One of the interesting bookmarks was one for indoor herb gardening. This is an effective research tool.

bloglines RSS

I can see where this would be useful in reading just your areas of special interest. You can pinpoint your areas of interest. I personally enjoy reading the paper and seeing everything, but for those who want to target their reading, this exercise was helpful. I still enjoy the turning of the page and the ink on my fingers.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Life long learning

Learning is a life long process. It took me almost 23 years to acheive my first degree. After that, training by my employers by on line courses and computer based training has followed. You stop learning, you stop living.