Showing posts with label RSS feeds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RSS feeds. Show all posts
Monday, 15 March 2010
Week 6 - the Audio-Visual Week part 1
As you can see, I am now very behind on the 23 Things challenge - it's been a busy few weeks! Anyhoo, it's now vacation time so life at the RSL will hopefully be a bit more sedate for the next few weeks, therefore I'm going to make a concerted effort to catch up. First port of call, podcasts! I'm a big fan of podcasts, especially those from (sadly soon to be defunct) BBC 6Music. I used to regularly listen to the Adam & Joe show, genius! But in the spirit of the 23 Things menality I have explored further afield. I subscribed to the Huw Stephens podcast (BBC Radio 1) through Google Reader, and then turned my attention to Podcast.com - what an Aladdin's cave of marvels! I signed up to Living Planet: Environment Matters, and then delved into the music podcasts. Listened to a few, and subscribed to Spacemusic, great for underground electronica. All in all, a very productive Thing methinks! I will certainly be using Podcast.com again, thank you 23 Things for bringing it to my attention!
Friday, 5 February 2010
Week 3 - Overfed!
So this week I've been playing with RSS feeds, and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information there is everywhere! I can see that there's a fine line between tools that are useful and those that are beautful timewasters... Still, I feel that I've acheived a harmonious balance with my current Google Reader set up - voila!
I'm following a handpicked selection of my fellow library bloggers, and props to Liz for spreading the word about New York Public Library's foray into Web 2.0, very interesting indeed, I'll definitely put aside some time to have a good ol' nose around their blogs.
Possibly even more exciting than seeing what everyone else has been up to is being able to subscribe to various feeds and have them stream in one place. I'm hoping that this will save a bit of time, as I've chosen to subscribe to some of my favourite places on the web - The Guardian, the Internet Movie Database (brilliant for those frustrating "I really recognise him, what else has he been in?" moments), news from the RSL, the University, and the local area, as well as, of course, the 23 Things blog itself! I'm loving the Google Reader homepage with it's "What's new" feature - easy to navigate and you can scroll down your new items which are handily broken up into sizzling snippets of juicy info!
I'm following a handpicked selection of my fellow library bloggers, and props to Liz for spreading the word about New York Public Library's foray into Web 2.0, very interesting indeed, I'll definitely put aside some time to have a good ol' nose around their blogs.
Possibly even more exciting than seeing what everyone else has been up to is being able to subscribe to various feeds and have them stream in one place. I'm hoping that this will save a bit of time, as I've chosen to subscribe to some of my favourite places on the web - The Guardian, the Internet Movie Database (brilliant for those frustrating "I really recognise him, what else has he been in?" moments), news from the RSL, the University, and the local area, as well as, of course, the 23 Things blog itself! I'm loving the Google Reader homepage with it's "What's new" feature - easy to navigate and you can scroll down your new items which are handily broken up into sizzling snippets of juicy info!
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