Wikis

I'm investigating some Wikis at the moment as I'm very interested in ceramics, photography and glass art.

I've been having a look at the Mint Museums North Carolina, it looks absolutely fascinating so far. I really liked the way the images of items from the exhibition were displayed alongside a 'press release', the images could be viewed quite closely and it was so easy to move to the next item by moving the cursor over the next thumbnail image.

THE SJCPL Subject Guides, were very easy to navigate through, there were key topics listed eg Government and Education and there weren't too many to wade through, I liked the way everyday langauge was used.

Book Lovers Wiki at the Princeton Public Library, I liked the way people were submitting reviews of the books they read and how the reviews were archived and the books were divided by 'genre' so people could clue in to a book they might like to read. It's such a pity it ran out of steam.

Wikis might well benefit from being able to utilise some of the microsoft applications or being able to incorporate some photo editing software. It's difficult to learn and watch wikis and other web applications etc when you have no audio available on your pc.

It's amazing how often I visit Wikipedia during the course of my day it's so handy as I often check it for authorities and verify if an author wrote a particular work and biographical details often come up and clue you in about who's who.

These turorials really increase your skill levels and reduce the 'fraidy cat' effect technology has when we're unfamiliar with so much. When you didn't grow up using PCs and learn on the job you are often unaware of how much useful stuff is out there.

Flickring

Well task two is Flickring, all going well we'lll start feeling less nervous and with the assistance of our advanced users we should motor our way through,

I chose to view some photos of Marysville (Vic.), as I have visited this place a number of times. The image is of the road up the Black Spur. It was so beautiful. The trees seem to tower on either side of us and they feel so impressive, it all seems to be a very different world, you are always so conscious of the trees.

I remember being amazed at the speed motorcyclists took riding up and down. The road was no picnic to drive with some quite dangerous spots, and it was amazing to see the risks they took, as they also do on the Mt Glorious and Mt Nebo roads here in Queensland.

I'm so sad to think of the state of the area due to the recent fires. Who knows what I'll see the next time we visit.