Friday, February 26, 2010

Methods 3 & 4 Feeding in the clouds

Method 3: Cloud Computing, continued.
I actually tried computing in the clouds last summer. I posted a bio of my Dad and invited a niece and nephew and my two older brothers to contribute some information to it. The niece was really excited about it, my older brothers and nephew seemed to regard it with suspicion. I myself am insecure about security of personal information posted to the cloud. I want to know more about security, but will begin exploring ways I can use it.

Method 4: RSS
I find this really useful. I experimented with some general news feeds and decided to delete them. For particular researching, RSS is great. I like Ellie Collier in the Library with the lead pipe at http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/feed
She deals with several interesting topics and I like her questioning, open attitude.
Learning to Dance the Web 2.0 at http://learningtodancetheweb20.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default is another interesting blog about learning the two-step. I appreciate her comments as she progresses through the same Dance I'm trying to learn.
I 'm following Twitter/planolibrary http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/6319192.rss to see how Plano Library uses Twitter, seeing if I can find ways for Van Alstyne library to use it also.
The Spoon Cafe Journal at http://www.spooncafejournal.org/feeds/posts/default is a blog I found by accident. It is a writer's group that used to be a listserv I was part of eight years ago. It was exciting to find it had been resurrected in new technology and that I know some of the writers posting to it. I already have a new poem to submit.
I also found it useful to subscribe to a diabetes diet feed and an arthritis help feed since those are two health problems I have.
I expect I will use RSS feeds on a daily basis.

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