Library Task 4

I was surprised to find Halton Library, Runcorn, UK when looking for BPL in Twitter. having lived near there for years I didn't know of any connection between Runcorn and Halton.
Clearly, Twitter is a neat route to connect and stay connected to lots of current events and folks in and out of the news. A recent news report suggests that not all info on Twitter is accurate, which creates a concern that actions may be taken by individuals based on unreliable, or downright mischevous information.
Yes, I do have concerns about privacy issues associated with social networking, but the I have concerns about how much is known about us by a wide variety of organisations and agencies. How does one investigate that?
No doubt there will be events that I will follow on Twitter after this course.
Looking at Option 2 for this assignment, do those who elected Option 1 really pass Go and collect $200? If so perhaps a gift to Library Lady in respect of impending nuptials would be in order. After all, we should show some appreciation for the time and effort preparing this course and looking after us all.

Task #3

The sites I chose are Briggs & Stratton, because I have recently looked for parts for an ancient hover mower with a B & S engine, and Vacations To Go because discount holidays are of interest. The tags I added were "Flymo" for B & S, and "discount holiday" (I think) for V-t-g.

Diigo seems to me to be a complex piec of software designed for thos who access many websites frequently. Since I access only a few sites with any frequency I can keep track of them easily in Favourites so I don't expect to need Diigo. However, things change and now that I understand a bit about how Diigo works, if/when the need arises I can use my new-found knowledge!

Second BPL assignment

Anyone with a British background from the 50's may remember these guys, Anyone else with a similar snse of humour may get a charge out of this "song".
http://youtu.be/rmR4FE8kWrA

Yes, YouTube is a window into a whole world of different. It can also be a great time-waster as one wanders from topic to topic. With discipline it can also be used to find out how to fix things - I have used it for that several times and found it to be a time-saver as well.

The popularity of streaming may be due to several factors, but probably the biggest is simply entertainment value. Communication may be second.

For sure I will continue to use YouTube, but as carefully as I can so as not to take too much time from other good stuff happening.

Blog 101

Have signed up with the Burlington (ON) library to learn about social media. It's about time to catch up with the 21st century and eventually become part of the social media scene. Over the next 8 weeks or so I have to complete several tasks which will become part of the course record, so stay tuned.

Right now my knowledge on Web 2.0 is sketchy, as my grandson might say, but with a bit of luck and some careful re-education that will change.