#17 Week 7 Social Net working

I Looked at Auckland Library Bebo site and watched the virtual pet and dress the dolls and other info and also looked at My Space I did not create an accoun t on Face Book - I do my own social net working in a small way in The Find a Friend Site to find old school friends and old work mates - I am not interested in publishing my thoughts or interests to strangers and have a distrust of some of these Net working sites as can you be recognised or your family and what may the repercussions be - I would certainly not be publishing photos of my family or grandchildren as was suggested by a staff member.
I also looked at the Bebo site on Google - and felt again how sad that kids have one of those pets to sit and watch on a computer as when I was a kid growing up I had the real things outside in the fresh air with acres of land to run around on - my own pony, lamb, calf, dog and 50 cows to keep me happy in the need for an animal friend.

Away from Icebergs

I think the future of libraries is going to change so much in the future with technology - are there going to be ANY books as we know them now for people to borrow - is everybody going to have to run their whole life around a computer? - what will actually happen to people who now are asking that they like to just sit and read a book and do not own a computer or are not interested in having one. Will the future by so impersonal that everything will be done on line and from ones home and there will not be the human contact that a lot of people that visit the library now are looking for when they come into BORROW a book and have a chat to the staff.

Technorati

I followed the instructions and found them very confusing to get into where all this information is stored and gathered up from all different sources.
I think it is just as easy to go to one site like the NZ Herald of TV One news site and get the information I am looking for - too much info is just confusing and muddles the issues.

Tagging and discover Del.icio.us

I found this incredibly time wasting and I would not have enough different sites in my life ( which makes my life very boring I know ) but I seem to have managed to run my affairs and keep my finances together for the 67 years of my life and I truly believe in the saying KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid.;

Adding an entry to the 2.0 Sandbox wiki

I have entered my shows into favourites and added to my wiki.
I found it easy to type this into the document and I guess if some one is really interested in what I watch on tv there it is.

Anything technology related

I went right around the world last year on my big OE and carried my dinosaur camera where I wind the film on and I got the most amazing photos and memories of my trip and they are all in my album named and ready to be looked at any time I want - not on a memory stick somehwere in a drawer waiting to be developed.
I do however enjoy being able to book my own air fares on line and check on things that interest me in the world and in the news.