Monday, October 22, 2007
Library Things
Well I must say I think this is a great tool for finding other books and authors on genres, subjects and styles you enjoy. I have always had trouble in finding similar books and the suggestions and recommendations on Library Thing are a god send!
The book descriptions are also a great idea when making a decision as to whether or not a certain book is appealing to you.
Well the list of authors whose books I enjoy reading will no longer be limited now that I have found this site. I can't wait to borrow some of the suggested titles from my local library and see if they are indeed similar to those books I've enjoyed reading in the past.
The book descriptions are also a great idea when making a decision as to whether or not a certain book is appealing to you.
Well the list of authors whose books I enjoy reading will no longer be limited now that I have found this site. I can't wait to borrow some of the suggested titles from my local library and see if they are indeed similar to those books I've enjoyed reading in the past.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
Finding Feeds
I can see how these sights would be useful for finding blogs, podcasts, news etc. on a variety of subjects but some of the information is quite outdated. Who manages this? Do you have to wade through hundreds of pages to find a relevant up to date article?
I also found that the searching techniques were not outlined on many and on some not working.
With feedster, although taking you to RSS feed sights I found to be quite difficult to locate any useful information.
Syndic8.com directory was easy to use, had some quite good articles but once more, many out of date.
Technorati - my first attempt of searching "Library design" brought me to a feed entitled "So I'm thinking about starting a porn blog" - interesting!!!! Maybe not!!
Google's Blog Search tool was the most useful I thought. Easy to use and yielded the most up to date, topic specific finds.
Extra places to search, no extra time!!!
I also found that the searching techniques were not outlined on many and on some not working.
With feedster, although taking you to RSS feed sights I found to be quite difficult to locate any useful information.
Syndic8.com directory was easy to use, had some quite good articles but once more, many out of date.
Technorati - my first attempt of searching "Library design" brought me to a feed entitled "So I'm thinking about starting a porn blog" - interesting!!!! Maybe not!!
Google's Blog Search tool was the most useful I thought. Easy to use and yielded the most up to date, topic specific finds.
Extra places to search, no extra time!!!
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