Personalise Your Homepage

25 November 2009 Sandy Zinn - UWC, Dept. of LIS 1

P e r s o n a lis e P e r s o n a lis e y o u r y o u r

h o m e p a g eh o m e p a g e D o in g s o m e t h in g f o r D o in g s o m e t h in g f o ry o u r s e lfy o u r s e lf

25 November 2009 2Sandy Zinn - UWC, Dept. of LIS

Web2.0 meets Librarian2.0 Web2.0 meets Librarian2.0 after after hourshours

Learn best by doingLearn best by doing Learn best when having funLearn best when having fun Learn more easily with a buddyLearn more easily with a buddy Absorb new learning best in small bytes/bitesAbsorb new learning best in small bytes/bites


W hat you will learn to do today:W hat you will learn to do today:

Personalise your home or start page by:Personalise your home or start page by: Identifying personalised start page websites & Identifying personalised start page websites &

choosing onechoosing one Simple drag and drop methodSimple drag and drop method Using RSSUsing RSS Using widgetsUsing widgets Introduction to a few Web2.0 websitesIntroduction to a few Web2.0 websites


NETVIBES


PAGEFLAKES


Pageflakes traitsPageflakes traits

Sleek & prettySleek & pretty Drag & drop interfaceDrag & drop interface Multiple tabs for categorizing interestsMultiple tabs for categorizing interests Hundreds of widgets (chunks of portable code) Hundreds of widgets (chunks of portable code)

or “flakes” to addor “flakes” to add RSS (webfeeds) reader/ aggregatorRSS (webfeeds) reader/ aggregator Input your city will customise your weather Input your city will customise your weather

widget automatically for Cape Townwidget automatically for Cape Town


TABS


Identifying widgetsIdentifying widgets

Delicious.comLibrary Thing

Slideshare.net

http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://www.iccsafe.org:8888/PublishingImages/rssicon.png&imgrefurl=http://www.iccsafe.org:8888/&usg=__piTi8GYaHSSOwGmCokkJwY9mpxk=&h=300&w=300&sz=13&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=NeLNh5pVVgo1OM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/images?q=rss+feeds&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLG_enZA343&um=1

http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/34292002/slideshare_logo_normal.jpg&imgrefurl=http://twitter.com/neisy4au2/software&usg=__lt5b_MWpnMBuWbl2SDpd_N_qDMY=&h=48&w=48&sz=3&hl=en&start=3&sig2=2tE8O6Sui8AbV5F3p4EKnw&um=1&tbnid=8oXu5sRnGE_BSM:&tbnh=48&tbnw=48&prev=/images?q=slideshare+button&imgsz=i&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLG_enZA343&sa=G&um=1&ei=LcsMS4mvKprQjAet4bRt

http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://casadecampoliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/delicious.jpg&imgrefurl=http://casadecampoliving.com/2009/08/email-print-or-share-this-buttons-what-are-these-for/&usg=__y18odx1gVOQeO80fch_C6JOdkgs=&h=50&w=50&sz=1&hl=en&start=7&sig2=TJcXyr8am8WKyK7LVXhW-g&um=1&tbnid=VCokBeIEhloVcM:&tbnh=50&tbnw=50&prev=/images?q=delicious+button&imgsz=i&imgtbs=z&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLG_enZA343&sa=G&um=1&ei=t8oMS4vuLtPKjAfJ_JGUBA

http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://home.kxan.com/rss/rss_xml.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=3959902&usg=__n6WNUQeirG_qU2YquXjxH0C4sSE=&h=30&w=36&sz=1&hl=en&start=38&um=1&tbnid=DsTbYNjdCg4GdM:&tbnh=30&tbnw=36&prev=/images?q=xml++AND+rss&imgsz=i&imgtbs=z&ndsp=20&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLG_enZA343&sa=N&start=20&um=1

http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f294/cool3315/Backgrounds/librarything-1.png&imgrefurl=http://bookslovejessicamarie.blogspot.com/&usg=__sKDyhADLbd1QPuXJoOuHvzg9X-4=&h=48&w=48&sz=3&hl=en&start=6&sig2=RDS6Z1Pvi2czmgVQU7s34w&um=1&tbnid=9pjCX0bK23qodM:&tbnh=48&tbnw=48&prev=/images?q=librarything+button&imgsz=i&imgtbs=z&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLG_enZA343&sa=G&um=1&ei=JswMS8D0HI_NjAf9uPCOBA


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