What a great thing for social networking. I loved the results when I searched for "libraries". Some of the library sites were very interesting. iACPL was sexist with a sense of humor when it started out saying librarians were women and men IT workers. QandANJ was a video that would definitely appeal to teenagers interested in the library. The idea of libraries sponsoring video contests is great!
My favorite site was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlzfpwJZuc or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlzfpwJZuc&feature=related. Shows my age as I've always liked Don McLean. This site is not particularly useful to libraries though I can imagine creating a video map of the library using music in the background.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Web based applications
Google docs
Not a lot of choices for fonts or font size. I like the ability to insert pictures. Table works well.§ - I like the ease of inserting special characters. It's easier than in Office. Header not as easy to use. Lacks options. You have to know what you're doing. Printing works well.
ThinkFree has to many extraneous pages. Still in Beta. Server not found for WriteBoard. Zoho looks to be similar to Google and I'm used to Google. gOffice works only on iPod.
I like Google docs but I suspect it's because I already have a Gmail account and have used Google for years. The web-based application is very easy to use but limited. It would work well for anyone who did not need heavy duty software and the price is certainly right.
Not a lot of choices for fonts or font size. I like the ability to insert pictures. Table works well.§ - I like the ease of inserting special characters. It's easier than in Office. Header not as easy to use. Lacks options. You have to know what you're doing. Printing works well.
ThinkFree has to many extraneous pages. Still in Beta. Server not found for WriteBoard. Zoho looks to be similar to Google and I'm used to Google. gOffice works only on iPod.
I like Google docs but I suspect it's because I already have a Gmail account and have used Google for years. The web-based application is very easy to use but limited. It would work well for anyone who did not need heavy duty software and the price is certainly right.
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