Thing #16 - Technorati & Blog Tagging

I did not know a site like this existed. Blogging today has grown so much. I know of a few people who actually get paid to blog. There were a lot of results when I searched 'Learning 2.0' under posts. It looked for the instance of either of those words in the blogsphere. When searching blogs, I only found one blog with that in the title. I did not see a spot to search tags. When I clicked on the tags, it just gave me an alphabetical list of the last months most popular tags. Fun site!

Thing #15 - Tagging

Del.icio.us is an interesting site. I've never really played around there much before, nor have I 'tagged' much on the internet. I can see how this would be good for research. Not only can you comment back and forth with people on a topic, but you can see what others post in relation to the subject. I saw many sites having to do with the current state in Egypt and how they shut off the internet.

Thing #14 - Best of Web 2.0

I am choosing to write about Google Maps, which won first place for the 'maps' category. I have used this site multiple times personally and also in the library for patrons. The site is very user friendly and I have helped patrons find numerous businesses. Patrons know that the library is a place where they can go for information, including help with directions.

Thing #13 - Online Productivity

I think that Zoho Writer is very useful. I am familiar with Google Docs and find this very similar. It is nice to be able to write, edit and share documents online, no matter what OS you are running. My husband's web clients use Google Docs quite regularly to share information.

Thing #12 - Customized search engines

Here is my Rollyo search:

I decided to do one for kid's games since I have a child who frequents these sites! I can see the potential use of this page. Being able to limit searches is great... also, being able to search inside multiple sites through one search is a time saver!

Thing#11 - Library Thing

I chose to sign up for Library Thing for this exercise. On first glance, the page is a little overwhelming. I'm sure once I got into it, I would get use to it. I also looked at Goodreads (but didn't sign up) and I actually like the layout of it better. It seemed easier to understand and a lot of info was right on the homepage.