iGoogle - is it the end of the Universe as we know it

I set up my iGoogle account during our very first 23 Things session.

I set up links for Wikipedia, You Tube, Amazon, the weather and a lot of other nifty stuff.

I find it far preferable to My Space or Facebook (yawn).

But of course, one day Google will stop existing and then what will I do?????

Answers on the back of an email please.

Anyways
Prof M

Google Books & Scholar

I had a look at Google Books - I looked up a few books and managed to find the full-text for Pride and Prejudice. Good old Jane Austen - alive and well in the public domain.

If only I could download the full PDf to my iPhone (yes, it's all about my iPhone!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I also had a look at Google Scholar, which I had previously done some work on setting up the VU Library profile.

Oh dear, Im rather afraid that might give away who I am...

Prof M.

Why the Professor LOVES Google Maps but HATES Google Docs

I love Google Maps.

I've been using it for years. It was a nifty tool that helped me get about in life.

Then I got an iPhone and Google Maps became essential. As a cyclist, I loved having Google Maps at my fingertips and as a result, there is barely a day that goes by when I don't use it.

Long live Google Maps!

I hate Google Docs.

I just used it for the first time today and I got all excited about it's networking possibilities. And I thought, I've got the perfect real-world project to use it for. Then I tried to upload my life. You know what - it didn't upload. The reason. It's TOO big. Why are the file sise limitations so bloody scungy? Any real project is going to be a lot bigger than 500KB.

So I went back to dreary old not real-world uploading. Ho hum.

Death to Google Docs.

Prof M.

Facebook Apps - Boredom personified

As if I wasn't wasting enough time on my PC, now Facebook has boring little apps to brighten up their page.

Whoopdy do!

I have looked at Library profiles on MySpace (mostly amateurish garbage) and set up a Facebook profile, invited a few friends and supposedly set up an app or two.

My life is now complete. I can die a happy person without a care in the world.

You may detect sarcasm throughout this post (please feel free to ignore it).

Sigh

Prof M

RSS II: The Wrath of the Subscriptions

I've just had a look at Dig and added it to my feeds.

I've also used Technorati to look up some library sites and added in the British Museum Library and the Library Mistress (they had a nice pic of the librarian in Star Trek: Insurrection). :)

RSS Feeds

I've been using RSS for a while now - I have quite a few of them set up in my Internet Explorer Feeds section.

I have just set up a Google Reader and added in a few of my favourites.

Possible applications for the Library - Library News! But it could also be used by Librarians to promote classes like GoogleSmart, and lunchtime database sessions.

Prof M