Web 2.0 - Week 6 Facebook

I have recently visited Facebook and although I have not signed up and created an account yet, I am familiar with this social networking site and may join Facebook in the future. My daughter showed me her profile page (which can be made public or kept private) and how Facebook works.

It's a great way to connect with friends and family and keep in contact with each other by sending messages, posting photos or adding an application such as Goodreads to your profile.
Some young people use Facebook a lot and it can become a bit addictive and time consuming!

I have not had any library customers ask me about Facebook but I would be happy to show them, as it is easy to use.

I also had a look at Manukau Libraries Facebook page and see it is a good way to promote library events such as Manix4.

As for the 'Best book I have ever read', well, I don't think I have just one book that is the best I have ever read. Rather I have read books that I just can't put down until it is finished, books that I read a bit at a time and some books that I don't finish reading. I find books take me to another 'world' and make me think how people's lives can be so different to my own.

Well, that marks the completion of the final Week 6 task for Web 2.0.

Web 2.0, Week 5 - Music files and MP3's

I have been looking at the free music sites listed for Week 5. Firstly I looked at Amazon and found it to be quite comprehensive but it needed a logon and password (like most of the sites) so I then had a look at http://freealbums.blogsome.com. This site has blogs about artists from different genres such as classical, avant-garde, surf rock, pop, singer/songwriter, jazz and country.

I downloaded a song from artist Jane Siberry, titled It Cant Rain All the Time. This site (freealbums) was easy to use but was not that attractive to look at. It was just a long list of blogs about artists. It did have an album directory A to Z or by month, archives, RSS feeds and blog.

As for other music sites, my son mentioned http://www.themahoganyblog.com which we had a quick look at. Nicely laid out with pictures, long list of categories, archives, favourites, a Facebook page and it doesn't need a login or password.

I think customers should be able to use the sites I looked at themselves without too much difficulty. It is probably the younger generation that would use these sites most. My pick of the sites would be the mahoganyblog.com.