#18 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning...

Firstly I'd like to wish everyone a Very Happy Christmas!

Secondly This has been a wonderful experience and now I must tell you that I have relinquished all contact with the outside world as I am dedicating myself solely to blogging!

Naturally I will take a break to go to work however if you wish to contact me please do so through my blog or at the La Trobe desk when I'm not blogging!

#17 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0...

As I gaze out upon the blogger landscape I know that I too am a blogger and not just a lone librarian in a sea of inquiries!

Take the horse by the reins SLV and gallop for it!

#16 Podcasts, Smodcasts




This is fantastic and a wonderful thing the podcast!

And like many things on the blogger roller coaster ride exciting and also a great tool for individuals with a disability, whether it be mobility impairment, audio impairment or visual impairment.

The podcast generally increases overall access and is only limited by it's financial resources.

#15 Video Sharing Websites - YouTube et al

I've been bitten! This is highly addictive!

#14 Discovering more Web 2.0 tools

Time is running out!!!!!

This was an interesting exercise.
Flickr really did its thing!

The other tools as well as Flickr are USA centric.

However knowledge of such tools can be passed onto clients even though I do not necessarily require them in my daily work practice.

#13 Blog about Technology

Just as in the olden days with the telephone I never had/have the minute workings of the technology in mind when using everyday technological device(s) at hand.

It is a case of mix and match and whatever sits well with the librarian and the user is a good fit. Basically you can't bounce a potato chip and you can't function in the contemporary library world without interacting with technology.

let it be noted that cut and paste does not a good writer make!

#12 Web-based applications - not just for desktops

Oh my god! I exhausted myself doing this!

I agree with other blogettes that this is a great resource for library clients who need to do docs. in the library.

#11 Flickr mashups

I could perfect this!

However I couldn't get the thought balloons to fit the picture! I needed more time indeedy!

#10 Discover Flickr

For every picture there is a spam!

#9 Gettingting not-so-technical with Technorati

All is not what it seems. There are many blogs that are advertising sites and man y that are very interesting if you're interested in the mundane everyday.

Less is more!

Searching the tags on Technorati pulled up more non professional blogs whilst searching the blog posts and directory located blogs more pertinent to Learning 2.

Veale, W. E.,Two women in fancy dress costume in a garden

#8 Tagging, folksomonies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us

Oh dear I felt a little bit frazzled after this exercise!

However I have subscribed to Steves Museum and I look forward to some furious tagging.

As to tagging it all depends on user needs and whether you're up for the conversation or not.

#7 Finding Feeds

"Hello! Hello! Is there anyone out there that isn't talking about themselves?!"

#6 RSS

This is obviously a real balancing act as it is ever so easy to over subscribe to RSS's !

#5 Wikis

Like a beautiful sunset editing a favourite blog left me feeling all warm and fuzzy and I couldn't stop writing!

#4 Wikis or wiki wacky woo!

#4 Wikis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Still life photography is the practice or products of depicting inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made. Still life is the photography of small groups of objects, either found or put together for the purpose. Still life photography gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition than do photographs of other types of subjects such as landscape or portraiture.
Still life photography represents one of the most demanding aspects of photography. In this area the photographer is expected to have a highly refined sense of lighting coupled with superb compositional skills because the photographer is making pictures rather than taking them. Knowing where to look for propping and surfaces is also a valuable trait.
In addition to knowing the fundamentals of photography, successful still life photographers are intimately familiar with the tools of this field: tremendous studio lighting skills, ability to use large format view cameras, a strong visual technique, and distinctive stylistic approach.
Still life is one of the hardest of photographic genres to define. Portraits, nudes, architecture, lingerie, even special effects all raise certain expectations; but still life is another matter. It ranges from advertising shots to the most personal of work; from pictures that can take days to assemble in the studio, to those that are "found" compositions and are photographed by available light in a few moments; from subjects no bigger than the palm of your hand to those which fill a room. [1]
AND NOW a definition from my mentor Sister Wendy

Still Life with Two Lemons


The Cleveland Museum of ArtPieter Claesz, Dutch (c. 1597-1661)1629Oil on panel16 7/8 x 23 3/8 in. (42.7 x 59.3 cm)Anonymous LoanAcquired in 1993© The Cleveland Museum of Art



" [Still life] was considered the lowest form, and those that painted it were foot soldiers of the army of art, mean of spirit, who only painted things instead of people and events. And yet what hypocrisy, because everybody loved it, and we still love it."


See what else Sister Wendy has to say @

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sisterwendy/works/lem.html

another wiki site to visit : http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Still_life

Still life with lemons

Still life with baby

Still life with bread

Still life with cakes

Still life with rabbit

Still life with lemons again