Friday, 15 July 2011

Thing Four: Current Awareness

Twitter
I have been using Twitter for about 6 months and use it mainly for communicating with family and friends, but also for keeping up to date on developments in the library world (and mommy related things). I am already a follower of many LIS organisations and librarians and find many of them really interesting.
Rating: 5 / 5

RSS
I signed up for Google Reader and integrated it with my Google Chrome browser. I have also downloaded a feed reader for my blackberry so I can keep up to date with library blogs etc on the go. I am REALLY enjoying RSS feeds and have already learnt an awful lot about new technologies. I can't wait to implement all these new ideas into my own library!
Rating: 5 / 5

Pushnote
Pushnote is something I'm still looking into. I'm not sure how useful it will be to me, and in all honesty, I don't really see the point in it. I feel it would probably take less time and effort to simply copy and paste a link to someone in an email, tweet, or facebook message, rather than signing up for an entirely new website just to recommend and comment on other websites. I won't give up on it just yet and will continue to explore, but this one I am not very hopeful about.
Rating: 1 / 5

To summarise
Twitter is my favourite for personal use
RSS is my favourite for professional use
... Pushnote is yet to impress me