Getting Social

Ok I admit I'm a pretty social sort of girl and have been on Myspace and Facebook for quite a while. I have just recently converted my daughter to Facebook and now I get Superpoked every 5 minutes (more fool me!). I played on SecondLife for a while but I really didn't enjoy it. I like living in the real world and making the most of it. I'll persist with SecondLife for a while and see if it grabs my like it has others, but I'm not holding much hope. My stepdaughters use Skype to talk to their garndparents on the Central Coast and their many relatives overseas. It's a terrific way to stay in touch with loved ones, especially when you're watching kids grow up. It's also really cheap!!

Google maps

I've used this feature many times, I think it's terrific. My kids love finding their school and house on it. The funniest (well maybe not) story I heard recently was a man who looked up his house on Google maps and saw his wife's car in the driveway and another car (of one of his mates), he pressed her for the reason why she was at home with him and she caved in and admitted to having an affair. The story was told by his daughter who was happy that her Dad had found out early enough that his wife was a cheater and he was able to move on while he had time!!

Working at Google

More companies should follow Googles lead and I'm sure they would get much more out of their employees!!

iGoogle

Wow, in an instant I have a google page where I can watch the latest stories etc on exactly what I want. My tabs at the moment are Sports, Cooking and Technology and the page looks really cool. Here's the link http://www.google.com/ig I hope it works from here!

Discovery Resources

When I was reading about the best places to get books for free on the Friedbeef website I found the a site that allows you to clean up your iTunes Library - called Tuneup. I'm really enjoying the things I have found while progressing through this Taste of Web 2.0 experience. I'm glad I joined up and it has definitely been worth the discovery!

Downloadable audio books

Again I have just found something new! I sat at my computer and had a travel book on France and places to see read out to me! How fabulous. Reading about Project Gutenberg was very interesting. Their target of 15% of the world having electronic books available to them in the next decade is astounding. The time these volunteers must put in to enable the world to have access to books they may never have been able to get their hands on is unbelievable. The fact that Project Gutenberg was around long before the internet was and it has thrived is also amazing.

I also enjoyed searching the books on overdrive downloadable media, well done Yarra Plenty for building such a terrific library online. I must admit, I'm not such a reader of books as I just can't find the time, but could easily sit at my desk and listen to one being read to me - very therapeutic I think!

Podcasts

I regularly Podcast the Hamish and Andy show on 2day fm in Sydney if I miss an episode or something funny. They Podcast everything so you can always catch up if you miss them get up to mischief!