sitepal and podcasting

I had a look at sitepal and really its just a gimmick to attract people to your site or blog. I can see the value of it for companies. It could be used by the Library to attract more students. Its a lot of grief to try embed this into your blog. I did not want to download it, and just emailed it to my gmail account. Thought I would be able to add it to my blog but failed.

with regard to podcasting I was familiar with this and have used audacity software to edit audio recordings. My personal feeling is that podcasting is useful for professional broadcasting organizations and educational institutions which adhere to quality standards. Its a good way of communicating your message. Reviewing the podcast directories there is probably some interesting stuff but you have to wade through a lot of chaff to get to the wheat. In other words do you really want to have to endure listening to some lunatic ranting on their verbal soapbox.

I suppose lastFM is a musical version of library thing, with all the information on bands that obsessive fanatical music fans would love. I had a look at the Roots a Jazzy Hip Hop Collective from the City of Brotherly Love, Philly. Everything you wanted to know about the band was there, including links to information about their backing singers who have also became successful solo artists.



I'm starting to think should we rename this programme 23 Usernames and password things.

YouTube video the Matrix runs on Windows.

I had a look around YouTube and was trying to discover something that would be relevant. I chose this clip the matrix runs on windows by College Humor since it lampoons a particular movie genre and the humour is supposed to appeal to students. Its also very relevant since ties in well with the lunchtime talk on gaming today. As you can guess I have fallen behind a couple of weeks and am trying to catch up.

The video has universal appeal since everybody has experienced those frustating moments when windows crashes. I was never a fan of the Matrix but as far as I recall it was originally a graphic novel, and I think it ultimately became a game. It developed into a whole cult thing that totally passed me by.


I don't know how you would incorporate this video into a library website,unless inject a sense of humour into it or were trying to attract the attention of Matrix fans. Maybe create sketches from common situations staff encounter when dealing with users, which could be used for training purposes. Since as the old saying goes "Laughter is the best medicine". And I must admit that this video was very cleverly done and quite witty.