Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Betty Blogger 2011

Here are my comments on Betty Blogger 2011 :

1.  I would rate myself at 5 - I had started at the bottom of the scale, so this is progress.  The low rating relates to my lack of experience and therefore familiarity with the applications.  Will progress upwards as more experience is gained.
2.  Not being exposed to Social Networking at all in the past, I had hoped that this program would fill in the blanks.  I would say it did, even though it was quite frustrating at times.
3.  Because of the speed at which Social Networking has progressed, the most challenging part was overcoming errors in the instructions (due to changes since the program was developed) to complete tasks.  The program needs to be updated prior to presentation.
4.  The self directed model would work if it was totally accurate - the Drop Ins filled the gaps for me.
5.  Yes, I would recommend this program to a friend as it does introduce one to several aspects of Social Networking rather well.

Library Thing

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/NanditaPeebles
This is an interesting facility, which I will likely use again.  However, I manually added all my titles - will find out at the Drop In how I could have done it with a click on the book.

Will be seeing you in an hour. 

Thursday, 18 August 2011

RSS FEEDS

Hello,

The two RSS feeds I have subscribed to are :

1. First30Days
2. Project Foodie - Not your Mother's Slow cooker recipes for two.

Yes, it seemed that Google Reader was very easy to use and I will continue to use it.

Will be doing a "revise" of all the Social Networks we have been exposed to to refresh my memory on them!!

Thanks - Nandita Peebles


Thursday, 11 August 2011

Potluck Picnic

Hello Shelley and Heather,

First of all CONGRATULATIONS to Heather and her husband, on their wedding this week. All the Very Best to both of you.

As posted on the Betty Blogger wiki - I will bring yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies for the picnic.  The Wiki experience was easy - once I figured out that the Comment Box was right at the bottom of the page, and not where the question re. potluck contribution is mentioned!!!  I have been exposed to so many different Social Network opportunities through Betty Blogger that at this stage I am not sure if I will require my own wiki - but if I did, how would I go about having one ?  Is the access I have now exclusive to the BPL's Betty Blogger Program ?  Do let me know.

P.S. How does one use the Label Box below ?

Thanks - Nandita Peebles

Thursday, 4 August 2011

Google Document - A Great Food Experience

A great food experience :

Hot off the press - just returned from a beautiful Crab Curry Dinner Experience in Vancouver.

The scene there is a group of ladies meet once a month for the best Crab Curry Dinner imaginable.  They all attend this “Event” armed with their Aprons, and once the Crabs are on the table there is almost pin drop silence - other than the cracks of shells and the slurps.  Absolutely superb experience.

When I knew that I was visiting Vancouver I promptly provided the Ladies in question my dates in Vancouver and they fit me in.  It is always one of the great highlights of a visit there.  Each lady has her own Secret Recipe !!!
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=126AjaamhFPTPusjW0UJAC0qyZP3GENLVvBqW4Rt3j

Thanks - Nandita Peebles

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

PICASA

Hello Shelley and Heather - I have sent you by email a picture by Brian White.  It had no tag, other than his name, as far as I could see, but if I were tagging it I would call it - Peaceful !!!

I am not sure if I would use Picasa in the future - it was good to see the beautiful pictures there but there does not seem to be much confidentiality, when sharing.   One has the opportunity to "Share" but not "Save" ?  Most pictures seem to have a Copyright - would sharing them be enfringing on the copyright - quite confusing and potentially problematic ?

See you at the Drop In.

Nandita Peebles