Houston we have a problem...

Well I keep trying to get on top of this stuff but I cant do it if the Internal server at RMIT wont connect. I think theres a problem today. :(
Ive been happily tweeting silly little things (thats just me, please accept me the way I am, I cant help it) but this week the blackboard thing would only let me listen to half the lecture - I tried 3 different downloads of it. Ive had trouble getting the Week 2 Headers andFooters thing to work and am prevented from doing the OLE thing just now, so its a little frustrating when Ive made the time, & the technology stuffs up and consumes it all. It feels like Im wasting a valuable part of life when I have to sit down and battle with something that isnt going to work anyway. "Bugger" is my theme for today. :/
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Well Ive managed to get onto the server again this afternoon, so things were looking up, when I decided in the middle of the OLE thing that my computer program just isnt going to do what the task wants me do to. Ive been able to duplicate files & save them, but I cant do any of the copying & pasting it wants me to do. The bitmap presented itself as a green digitally spraypainted drawing the first time I clicked on it, then as about 10 pages full of ? in diamond shapes, & wouldnt copy. Im on a Mac, which is a problem with software as I dont have Office (yet - theres some fiddling around to do), so I think Im just going to postpone doing these end tutorial exercises until I can get the software - which is going to take a bit of time. I can open basic Word docs, but not zip files. Ive got Open Office, and need Bootcamp, then have to order a physical copy of Office for students. I cant do that until 25 April, as Im on school holidays and have no pay for the next 2 weeks. Joy. Might have to do all this in the computer lab at RMIT instead.

The Twitter thing...

I like Twitter. I might not use it extensively, consistently or ever again in the future, but I like it. Im havent been able to find many people in the course yet (probably because I havent looked in the right place), but I love the idea of being able to have some kind of connection of people who might be a mentor if I was actually in their circles, like actors or other musicians.

I value its use as a warning device for emergencies and current affairs postings - I read one article where someone at the scene of a plane crash put up a pic showing the safe land & passengers disembarking before the media got there. Or how a suicide was prevented by Demi Moore & one of her friends - someone they didnt know, who wasnt anywhere geographically near them - it really extends our capabilities as global citizens in this way. I read & saw on a podcast that people have got together over Twitter and raised loads of money for charity causes as short term projects (raising thousands in a matter of days). Heal the world, quick and easy! Theres loads of positives for this application that can benefit so many people in a way that we would have called 'miraculous' 10 years ago.

Some interesting sites I found (well, that I thought were interesting anyway), included Sleepytweet - a site that gathers all tweets with 'zzzz' in it and reproduces them in a little cartoon of birdies in a tree asleep at night. Commuterfeed and state emergencies are really handy, especially if you commute frequently & use Twitter on your phone. 'Secret tweet' allows you to tell your secret without revealing your identity - great for those who need to get something out in the open, and another - 'Curse bird', for the same thing only with cursing, and not anonymous. But you all know all that because youve done the Week 3 tutorial during Week 3, didnt you? yes.

The problems with Twitter that Ive come across seem to be about spamming and sales people - Ive had 2 on my account already: some travel agent guy in Melbourne, and someone who is into guns/computer games (called 'Counter strike'). ...
I subscribed to some internet travel tweeters such as Frommers, & their tweets flow thick and fast. I also clicked on a link to a picture of someone, then couldnt get back to my Twittering homepage.

Informations could use Twitter to assist their clients by using it to announce new information, event changes, new aquisitions or website updates - like I just found out that the bookshop where I used to work does - wish Id have known about that earlier!

Twitter sites that I thought were useful were the Commuter feed, trafficinmelb, mel_weather, Kikki-k (Im a huge fan, so this is essential), and for the course I also followed as many library sites I could get my mouse to click on. Musically speaking (which is the most useful for me), the list of people and organisations for me to follow is endless - there are musicians and actors everywhere to network with and watch tweets for hours on end. Artistic food on tap. Love it.

I cant find the right Barak Obama lead to follow, there are so many of them I dont know which one is the real one. - do any of you know?


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Web adventure 2.0 Week 2 escapades....

I just cant get to the end of all the tasks they want us to do! - But heres a link to what Ive done on Wikis -its not much, but I actually feel a bit more useful now as I could select articles based on a topic and edit them. Thank goodness there were plenty about orchestras so I can speak my native language - (short concert announcements, mostly), so I looked through and corrected 5 of them. Click here to see my editing artistry on NLA!

I also altered the three Week 1 sections of the Web 2.0 adventure, just mucking around with the fonts & layout a bit: I was too scared to alter the actual content, as I thought it would just look vandalised, but perhaps that might have been the aim.

........and I even added these as hyperlinks - hope they work. Go me!!! *<:)~

WEB 2.0 ADVENTURE 1C q.6

READWRITEWEB
http://www.readwriteweb.com/

This took my interest in the feed of popular posts seemlingly covering all the main pages that our course is directing us to, such as what Facebook, Wiki, Twitter & Youtube are up to at the minute. I think itll help me get some quick insight into understanding this tidal wave of web info Ive had to digest since 4 weeks ago . I dont like all the advertising down the side - it makes the layout more confusing for me to read. The style of writing in the Weekly Wrapup isnt for me either, but obviously most websites arent written by descendants of Dickens, and the subject isnt of authentic interest to be honest. (I really need to get myself into gear & subscribe to some musos blogs to show you all what Im about....)
I subscribed to RWW on my RSS feed, and the ReadWriteCloud is a blog/feed by various contributors about issues the IT companies about the world are facing as the Web virtualises more & more of our operating lives. Good for Info managers to keep an eye on for current issues.

oh god!!! Im sooo ashamed.....

Ive just cottoned on to a few blogs from people in my online course and Im SOOOO ashamed!!!!! theyre so interesting & full of intellectual content and links and followers - Im starting to feel the impossibility of doing this course the way I am.

the joy of spending the weekend inside!

Well Ive discovered that every time I try to sit down and attend to this course my internet becomes unavailable for about 2 hours - oh joy. The last time was really legit - it was the day of the big hail storm so I had no internet for about 2 days.

Im discovering that it really down help to print stuff out and compile a dirty great big lever arch file full of pages even though this course is online, as theres stuff that I continually miss - maybe the layout isnt 'primary school' simple enough for me or something.
I keep relating all my course content back to music related things like playing & am itching to have some time to properly catalog my 2 filing cabinets full of printed flute music - something general public will be hugely interested in, Im sure - for their fires in winter!

I found an inspiring thing today on my feed when I went to check my email: I now actually WANT to sign up to Twitter!!!

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/6957696/hollywood-stars-help-prevent-suicide-after-twitter-alert/

you really can reach out for help - waaaaaayyy out into the whole world.....

Im hungry to buy lots of new technology since Ive started the course, such as an iPhone & an eReader - I love the way they dont hurt your eyes - Ive been wearing sunnies to do some of the online readings lately. Schedule wise I think Im mostly fine, except when events occur like my sister & nephew visiting, or if someone invites me out to a concert that I cant say no to.

I wonder if by playing a work if thats like opening up a document? as its a presentation of the information.....

Here I am - a bit late...

Hi ISYS people,

Im Felicity Kelly, and here is my first blog. There are many things in the course Im doing unwillingly, such as creating a blog, and subscribing to Twitter, but who knows, something good may come out of it later.

My concerns are that anyone can read this, Id rather just the course students and staff for the purposes of the course.

Ive just watched the film 'Julie & Julia', which, aside from cooking french dishes like a banshee, Julie kept a blog about everything she cooked and it attracted zillions of followers. I do wonder who on earth reads these things.

Im worried about this course at the moment, as I dont know how Im going to keep up with the workload - some things I just cant get to at this stage. Anyone else in the same boat?