Zoho Writer. 2nd atttempt

 

Am later getting this Excersise off than I anticipated, but better late than never.  I was pleasntly surprised at the clean, crisp appearance of the Site and spent quite a while getting my head around the plethora of tabs to push and play with.  Essentially it is a Web based version of Word and I think that while I may not use it yet, it does a lot of inbuilt advantages.

On the personal plane, you could be on holiday and wish to keed adding to an ongoing diary/report of the trip.  With this you can move from place to place, PC to PC and access Zoho and pick up from where you left off.  Easy and the same with the Library, any ongoing Project that is continuous, be it a Research Project or whatever and you have access vis different terminals, then this is a worthwhile Tool to have to hand.

I will confess to not dipping into Google Docs yet mainly because I slipped behind in my planned schedule, but I promise I will "Honest Injun." However I did get rather daring and inserted this image.  It was taken last March as we were making our way around the East Cape. We came across this rather isolated but very beautiful Church that looked out over the sea.  The notice was attached to the door and made me smile.  You wouldn't see such a thing on the front door of the Great Cathedrals of Europe, (more's the pity.)  Only in New Zealand....

 

 

                  

It wasn't all that easy to insert the image though and even now I have doubts that it will show up well in my Blog.  Better next time! But at least I tried and have now succeeded.......

Web 2.0 Awards. Is this their equivalent of the Oscars?

Ex #17 and I am almost up to date with the programme so far. In this Excersise I started off by clicking on Web 2.0 Awards Nominees. The field of choice was endless and as I checked up on the various Categories I thought I would be there for ever. So after about 40 minutes of exploration I said to myself, "Simple Simon," it's getting late, you'll have to take the short cut. So off to the "short list" went I. First of all I chose "Picasa" under the heading of "Photos and Digital Images." Found that it involved a download so as instructed decided to give that away. Decided that as my second choice I would pick "Yahoo! Answers" which was under the heading "Questions and Advice." Well this was a revelation! The subject matter covers the sublme to the ridiculous. It is little more than a Web based "Agony Aunt" column in some respects. Do remember that this is what I picked on by chance and what you asked me to comment on. Some of the questions were worthwhile, but deary me, a lot were puerile.

Is there is a use for this in the Library? I don't think so. Let us move onto Ex #18, I hope that it may be more worthwhile. Come the end of this Excersise I had decided that # 17 was a more a case of the Oscars meets the Hello! Awards.

Ex #16 Zoho Writer

Am later getting this Excersise off later than I anticipated, but better late than never. I was pleasantly surprised at the clean, crisp appearance of the Site and spent quite a while getting my head around the plethora of tabs to push and play with. Essentially it is a Web based version of Word and I think that while I may not use it yet, it does have a lot of inbuilt advantages.

On the personal plane, you could be on holiday and wish to keep adding to an ongoing diary/report of the trip. With this you can move from place to place, PC to PC and access Zoho and pick up it from where you left off. Easy and it's the same with the Library. Any ongoing Project that is continuous, be it a Research Project or whatever and you have access vis different terminals, then this is a worthwhile Tool to have to hand.

I will confess to not dipping into Google Docs yet, mainly because I slipped behind in my planned schedule, but I promise I will at a later date, "Honest Injun." However, I did attempt to insert an image in Zoho Writer and had succeeded but it hasn't exported to my Blog and I am puzzled! Must have done something wrong I know, but for the life of me can't guess just yet.

Ex #15 Rolling on with......

Well, I have tackled this Excersise and think that I have succeeded in reaching the objective, Now for the comments! Signing in was easy. Do I think I will go back there again? Well, no! I explored the other Search Rolls and to tell the truth found the subjects covered didn't interest me that much, though I gather it is in our own hands to rectify that.

The site itself I certainly found unattractive (but then the visual aspect is very important to me.) But on saying that I found it very easy to find my way around and achieve the Exercise's principal aims, so that is a plus. Bear in mind that this is very much a "man in the street" point of view and is not meant to influence any of the other participants. They may rave over it... Do I see a use for it in the Library for example? Not really, I feel we have explored other and better Sites in earlier Sessions.

But I have created a Search Roll for you to check out. Just click and take a peek at my Search Roll

Fun with Library Thing!

Now I have had a lot of pleasure from this Excercise. What a handy site to use both within and without the Library. I must admit I plundered my Reading History in Elgar for a list of Titles, but it was fun to see my choices appear before my eyes. So easy to use as well. I intend to Bookmark this site as I can see that is a great way to "park" Titles that I wish to save for future reads. Have used "Preferred Searches" in Elgar for that purpose up until now, but as we know, that has had a few hiccups over time.

Here is my link:

Ex #13 Generators

Wet again so the ideal weather for Excersises. Had heaps of fun with this one, (you DID say to play around!) dabbled with "Word CLouds, as well as various labels with my name. Made a Jigsaw puzzle of Puss( again) and also toyed with stickies. It is this thing I will include in my Post. But seeing as I like the Jigsaw so much, methinks that I will add it as a gadget. (Yes another one!)

Ex # 12. Sandbox Wiki!

Well, it all seems to easy though I did have to seek guidance. Now I am at home and think that I have made it. Added entries to favourite Books, Places and Quotes and Sayings. But somehow I still don't think that I have got it right. This is one Excersise where I would like direct feedback from the Learning Team... please.

However I did have fun playing with it and now have to tackle Image Generators