Online Productivity Tools

At this point I wouldn't be using these online productivity tools as I see no need- my daytimer is sufficient. The tool I might use would be google docs - the wordprocessor. I did create a
calendar online using a google log in from my blog -very easy

Flickr/YouTube

YouTube enabled me to search out a singer that was on The Ellen Degeneress Show awhile back. Cool! Also under Alberta's Libraries, Books and Beyond there was a few sites on the
future of libraries. This enabled me to complete a report that our branch manager has the staff
working on. Very timely! Who would have thought I would get my info on this subject on
YouTube! I found this site very user friendly.
Flickr - I'm not really into sharing photos on the internet but I'm sure others find this the
best online photo management and sharing application in the world.

RSS

I was not able to add a feed for www.cbc.ca/calgary either way that was suggested. However I was able to go to http://mashable.com and sign up with bloglines-after clicking on private rather than public.
I do not see how this will be "one of the most useful tools we'll learn about". I get it that this reader will watch blogs & websites for me and tell me when they are updated but I'm just not into it!
I'm sure others will find RSS very useful but at this time in my life I'm just not interested!

Google Universe

I chose to investigate "Translate" under "Communicate, Show & Share". It was great
to be able to translate from English to any language listed and there were a lot of choices.
You could also add your favorite language to the browser's toolbar. Then whenever you
want to translate a webpage you're viewing you just click the button under "favorites".

What I disliked - not so much disliked- as there were too many sites to choose from. Many
sites you needed to sign up for and I am already into user name and password overflo!

I would definitely recommend Google Universe to friends - especially those who are more
tech savy than me. Lots of info to be had for those who are into this kind of thing.

Facebook

Facebook is useful for many people to connect but a time waster for me
as I don't even have time to turn on my computer at home let alone sit
in front of it. How about the telephone or is it becoming obsolete !!
If I have some free time I visit with friends or sit and enjoy a good book!

Delicious

I am not too comfortable using this site yet but it will come in time.I hope to use it more doing reference work and then I will get moreknowledgeable. Our old Best Web Sites was easier on the eye and Ifind this site very busy but I guess in time with a lot of usage thiswill become user friendly.

Wikipedia

I checked several articles looking for articles that needed editing re grammarspelling etc. but couldn't find any so I gave up trying . I did however practiceon an article on James Patterson which I thought needed a grammar change andediting it was easy! I tried to enter several topics which I thought might be obscurebut sure enough there were several articles already published on my chosensubjects.