Discovery Exercise #7.1

Well ! - what else will we be doing in a few year's time. There’s so much information out there, someone had to think of limiting the amounts somehow - it takes time to wade through it all on a regular basis. To begin with I dreaded the thought of being on the receiving end of more information – I mean I’ve already got email to sift through - lots to look at, lots to read & lots of ‘other stuff’ happening. I can understand how good this process is though & appreciate how it works & would save time & money, esp if you have only a few minutes to log on & check for updates on several sites. Having selected some news item feeds earlier in the week, I can now read my ‘personal’ news files – I guess that feels pretty good. However, if you don’t manage your files, you can probably end up with limitless numbers of incoming mail. I may still want to check the original site & see what else is going on, but would do so feeling more confident having already read any important bits. But yes, it is a good tool. Perhaps I’ll even start to use it more often over the next few weeks ; will see.
Good to see the library feeds ; I’ve subscribed to the new titles & what’s on : I guess in the future, latest books from specific authors or particular subjects will be feedable ; couldn’t see much to subscribe to on the Paperplus site or Whitcoulls. Maybe the libraries are way ahead on this one.
Subscribing to topics in the Herald works well, as you can identify section/topic/category etc but still seems to me that you will get stuff you don’t want – doesn’t look like you can completely get away from all of that. Can see how it would be good for those looking for jobs – employment / librarian – it all comes to you.
Must be a feed here somewhere for Lianza, but I can’t find it!

(Clip Art as info like music flows on ..)