Thoughts on RSS

I found that it was very frustrating to use this program. When I looked at a few websites that I do use regularly, I found that it was very difficultto find the RSS sign or picture. So I decided to use the 2 that were mentioned on the blog. I did find it right away on the CBC website, but found that when I went to add it to my feed, it wouldn't save to it and saved to somewhere else. So I tried to locate it by adding it as we were instructed to and found out that according to RSS, "No feeds were found.Please verify that the website publishes an RSS feed." I did go back afterwards and typed in http://www.cbc.ca/ and found that I was able to find a few links to CBC, but when I added www.cbc.ca/Calgary , it would give me the message that it wasn't found. I was successful in adding Mashable and found that it was easier to locate. With Mashable, you are given a list of things that it thinks that you are looking for and you can select to subscribe to the correct one. I found that because I knew what I was looking for, I was able to find it rather easily. I feel that doing searches on this site can be a bit time consuming. Don’t get me wrong, it does have its benefits and can save you time once you have found what you are looking for. At the end of the day, would I use it……no. As convenient as it would be an easy place to go to find things rather than having a large list of bookmarks. Although it is convenient for this reason, I still like being able to bookmark my favorite websites and find information that way. I did like the idea that you can add things that interest you and you can look at what is posted, but I still like looking things up using Google and finding the information that way.

Google search and products

What isn’t there to like about Google? I find that out of all the search engines that are out there, Google is the one place that I always turn to when I am doing a search on the internet. I find that it is convenient and easy to use. I also find that it is great how they have tabs to make your searching needs very easy. The tabs make it a convenient way to find what you are looking for. I also like that Google makes it easy to search in any language that you want to search in, this making it accessible to anyone and everyone. I find that yahoo’s page is cluttered and very overwhelming to use. I find that there are a lot of things to look at and I’m not sure where to begin. This is another reason I like using Google. I do realize that Yahoo does have the same features that Google has, but find that I get very overwhelmed when looking at Yahoo with all of the information that is on its page. I also find that there is something that keeps drawing me back to Google, I don’t know what it is, but for the time being, I can see myself using Google for all of my searching needs (besides using books of course, books will always be important.
I would definitely recommend it to anyone and everyone. I can’t say that there are any things that I dislike about Google. I love the fact that there are so many ways of looking things up within Google and am glad to have learned about it as I can see myself using them in the future.

Social networking

I think that social networking sites are popular for many reasons. One of the main reasons that they are so popular is due to the fact that they are an easy way to keep in touch with friends and family. Yes, that personal touch that you would get with sending a letter or email or chatting with that person on the phone is lost. To some extent, it is a somewhat convenient way of keeping in touch with people. It is a great way to share photos that you may have and an easy way to share them with those that don’t live close by to you, yet that personal touch is lost. As a facebook user, I find that the only thing that draws me to it is that I see what people are up to as well as looking at pictures that they may post. Facebook does have a few advantages, such as sending out invites to events, but besides this, the photos and status updates, I don’t find much use for Facebook.

Wikipedia : To Edit or Not Edit, that is the question

I will usually use Wikipedia as a jumping off point when I am trying to find information as I know that it is an unreliable source. I like to use it as a jumping off point as it will give me some other ideas as to where I can look for information on a specific topic, this is great as there are times that I am unable to find information on a topic as I do not know much about that topic and thus don’t necessarily know where to look. When I worked in one of the local schools, I would tell the students that they should try and use websites that ended in .org or .edu as these sites were more reliable when it came to acquiring information and that Wikipedia was a good place to get some ideas of what they can use to look things up. Having said all of this, I found that it was not difficult to find an article that needed editing. I recently returned from a trip to Jamaica and found that I am interested in a place that I learned about while I was travelling from the airport to the resort. This place is known as Rose Hall and what peeked my interest about it was the story about Annie Palmer, a lady that is connect to this place. When I looked up Rose Hall on Wikipedia, I found that there was a little bit of information in regards to the building itself as well as some information about Annie Palmer. There was not much information on either the building or the person. This lead me to do more research, using websites that are more reliable, which lead me to realize that there was some information on Wikipedia that was not correct. I then did make some changes/additions to the section about Annie Palmer.