Week 10, #23

"Is this really the end? Or just the beginning . . ."

First, thank you for putting this together & for your help in negotiating the course. It has been a learning experience, indeed. (All of it wasn't "intuitive," as they say, so your help was crucial to the completion.)

My favorite discovery is "Week 8 #19" Web-based Applications. That is very good. However, Week 7 #16 Wikis was good, too - it led me to give serious attention to Wikipedia, etc. - useful.

Any surprises? Frankly this course is all surprises - every lesson brought "news from afar." And you know that these days, any time afar breaks out, them Firemen are quick to respond so as to keep it from spreading. But in spite of their best efforts, all this technology stuff is spreading like wildfar.

Concerning "ideas for using these technologies," it's likely that most of them will be "remnants of the past" in the "not too distant future," as more innovations overtake us.

What else do I what to learn about? Well, I think the next crucial course is the "Retirement Seminar!"

Although (as is happening here) the "Compose" window has been in use extensively, the most important function needed for this blog is "Decompose," which is really what should happen as soon as possible.

Be well.

Week 9, #22

Downloadable Media: "eAudioBooks, eBooks, Music & Videos."

The Digital Media Guided Tour is helpful & clear. However, upon following the instructions to load the Overdrive Media console, I received the following conclusion: "The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory. . . . The installation cannot continue. . . . "

Nonetheless I toured the great selection of classical music, selected vol. 6 & ["checked it out"] downloaded it. However, without the media player . . . well you can see that dead end sign. So now I have a music CD checked out (via downloading), but can not play it. It is gratifying, however, that it will be automatically "returned" so there won't be any overdue fines.

All in all, it looks very good.

Week 9, # 21

"Podcasts, Smodcasts." [I think it should be "Schmodcasts," but that's a 2ndary issue.]

Well, with "a little help from my friends," I now have the RSS feed from "Manager Tools" [http://www.manager.tools.com/podcasts/feed/rss2] podcasting to my blog.

This has been a complicated process in which one directory (Yahoo Podcast) was very difficult to use, while another (Podcastalley) was straightforward.

Onward & upward.

Week 9, # 20

Of the various videos on YouTube, Animal entries were more interesting than most others. "Jericho Bald Eagle, Frosty Morning," & "Ruby & the 3 puppies, Week 3" [actually, there were about 8 puppies; why the title said "3" is curious] were . . . interesting. But Penguin Bathtime" from ZSL London Zoo, was entertaining.

The political clips were , frankly "Ho-Hum." The Music clips I checked were, dare I say it, "uninspired." Hailey Wojcik/Dinosaur Bone - sad. Ethan's Turducken Song - pitiful.

I reviewed clips in topics that interest me: Autos & vehicles (Ferrari 430 Scuderia - excellent, but "if you have to ask how much, . . . '), Music, News & Politics, & Pets & animals.

This was my 1st trip down YouTube lane, so "we shall see."