To Web 2.0 or not to Web 2.0

Realised I am supposed to add a second post and I haven't included any tags!

So, a bit about me... I work in Digitisation at Northampton Square Library. When I am not here I work as a counsellor in a few different places. The hecticness of my life reflects some of how I feel about Web 2.0 - too much going on! As one of those people who feels that 'modern life' is too busy, complicated and stressful (and I have only made it worse for myself by having three or four jobs!) I some times find the idea of Web 2.0 and social networking overwhelming. I have enough trouble keeping on top of my email without a thousand RSS feeds coming in and new technologies to learn. HOWEVER, I know that a lot of these things can help to make things quicker and easier too. AND I do find myself excited by the prospect of shared interactive learning, freely available images and all the other stuff I have yet to learn about. So when I start to get all fuddy duddy I have to give myself a talking to and be open to these new (and sometimes scary) things.

I have just made the pleasant discovery that I can use spell check in blogger. I have sometimes been frustrated that what I see as new technologies fail to do basic things like that. Tags seem fairly straighforward and I've used them when using the Portal. It's easy to forget to do. Also, there seems to be a potential for a lot of variation in how individuals use tags - spellings, punctuation etc - how clever is any given tool at picking up tags that may refer to the same thing but look different?

And finally... I enjoyed all the blogs I read. Library Apocolypse - how important to have a name that draws you in. I was pleased to hear that there's another part-timer attempting this programme - PartTimeLibrarian and I had a silent chuckle at Hazel's Kindle hiccup. That's all for now...

A slow start...

I fear everything about my blog will be slow, which is partly why I called it SnailSpace, but partly cos I just love snails... I work part time and was on leave last week, so I am already behind everyone else but I am content to just go at my own pace and hope I benefit from hearing what everyone else did first! I hope some  people may still read my blog even though I will complete the programme in probably twice the time.
I've never blogged and have some mixed feelings about it. I was suprised, but should have guessed, that it would be this easy to actually set one up. I guess it takes more time and talent to work out how to use all the bells and whistles. I would love to have a truly individual and stylish looking blog, but time being a factor I will settle with trying to learn the technical basics. I found myself able to select a template and amend it ever so slightly. Already having a google account meant this first week's things didn't take too much thinking about - I am eager to get on to next week's things now!