Thing # 7 Beyond Google

I tooled around in the Bing vs Google for a bit and it reinforced the fact I really do not like Bing and how it pulls up information from a search...a simple search for Tuckerton Library brings up many un-relevent things in Bing but the very first result in Google is the right one...GO Google!!

Using Worio was interesting....it did not always give relevent related searches ...I did Tuckerton Seaport and the "discover" opions were not very helpful with anything. Yet I did it for SPCA locations in NJ and the "discover" options listed other adoption agencies, rescue organizations, and animal rights sites...so that was helpful. I would use this especially if I was having difficulty finding what I wanted using my 'normal' searches.

Thing # 6: Advanced Google Searching

In searching google for underground railroad site:nj.gov the first item to appear was the 15 page pdf file of the 374 results: the NJ State website gave 180658 results found and that is way to many to sift through to find good sites. For the nj town names site:nj.gov on google, I came up with a website that listed the following:
Local Name-Municipality-County
Forked River-Lacey Township-Ocean
It was very easy to use and will definately come in handy with reference!

Thing #5 Google Power User

I chose to look around in the google site and on the second page found a "In Quotes" site that you can type in certain words and see who quoted them...for example Obama and the word libraries will return the following....(It is nice it includes the date and source as well!)

Obama wrote he “spent a lot of time in the library. I didn't socialize that much. I was like a monk.”
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 WorldNetDaily

Thing # 4 RSS

It is way to easy to get carried away with RSS feeds....I chose just two for me...Quotes of the Day and iTunes Top 10 Songs. The thing is getting enough time in the day to work, take care of the kids, clean house, do homework, take care of the animals, and then check RSS feeds....Oh Boy!

Thing #3 - Web 2.0 Awards

In tooling around I found the imcooked site was very useful...my 13 year old daughter is recently obsessed with cooking so I can tell her to look it up cause I do not know recipes by heart : )

The other site I thought was great was the comiqs site that lets you make your own comic strips, an excellent tool for a teen program using the computer to do strips that they can print out and share.

Thing #1 and #2

Off and running in the OCL challenge!