#7 Blog about technology

I worked in school libraries for many years. I remember the first computers we had in the school were Dick Smiths, which used cassette tapes, and allowed you to move a few "green things" around the screen. Then we moved on to Apple Macs and later PCs. Eventually I convinced the powers that be that we should computerize the library. It was purely a circulation system and we had to back up each night on floppy disks. Then we upgraded to a proper library management system, and with great glee, I pulled out the rods and upended the catalogue drawers. Thousands of cards cascaded into the rubbish bins. What a long way we've come in a very short time!

#6 More flikr fun

After exploring the various fascinating things you can create using flikr, I decided to make a trading card using a 1906 photo of my library found on the National Library site. So with many digressions and false starts I've managed to navigate my way through and post it on the general flickr account.

#5 flikr

What an amazing tool for organising and sharing the literally thousands of photos those of us who have moved into the realm of digital cameras have now aquired. I think it would be particularly useful to show off your holiday pics without clogging up the recipient's email and it would be interesting to read their comments. I am impressed that it is possible to restrict
access to people who have been invited.

Blast off!! Post #4 Register my blog

Well here I am in cyberspace ready to go where this librarian has never gone before. I have this theory...if someone can imagine developments in technology it will turn into reality one day. As a Star Trek fan I was always intrigued by their neat little communications badges. Now it seems my mobile phone has just about reached that standard. So, "Beam me up Scotty".