Getting Technical With Technorati

For Thing #14, I discovered technorati! It is a HUGE network of anything related to blogs & blog posts, including videos, photos and more. I conducted the suggested search for "learning 2.0" in blogs and posts. These 2 searches differ in that you either find blogs dedicated to learning 2.0, or just one single post about learning 2.0 that could be from any type of blog. I did my own search for australian shepherds. I found a blog belonging to an aussie breeder in Texas. There were also tons of pictures and videos of australian shepherds in the technorati search results.
If you have a membership with technorati, you can keep a list of your favorite blogs! I will probably join the site at some point. When I do, I think my first favorite will be engadget, a really neat blog all about technology. It is also ranked #1 in technorati's top 100. Technorati is yet another site I've discovered through 23 Things to spend hours and hours on!

Numero Nueve!

Thing number nine in week four. explore merlin, a site for maryland library staff to learn about technology. It seems to be a great resource for librarians to keep up to speed with what patrons are interested in doing nowadays. There are endless mazes of links to information on the learning links section of the site. One topic that piqued my interest was web design. It gives a list of webpages with site building tools, html guides, design tips, ect. Merlin also has forums for members to discuss topics, and ask questions of each other. I discovered some library related blogs through merlin. I added library garden blog and the shifted librarian blog to my bloglines account! Today I also browsed around some newsfeed search sites. I used technorati to view some interesting feeds on birds! (because I count bird watching as a hobby of mine) I searched on syndic8.com for a newsfeed on one of my favorite bands, evanescence. It led me to a feed from topix.net which had lots of current news on the band. I added that one to my bloglines account as well! These search tools are very handy for finding information on subjects of interest. While they might not always lead to "reliable" information, it can help to narrow down a field of research or create more points of discussion.