Blog to the rescue

06Jul10

Burnie LINC has been running a trial Work Readiness program. In one of our sessions we looked at using technology to write and upload reviews of items in our statewide collection. Some reviewed books, others DVDs and CDs. The interesting development was when a particpant asked if we knew how to make some super secure [...]

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Social media: the new conversation

15Jun10

Here’s a blog I  subscribe to: Kathy Hanson talks regularly with people who use story in their work. This one is relevant to our  discussion around social media and how we can use it and why we need to. She’s talking to Steve Krizman: I love this quote about the value of opting in… “The [...]

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Ipods are cool

02Jun10

Well, my new ipod is silver! OK, it’s the LINC’s ipod, but until anyone else from the LINC gets their grubby hands on it, its MINE! I think the ipod could be very useful for recording conversations with clients so that I don’t have to concentrate on writing things down while talking to them. If [...]

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My first post!

02Jun10

It’s interesting playing with technology like this.  Normally I don’t have a chance – my 19 year old son takes over and then simply tells me what to do.  He despairs when I hit the wrong button!

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