All things MSC

Ok I'm gonna change tack on this and talk about my experiences in UCD and the MSC in information systems  I've started. Firstly its intense. I can see pockets of pressure building up all around me and it doesn't look pretty at times. Getting the balance right is hard.

For the rest of the week and even into next week I'm going to give myself a little me time and not get so involved. I don't have to be at the pump the whole time, especially in group projects.

The most important thing is that it gets done and done well. I'm into this thing a 100% but not all are as committed to every part of it and I sometimes need to slack off a little.

I have to remember why I'm doing it. I want those letters after my name because somehow people care about that and if that's they way you get ahead in life then I have to play the game.

And well its been a lot of fun too. I have one eye on seeing my daughter Mia on 7th Dec and seeing all my old friends in Olomouc. The guy who's is studying in UCD and working his ass off is one part of me. \\

The other part wants to play snowball fights and kick it with friends. I like both of those guys by the way
Oh and Tony the Dragon agrees with me

Over and out

JK

Web 2.0 /Lib 2.0 may have its uses but I genuinely dont know where it fits into an academic library. Twitter might be of most use to let students know things quickly and its more readable and accessible than an allstudent email. If the network/email is down a quick tweet might save someone a journey into the Library. Twitter style of whats happening right this minute is good.

igoogle

Igoogle is a handy place to store all your tweets readers calendars and other stuff. So theres only one page to rule them all.

Federated Searches

Ive been looking at these for the last couple of days. I even built one. Its a bit like sewing bits of spaghetti together.

Have a look at this open source one http://www.vufind.org/

Some Library 3.0 technology

The Wall Street Journal's Phred Dvorak has a thought-provoking feature on the use of laptops and Internet services by homeless people, who, like everyone else, use them for civic engagement with politicians, social interaction, job hunting, and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Here's a prediction: in five years, a UN convention will enshrine network access as a human right (preemptive strike against naysayers: "Human rights" aren't only water, food and shelter, they include such "nonessentials" as free speech, education, and privacy). In ten years, we won't understand how anyone thought it wasn't a human right.

And even then, there will be destitute former music execs, living rough on the streets, using their laptops to argue that no, it's not a human right: you should be deprived of your Internet access if you're accused of copyright infringement, because the Internet is just a machine for making copies of trivial, copyrighted entertainment products.

7 1/2 habits of effective learners - what I find easy and difficult

Hardest : Beginning with the end in mind, you never can tell where things will take you

Easiest : Using technology to your advantage