Week 4 - Tastespotting

Nom nom nom! this is by far my favourite week, lol.

My chosen recipe was for Lightly Cooked Cherry Tomato and Ricotta Bruschetta
(see http://www.herbivoracious.com/2011/08/lightly-cooked-cherry-tomato-and-ricotta-bruschetta-recipe.html )

Which I chose as it just looked delicious, but healthy, which at 36 weeks pregnant is important, lol! The site is very easy to use, and I can see it will be one I'll be bookmarking for browsing at home. I love how it links you back to the original site, a great way to find some new favourite sites too.

It was nice having a 'fun' week exercise, and I think a helpful addition to the web 2.0 programme. Web 2.0 is all about information sharing, and this site is a fantastic (and yummy) example of that :)

Week 3 - FeedMyInbox

Very interesting exercise! Feed My Inbox was very easy to use, subscribe to, and to add feeds too. But the obvious huge drawback is that the free version is limited to just 5 feeds, and that these are also limited (as in I could only choose a daily feed option, rather than a digest....considering I forgot I had registered, I got quite a shock when my email was full of the feeds, lol!) I subscribed to the full 5 sites that I could in the free package, including 3 library related blogs I enjoy, one author blog I love following, and the Auckland Libraries Top 5 site (always worth checking out!)
I think anyone would find it easy to use, but I think that if our customers were after a free site, this wouldn't suit. The free version is really only suitable for perhaps someone interested in following just a few sites/blogs etc. I personally wouldn't use this again, but only because it costs - I did like the format of the emails I recieved (except for the fact I got them daily). So, a good easy to use site, but only recommendable to either those wanting a limited number of feeds, or willing to pay for a better package.

Week 2 - Picapp

Looks like this is one of those sites that has changed its purpose after the fact (thats the problem with me doing this training so belately I guess :) Last time I checked it, it didn't function the same way it the training notes said it should (I couldn't use it to find images at all) - tried again today only to find the site is 'under construction'.....so moving on to the next week :)