• Topic 1 - Exercise 3

    A Heuristic Experience.

    I had a few difficulties finding the link to the heuristic evaluation site. I couldn’t seem to find it in the PDF file - none of my links would work.  I did remember stumbling across it as I looked at some of the past files for the course saved on ZOPE. Thankfully I found the page at -

    http://oldwww.acm.org/perlman/question.cgi Read the rest of this entry »


  • Using Social Networks and Online Communities - more thoughts….

    My Experiences with Online Communities - 2

    In my quest to discover and learn about Folksonomies, I realised just how involved the topic is. I managed to get my FOAF - Friend of a Friend - file completed and will be interested to see if or how that all works. The concept behind it is great, but in my mind I am still trying to get my head around the idea of trying to connect everyone who uses the world wide web in some way. I found it a little obscure, but perhaps I don’t fully understand it all? Read the rest of this entry »


  • Using Social Networks and Online Communities - some thoughts

    My Experiences with Online Communities - 1

    Well, this subject is all about Social Networking and Online Communities and I think I am actually beginning to catch on. I could say I am hooked. I have used MSN for years, ICQ as well and have found them great for keeping in touch with friends and their families but really not much more.

    I have also spent many hours(much to my husband’s dismay!) accessing , chat rooms, mailing lists, emailing etc. as I have followed a passion of mine - genealogy. Strange, though that, previously, I never really saw them as online communities or thought of them in terms of the “learning” they were providing. My list would be a couple of kms long, if I were to write down all the things I have learned from those online communities!!

    Even now, I see MSN, in a new light.  Read the rest of this entry »