Tuesday, February 9, 2010

IGoogle, IDo!

I did try to print my screen to show off my IGoogle page but despite doing my best to follow the Internet Centre Manager's instructions nothing happened so back to the verbal approach .... the Tea house theme for the background, plus ABC News, BBC News, a ToDo window and the Sydney Weather Radar (I would have liked to find something closer to home but haven't managed it thus far .....). Actually it looked OK and had the sorts of things that I would find useful when coupled with some of the defaults.
If I was someone who used the Internet a lot, particularly the social uses, the IGoogle would be very useful at the personal level. I don't know that it has as much application in professional usage but the plethora of sources and services available as part of Web 2.0/1 makes such a management tool almost essential for anyone who is asignificant Internet user. As the notes say it is like a private web page. Professionally the widgets would not be appropriate and the social contacts would be much more streamlined so not the same need for a management aid.
I looked briefly at the others mentioned but thought that iGoogle with its blending of social and informational resources would be my choice. Shareoholic looked very useful for managing social links.

1 comment:

pls@slnsw said...

Well thanks for checking it out.

Ellen