Eden at Mac
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Week 9 – Online Social Networks
Well, telling me about Facebook may have been a mistake. This is very addicting. I’ve already found lots of people, besides the Learning 2.0 Mac group , on the east and west coast of Canada. Hooking up with old friends is pretty neat. I’m getting the hang of it now. I had a look at at Myspace.com and found Krista. I can’t believe what’s out there!
Week 8 : Online Applications & Tools
I tried out Snipshot and I think that will come in real handy. Quite often I like to send pics to others but they’re so big that it’s a real hassle downsizing them. This makes it very easy. I also tried out the LastFM but I’ll need to play around with that some more. Right now I don’t find it very user friendly but I’m sure the “user” just isn’t up to par and can’t figure it out :-} …
Week 6 & 7: Discovery!
I decided to change my Tag names, the one I called Vacation I changed to Eden’s Tags. Since I have other things besides Travel there it made more sense to rename it.
Week 6 & 7 : Discovery!
I read some of the resource articles and my favorite is Community 2.0, Ellyssa Kroski. Her article is brief and descriptive. She also has all her points marked out with a heading so if you are looking for something quickly it’s easy to find. I found some of the articles are very long. In today’s world where everyone is in a hurry I was surprised that their articles are as long as they are. Who do they think has time to read that much?!
Week 5: Tagging, Social Bookmarking & Folksonomies
I really like this option b/c bookmarks can be accessed from any computer you use and having a button on my links makes for easy access. The other nice feature is that when you do a search, specific sites relating to that topic pop up, not just anything with that word in it. I find that very useful. I set an account up at http://del.icio.us/mcleane and have 2 Tags, one for McMaster and one for Vacation. I find it very useful having the option to catagorize my bookmarks b/c I have so many, it just makes more sense.
Flickr is pretty neat. I searched for photos in PEI and the one I liked the most is of a beach in PEI called Basin Head. It’ has a beautiful white sandy beach and the locals cal them the Singing Sands. When you walk on the sand in your bare feet you have hear a musical sound. It’s been turned into a tourist attraction now and the $$ are used to help maintain the beach. Severe damage has been caused from some of their winter storms. Here are some of my favorite photos of Basin Head:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willmatheson/221633163/
Samana, DR
At the last minute we decided to take a trip to the Dominican. We called our travel agent www.caribbeanvacations.ca and like always they found us a great deal at a super resort, $706/pp including taxes for 7 days/nights. The resort we went to is called Gran Bahia Principe Samana. We’ve never been to this part of the Dominican before b/c they’ve just built an airport that’s close to the resorts. Before this it would have been a 4-6 hour car ride from Punta Cana or Puerto Plata. It was beautiful there and we were so close to the ocean that if you opened the french doors to your balcony you could hear the waves crashing against the rocks. The room came complete with housecoats, slippers, iron and ironing board, satelite tv, coffeemaker, coffee, mini-fridge with water, pop and beer and everything replenished every day. It offered 24 hour room service, a generous buffet and 2 a la carte restaurants that included lobster on the menu! The staff were great, very accommodating and the group of people there were fantastic! It’s a small resort, private and if you’re looking for a quiet get-away then this is where you want to be. There aren’t any vendors bothering you but has a little store where you can purchase some souvenir’s. There aren’t any other resorts around although you can get a ride or walk (20 minutes) down to the local harbor where they have a free shuttle over to their sister resort that’s located on an island called Gran Bahia Principe El Portillo. It has a nice white sandy beach and cruise ships stop there so if you’re looking for a vendor you can usually find one there. We took a tour to see the humpback whales. They swim to Samana from the maritmes every year to have their calves. It’s a tour operated by Kim Beddall, orginally from Toronto but has lived in the Dominican for 23 years. Unfortunately we missed the whales by one day but she gave everyone a raincheck that is good for 5-6 years. We also took a tour and rappelled down a 200 foot waterfall. That was a very cool experience since I’ve never done anything like that before. All in all a great little get-away!
Week 4 – Wiki
This is my new Faviorite Authors, Movies and TV programs page on Wiki http://myfavouritebooks.pbwiki.com/Eden’s%20page.
Week 3 – RSS feeds
I set up an account on Google Reader and have subscribed to some RSS feeds. It’s a great way to keep up with others. Now on to Wiki’s!
