Books 2.0

Visual Bookshelve: to me is it works like the librarything only that on this plat form, it allows people to review and share their favorite novel, while the weread site enable you to read books while making your choice of books, it more like a book club where people share ideas on books or latest finding. Another interesting feature is the worldcat which from my understanding, it is a catalogue of the world libraries in which you can search for materials by library, name or location, it is more like a feature that allows you to borrow or view books from source around the world.

Usefulness of these features can not be quantified, and the most exciting thing is it's availablility on FB. I will harness this features to anhance the quality of my work.

Microblogging (Twitter)

What I found on the twitter search is quite amazing due to the simple fact that I saw how people are responding and twiiting as to what is happening in our country from security, corruption, flooding as well Nigeria's delicacy's. Twitter is the ideal way to express one's view or perspective realting to his or her community in very short form of expression. Twitter is also suitable for keeping tracks of of friends and well wishers with an upto date happening seemingly.

http://www.twitter.com/nasumar

things 4:Social Bookmarking and Tagging

http://www.delicious.com/nasumar

Google Reader

Question 1&2: I have added to my reader the following:-

* Library Stuff (to enable me learn more of library work)
* Africa (to learn, explore and get more news relating to my continent)
* Sports ( for uptodate news on Sports around the world)
* Copyright (to understand the does and donts of copyright materials)
* eBooks ( to learn more of how to access ebook for the benefit of myself as well as my contacts)

Question 3: RSS feed as per as my understanding will feed me only update related to my interest and thus saving me time to surf and sieve through the whole site for such information.

bit.ly/acbauchi

Independence Day July 4th

Dear all,

Americans over the world are celebrating the July 4th, a day history was made by America's claim of independence from Britain. The day marks a new dawn for Democracy, a legacy that the whole world is emulating while trying to practice.

The United States is truly a diverse nation made up of dynamic people. Each year on July 4, Americans celebrate that freedom and independence with barbecues, picnics, and family gatherings. Through the Internet we are learning about and communicating with people of different nations, with different languages and different races throughout the world. Bringing the world closer with understanding and knowledge can only benefit all nations. 

Every day thousands leave their homeland to come to the "land of the free and the home of the brave" so they can begin their American Dream. I am oppurtuned to be there once and this is a journey that will forever be remembered by me, unfortunately, the time for me to realise my American dream is yet to come but I hope it will come soon.

I therefore on behalf of my collegues here in Nigeria use this meduim to wish all Americans around the world a Happy Independence celebration.



Drafting the Declaration of  independence, 1776

 Once again, Happy Independence America.