Libran Librarian

During the past week, I took a look at a few of the web-based applications listed in the week 8 assignment.  I started with RedKid.net, the one “just for fun”.  And it is fun but I don’t expect to have a lot of use for it.   Basecamp sounded promising so I tried it out.  I set up an account (free one) and did a simple TO DO list after viewing the audio/video tutorial.  Although the site was a little less intuitive than I’d like, I hope to explore it further as I think it will be useful for me.  The application I spent the most time playing with was lastfm.  I’d heard about it at one of the OLA sessions I had attended in early February and had been wanting to check it out.  This assignment gave me that opportunity.  Initially I felt some frustration with this site as I could not navigate it easily – I couldn’t remember where things were that I had used on previous visits.  Although the site offers the advantage of connecting with people with similar musical interests as one’s own, I have been enjoying discovering artists similar to the one’s I like as suggested by lastfm.  The business of “scrobbling” and how it is done became clearer to me after I read the FAQ (which I didn’t find for a while).  I will definitely spend more time with this application.