The featured sites when I turned on the Tube: massage to relief stress headach... Concentration curl - Biceps Exer... , pingu, Quicksand - U.A.E.. Much like the TV, lots of flipping is required to find something to watch, but there is definitely good stuff in there. Like any media, it's up to the user to decide if they'd like to skip the letter to the editor or switch frequencies when the call-in portion of the show starts. For my guinea pig this time, I went local and national; I put in the name of our MP, and Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty. I got a range of results, from those posted by Rick Mercer, to Steve Paikin to theGritGirl. I was pleased to see that you could follow the author trail to a certain extent, and see who was posting the videos, and what their slant might be. We've all got a slant. I didn't see anywhere to search by author/poster--ie. does Mr. Flaherty have a channel, or is everyone else just talking about him? I also didn't see the tags applied to each video. I looked in the help but didn't find it all that helpful. I feel like I'm missing something; if so, please share! But maybe I'm displaying my own slant, and that kind of beyond keyword searching isn't necessary. Earlier this morning we used YT to find a song Emma has to practice for school. There are lots of examples of good applications for libraries, I can't think of anything newer or better to add. Beatrice, are you ready for your closeup?
Saturday, March 20, 2010
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