Social Intelligence

 Hi, My name is Megan Neilans.  I am in my third, and hopefully not last semester of my Masters in Library and Information Studies at the University of Western Ontario. I am a library technician, who has worked in a variety of library settings from a public library headquarters to multiple art galleries and the B.C. Ministry of Health. I have a BA in history and all, but two courses of a BA in Canadian Studies as well.

I am a relative newbie to creating content for social software applications as I only started blogging last semester. I have been enjoying reading and watching the other people’s contributions on YouTube as well as content found on a variety of websites. I have been watching television online for the last year as I did not have a television with cable and I could watch what I wanted when I wanted. I caught up on older shows and those that have been cancelled that were of interest. I also utilize Facebook to keep track of friends and family around the world as I have moved every three years for the last 30. One of my favourite features with my social software applications is the birthday notifications for friends so that I can seem totally organized even when I am busy.

I had never used google for anything, but searching until today and the RSS aggregator and google documents look like they will be very useful additions to my tool kit of tricks for both my personal and professional life. My next task will be signing up for and sorting out Delicious as I think I will try and get that assignment done first to leave space for my group and final projects.

I look forward to enlarging my skill set for both recreational and professional purposes as I have heard about many of these applications, but have never used them. I am curious and willing learn. I look forward to reading about and playing with the variety of social software applications that are out there.