Blog event at NLB and Singapore Bloggers Conference
Last evening I met a lady from Myanmar. She was in the university during the tumultuous years in the late 80s - regular strikes and harassment by the army was the norm those days. She somehow finished her course but there was nothing much to do in Myanmar. People tried their best to get out of the country. She too moved to Singapore and worked as a maid. She loved reading. There are several used book stores in Rangoon and Mandalay (I have sometimes found some rare old books being sold very cheap) but it is hard to find newer books. She said she was amazed when she discovered the NLB (the public library system in Singapore). it was her library membership that gave her joy during those early years of struggle in Singapore.
A used bookshop in Yangoon, You can often find some rare books here.
I am also a big fan of the NLB. I must have spent hundreds of hours at various libraries in Singapore. So, it was good to be at the Woodlands Regional Library last Saturday talking about Blogs. I was there with Wendy and Mr. Brown introducing Blogs and various ways they can be used. Thanks to Ivan and Roy from NLB for making this possible and thanks to the people who turned up. We had a good time and we hope to do more such sessions with the library.
Here are some links related to some of the things we talked about
Blogging with Blogger.com, Using Flickr and how to subscribe to podcasts (powerpoint file)
Blogs in Education (powerpoint file)
The library presented us with this bookmark made from a piece of the original public library building in Singapore. The building was demolished recently.
Later in the afternoon we were at Bloggers.sg - the Singapore bloggers conference (event details, photos). We introduced some of our favorite tools and techniques.
Using Bloglines or how to keep up with dozens of blogs everyday (How to use RSS Feeds)
Trackback (from Wikipedia)
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July 21st, 2005 at 4:49 am
Thanks for sharing… if ever anyone has to teach someone how to blog, these would make useful teaching material. BTW: Using a brick for a bookmark might not work out…
July 21st, 2005 at 4:07 pm
Is that Shin’s head and back in the Myanmar pic?
July 23rd, 2005 at 8:19 pm
Just been exploring all your travel photos, and it really makes me wanna get out there again. Thanks for the site!
July 24th, 2005 at 10:05 pm
Y, the brick bookmark seems like a funny idea… at least it is not made in china.. like i heard someone was selling some berlin wall momento that was actually from china.
Y, Linus that is mr. shin.
thanks pacatrue.