I found rollyo (which I thought was pronounced rolly-o) two thumbs down. I had to play with it when writing the learning 2.0 exercises and wanted to throw it against the floor, as if it was a consumer good in impossible packaging. I attempted to add the search bar to my blog, and it just does not look pretty. A few of my fellow L2 participants found it to be easy as pie and quick (so we can get the heck out of dodge to someplace warm).
So, I decided to make a technology themed blog entry. Helpful when I am looking for a blog entry I am trying to recall, or something on a specific topic. I enter in my websites, and say 'create' and then I am taken to a screen that looks exactly like the screen I saw before I started. Upon closer inspection, I realize that my newly created search engine is there, in tiny print. So easy you could miss it, and let me tell you, I did. And then the results took for-ever... I am STILL waiting.
I will have to visit Rollyo sometime in the future. For now, I will leave it. And guess what? Thats okay! I don't have to love every tool we learn about, and certainly wouldn't be able to find an application for each one. And thats okay! Library 2.0 is about responding for patron needs, not using all the myriad bits of technology that come along.
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Your experience was the same as mine. I finally gave up on Rollyo after visiting it three times. I thought about it off and on during the day thinking I finally had a plan but when I tried my new plan it didn't work. This one is not for me.
Out of 23 things, rollyo(whichever way it's pronounced) didn't impress me either. I guess there are tons of web 2.0 tools out there that might not have a place in either our personal or professional lives.
I am glad I am not the only one who didn't like rollyo. I thought it was just me and I was missing something!
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