I subscribed to a variety of RSS feeds using Bloglines (one of which was OCLS Announcements and Technology @OCLS). I registered for Shifted Librarian, BBC News, Slashdot, Librarian's Internet Index among others. I even found my favorite RSS feed from http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/ that I already had on my computer at home. It gives me the latest news on what TV shows are coming to DVD.
I didn't find Grokker particularly exciting, personally. I think I'd rather just use Yahoo or Wikipedia in the first place since I'm familiar with them already. People new to both of those websites may find Grokker handy though. To me, searching visually or otherwise felt cramped with to many windows/frames and thus more confusing than if i had just gone directly to Wikipedia and searched.... and it's not like searching Wikipedia is a overly challenging endeavor. The most exciting thing is that they named it from Robert Heinlein's term "Grok" from Stranger in a Strange Land. It means to drink. But, I'm not sure if I'm going to be thinking or drinking-in Grokker too much in my spare time.
I didn't find Grokker particularly exciting, personally. I think I'd rather just use Yahoo or Wikipedia in the first place since I'm familiar with them already. People new to both of those websites may find Grokker handy though. To me, searching visually or otherwise felt cramped with to many windows/frames and thus more confusing than if i had just gone directly to Wikipedia and searched.... and it's not like searching Wikipedia is a overly challenging endeavor. The most exciting thing is that they named it from Robert Heinlein's term "Grok" from Stranger in a Strange Land. It means to drink. But, I'm not sure if I'm going to be thinking or drinking-in Grokker too much in my spare time.
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