Week Four: RSS Feeds

I've been having fun adding RSS feeds to my google reader - it's funny where interesting pages pop up!

Some I've added from links friends have posted on Facebook. Others I've found while reading from websites already in my fave's list.

A few of particular interest include:

http://dismantle.org.au/  This one my Dad forwarded me in an email

http://cockburnlibraries.blogspot.com/  I've been enjoying reading about Graphic Novels courtesy of a colleague

http://www.mamamoontime.com/2010/11/50-alternatives-to-gifting-toys-for.html  This one was posted extensively on Facebook by friends, we're very big on sustainability in our house so I've subscribed to the blog to keep up to date with other ideas :D

http://pictureseatpeople.blogspot.com/   And this blog is adorable! Though I find the text hard to read on the work PCs (I'm a Mac user at heart)

http://swanlibraries-2-0.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default   I have managed to subscribe to the course work feed, though it didn't give the option of adding to my Google Reader page initially. So I copied and pasted the link into the box on my GReader page ;)

I can certainly see the benefits of using the RSS feeds, both as a consumer and creater of information sharing.

It is a very handy time saver.

Week Three: Sharing Images

This is the International Breastfeeding Symbol.

It is available to share freely for non commercial gain.

It is used by businesses and public locations to show acceptance of breastfeeding families, and I think it's great! Anything that normalises breastfeeding as the optimal food for babies is a great help.

Here is a link to some places that this symbol has been seen in use:

http://mothering.com/breastfeeding/international-breastfeeding-symbol-photos

And a photo of some famous friends!

I've breastfed my 3 boys in so many places over the 7 years I've been a mum, but the support I've had from my managers at work has been awesome - when my oldest was a baby he would visit me every work day for a lunch time feed in the tea room at work. Never an eyelid batted by colleagues, always just a friendly hello. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all libraries displayed  'Breastfeeding welcome here' stickers, available from the Australian Breastfeeding Association? You can request one for your workplace here:

http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/advocacy/welcome.html