The task this week is to recommend a Web 2.0 site that might be of use to others. The one that I have chosen is Rollyo - no doubt an abbreviation for "Roll your own" which makes me think it might have some Australian links, the "rolly" being the hand made cigarette much loved of old bushies and for some reason, university students. The Rollyo site howver has nothing to do with tobacco.
" Rollyo" http://www.rollyo.com/ is a site that allows a user to bundle together sets of useful, trusted sites which can then be searched simultaneously for whatever terms are required. This bundling of useful, related sites is very handy and very flexible - sites can be added or removed from a Rollyo "Roll"and time is saved in searching, in that for simple searches at least, only one search need be conducted instead of multiple serial searches. For an exercise on Rollyo, set up an account and then set up a "Searchroll" (ie a bundle of trusted sites) for legal materials. Comlaw http://www.comlaw.gov.au and Austlii http://www.austlii.edu.au would do, although one could add as many as 25 sites if need be. Having set up a "searchroll" use it to carry out a search for the "Public Service Act 1999". The results are pretty good, if the searches are kept simple.
Another useful feature of Rollyo, is that by adding the Rollyo bookmark link to your bookmark bar, it is possible to use Rollyo to search any site that you bookmark, thus saving the need to work down through a site to find the link you want. Same deal as using Google to search a specific site. If you have registered, add the Rollbar link to your bookmark bar and give it a fly. The link to do this is : http://www.rollyo.com/bookmarklet.html.
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