#15 - Readings on Web 2.0

I am only now really starting to grasp the enormity of web 2.0, but http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/6.htm Dr. Wendy Schultz talks about web 3.0 (afterlife, where all the cool kids already hang out) and web 4.0 (library spas).

It 's clear that we are so behind the curve. I keep thinking of this" what is the ONE THING that would be a quick win for us for the library in web 2.0"

- create an institutional myspace account, with disclaimers
- create those bookmarky things with del.icio.us and let others build on it

I guess that's TWO things, but I also think we need to make sure our staff are engaged in this. At the inservice today, I saw clerical staff really disengaged when Sandra was talking about Learning 2.0. You'd think some of them might be interested.... maybe they feel stressed.....

Technorati and all that tagging stuff!

I still am not sure I totally understand everything. Like, for instance, I just saw that video
http://www.technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6h3G-lMZxjo
about Hilary Clinton that is on Youtube. So, I guess I am confused because I thought that Technorati indexed other blogs, but youtube, I don't think, is a blog, so what is up with that?

And, when I searched Learning 2.0, I saw Matt Lopez's page. Coolio. However, on his blog, he has these cool links on the side of his page. How did he do that? I guess I missed something.....

Exercise 13 del.icio.us

Well! I think one of the most useful things was to see how other public libraries are using del.icio.us I found it interesting, and I could see how it would be cool to do this for library customers, because:
1. customers see us as experts, so why not feed it to them in a web 2.o way, rather that a webliography!
2. allows us to see how our users are using our info (how many are linking to it)
3. we could check out their links, and get insights into what they are thinking/reading/interested in
4. shows a new way for us to connect to them

I also think it is free-form thinking, which is appealing.

rollyo

this web site is loading REALLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY SLLOOOWWWWWLLLLLLLYYYYYYY

so i am going to pass on creating my own, but i get the concept.

##11 - week 5 - best of the best web 2.0 tools

Technorati rocks. I can see that I will use this in the future - it allows you to search for blogs on topics that you would like.

Creating a superhero

http://www.humorscope.com/cgi-bin/hero.cgi

in exercise 10, i generated a superhero of myself, but i don't know how to send that link.

i also made a cropcircle, to reflect my favorite movie, signs.

http://www.mapmsg.com/en/view?l=pRP*PP6P1nxJ2utRYklTGvQ6HtA&m=AAUABQAIAWFsaWVudG9vbHNxdWVzdGlvbldoZXJlIGRvIEkgbGFuZD8&v=pebcpvepyr

This actually was a fun excercise.

RSS Feeds and News Feeds - Week 4, excercises 8&9

Ohmygawd. Here I am sitting in the computer lab in King, trying to get through all of this. One thing I learned is that my blog automatically creates a feed. That is cool. I found bb-d-lish's blog/feed, and added it to my blogline.

i think one of the downsides is that so many of us have our anonymous names, so no one would know that i am pippi unless i told them! the ups and downs of being anonymous! although, i would love to add an avatar to my blog!

:-)