DM110 Emerging Web Media Dr. John Breslin [email_address] http://sw.deri.org/~jbreslin/ Week 8: Content Sharing

Content sharing We’ve already looked at some types of content sharing: Text (blogs, wikis) Audio (podcasts) Video (vodcasts) As well as these, there are many other types of content that can be shared: Maps Bookmarks Photos Events Presentations (slides) Reviews (books, movies, music) Feed subscriptions, etc.

We’ve already looked at some types of content sharing:

Text (blogs, wikis)

Audio (podcasts)

Video (vodcasts)

As well as these, there are many other types of content that can be shared:

Maps

Bookmarks

Photos

Events

Presentations (slides)

Reviews (books, movies, music)

Feed subscriptions, etc.

Content++ Content has been included in web pages for some time “ Embedded links” Content that is posted on “Web 2.0” sites brings some new features: Content is linked to the creator Content can be shared to the public Content can be tagged for easy classification and retrieval In content containers Comments can be added to content items You can be notified about new content via RSS feeds More about this in the next lecture

Content has been included in web pages for some time

“ Embedded links”

Content that is posted on “Web 2.0” sites brings some new features:

Content is linked to the creator

Content can be shared to the public

Content can be tagged for easy classification and retrieval

In content containers

Comments can be added to content items

You can be notified about new content via RSS feeds

More about this in the next lecture

Google Maps

Satellite images from Google

Google Maps API

Walkies?

Sharing maps with UseAMap.com (Vinny Glennon)

Publishing photos with Flickr

Using Flickr You now must now login with a Yahoo! account Flickr is owned by Yahoo! Upload some pictures: Select some image from your hard drive Add tags Can mark regions of interest and annotate them (“add note”) Don’t forget to “choose your Flickr web address” if you want to get a permanent URL Then you will get something like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourUserName/ http://www.flickr.com/people/yourUserName/

You now must now login with a Yahoo! account

Flickr is owned by Yahoo!

Upload some pictures:

Select some image from your hard drive

Add tags

Can mark regions of interest and annotate them (“add note”)

Don’t forget to “choose your Flickr web address” if you want to get a permanent URL

Then you will get something like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourUserName/

http://www.flickr.com/people/yourUserName/

Flickr is useful for… … adding text (descriptions) and tags (keywords) to your pictures … organising your pictures: By date (upload or real “taken on” date using EXIF) - “organizer” tab By tag, description, etc. - “search” tab … controlling who can access your photos: Can define each picture’s visibility: Private, public, only friends, only family

… adding text (descriptions) and tags (keywords) to your pictures

… organising your pictures:

By date (upload or real “taken on” date using EXIF) - “organizer” tab

By tag, description, etc. - “search” tab

… controlling who can access your photos:

Can define each picture’s visibility:

Private, public, only friends, only family

Flickr is also useful for… … adding and getting comments on each picture … social networking: You can add (Flickr) friends and exchange messages with them You can create groups and belong to other’s created groups ...uploading and publishing photos in various ways: Can upload pictures to Flickr by e-mail, or using desktop utilities Can also publish your pictures to your blog (or website using “badges”)

… adding and getting comments on each picture

… social networking:

You can add (Flickr) friends and exchange messages with them

You can create groups and belong to other’s created groups

...uploading and publishing photos in various ways:

Can upload pictures to Flickr by e-mail, or using desktop utilities

Can also publish your pictures to your blog (or website using “badges”)

Flickr disadvantages You cannot export your data You cannot modify (can only rotate) your pictures You have to pay if you want: To allow higher resolution (>800x600) viewing of your images To create more photo sets (limited to three in the free version) To be able to post to more than 10 groups To upload many (large) pictures, since the free version is limited to 100MB transfer per month Similar site called Zooomr Yes, that’s three Os!

You cannot export your data

You cannot modify (can only rotate) your pictures

You have to pay if you want:

To allow higher resolution (>800x600) viewing of your images

To create more photo sets (limited to three in the free version)

To be able to post to more than 10 groups

To upload many (large) pictures, since the free version is limited to 100MB transfer per month

Similar site called Zooomr

Yes, that’s three Os!

Recommending bookmarks

Quick bookmarking and tagging with del.icio.us A handy little plugin for Firefox AJAX in action

Your bookmark folder in del.icio.us

The del.icio.us tag cloud

How to use del.icio.us Register at http://del.icio.us and: You will get a public URL, and your username will be at the end of the URL, like http://del.icio.us/Cloudie Start adding your favourite URLs: Add a page, e.g. http://teaching.deri.ie/ and then: Add tags (for example: “personal cool nuigalway course student”) A tag is a one word descriptor (for example, homePage, myName) so it is probably best to avoid punctuation marks, and you can also use “camelCase” if you like it Add buttons for “quick access” to del.icio.us in your browser: See http://del.icio.us/help/buttons

Register at http://del.icio.us and:

You will get a public URL, and your username will be at the end of the URL, like http://del.icio.us/Cloudie

Start adding your favourite URLs:

Add a page, e.g. http://teaching.deri.ie/ and then:

Add tags (for example: “personal cool nuigalway course student”)

A tag is a one word descriptor (for example, homePage, myName) so it is probably best to avoid punctuation marks, and you can also use “camelCase” if you like it

Add buttons for “quick access” to del.icio.us in your browser:

See http://del.icio.us/help/buttons

What’s useful or new about del.icio.us? Your bookmarks “escape” from your PC: Become accessible from anywhere Unlock the hidden data on your desktop Your bookmarks are public: Anyone can view them You can view everybody else’s You can subscribe to other people’s bookmarks You can send bookmarks to other (registered) people: See the “for” and “inbox” tags

Your bookmarks “escape” from your PC:

Become accessible from anywhere

Unlock the hidden data on your desktop

Your bookmarks are public:

Anyone can view them

You can view everybody else’s

You can subscribe to other people’s bookmarks

You can send bookmarks to other (registered) people:

See the “for” and “inbox” tags

What else is cool about del.icio.us? You can export all your information: Under “settings”, “export” When you want “different boxes”, you can classify your tags using bundles You can create / delete your bundles: Click on “arrange tags” A new way of visualisation, the “cloud view”: You can see a simple list of your tags, or you can view them in a cloud - try it!

You can export all your information:

Under “settings”, “export”

When you want “different boxes”, you can classify your tags using bundles

You can create / delete your bundles:

Click on “arrange tags”

A new way of visualisation, the “cloud view”:

You can see a simple list of your tags, or you can view them in a cloud - try it!

Tell others about community events

Sharing presentations with SlideShare Embed in pages Bookmark any slide Can’t download

Embed in pages

Bookmark any slide

Can’t download

Reading lists

Your musical likes

Bringing it all together and “subscribe to my brain ”