Saving Time and Energy with Web 2.0 Tools

Saving Time and Energy with Web 2.0 Tools Presented for the Ewing SeniorNet Computer Literacy Center 06/10/08 Presented by: Janie Hermann, Princeton Public Library

Web 2.0 is…

A Social, Collaborative Web

Defined by trends and sites such as: Blogs/RSS - Wikis - Podcasts – Tagging - Social software – Facebook - MySpace - de.licio.us - furl - Flickr - IM – lastfm - Folksonomies - Mashups

2.0

Web 2.0 is …

The Read/Write Web

Participatory and Social

Information consumers and contributors are often one in the same

But what does this really mean?

The Machine is Us/ing Us http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

Why were YOU chosen by TIME? … because 2006 was a “story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It's about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people's network YouTube and the online metropolis MySpace. It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes.”

Website Traffic Graph comparing myspace.com, youtube.com and flickr.com

Tim O’Reilly’s Concise Explanation Source: http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

How can I benefit?

New sites and tools are being released at an astonishing rate

Most of these sites are free for basic use

Many sites and tools are available that will help you save time

You can connect with friends and relatives more easily

Library Thing

Catalog books in your personal or institutional library easily

Tag books and write reviews

Share tagged books and reviews

Find what to read next from other users’ reviews and tags

http:// www.LibraryThing.com

Memjog

Send text message reminders to your cell phone

Generate lists and save them on your cell phone

Never forget an appointment or birthday again

http://www.memjog.net/

Wakerupper

No account required

Just like a hotel wake up call

Eliminate worry about missing flights, morning meetings, etc

Schedule regular reminder phone calls with a free account

http://www.wakerupper.com/

Wakerupper

Demo available at:

http://blog.wakerupper.com/index.php/2008/05/demogirl-profiles-wakerupper/

MonkeySee

Motto: See how the experts do it

“Experts” in a variety of areas post short how-to videos

Viewers can comment and rate

Easy to share and post videos

Zamzar

Quickly converts files from one format to another

Eliminates need for conversion software

Convert text, image, video, and sound files (large array of file extensions available)

Conversions emailed for downloading

http://www.zamzar.com

Picnik

Online photo editing in your browser

No program installation required

Import pictures from your PC or online

Some features require premium subscription

http://www.picnik.com

Picnik

Doodle

Polling and Scheduling made easy

No need to create an account

Schedule a meeting and be assured you have the best possible date

Easy to update

http://doodle.ch

Instructions on how to participate. Summary of results

Jott

Consider this to be Voice Mail 2.0

Instead of texting, use Jott from your cell phone to call a toll-free number and have a spoken note transcribed then texted, or e-mailed to yourself – or to anyone else you choose.