Internet Technologies
for ISA Sections
Presented at 2009 Joint D01 and 05
Leadership Conference
by Jon DiPietro (Boston Section)
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About Me
• Domesticator of Information Technology
– Early experience in SCADA, PLC, HMI
– Moved up “information food chain”
– Played for both teams; engineering and IT
– Experience in software development (desktop and
web), database design, and report building
• Entrepreneur
– Bridge-Soft
– WaWWGO
• ISA Member
– Boston Section President
– WWID Webmaster
• www.jondipietro.com

Agenda
• The New Web
– Web 2.0 – 101
– Social media
– Emergence of low/no cost technologies
• Leveraging Technology
– Web sites
– Collaboration
– Newsletters
– Networking
– Sharing and publishing

The New Web:
Web 2.0 - 101
• Definition

The New Web:
Web 2.0 - 101
• Definition
• Examples
– YouTube

The New Web:
Web 2.0 - 101
• Definition
• Examples
– YouTube
– Facebook

The New Web:
Web 2.0 - 101
• Definition
• Examples
– YouTube
– Facebook
– LinkedIn

The New Web:
Web 2.0 - 101
• Definition
• Examples
– YouTube
– Facebook
– LinkedIn
• Implications
– Craigslist v.
Boston Globe
– MySpace v.
America Online

The New Web:
Social Media
• What is it?
– Communication
– Collaboration
– Multimedia
– Reviews and Opinions
– Entertainment
• What isn’t it?
• What does it do?
– Organization (tags)
– Feedback (ratings) Courtesy of Dave Gray
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davegray/153025183/
– Promotion (comments)

The New Web:
Emergence of Low/No Cost Technologies
• Open Source
– LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
– Content Management Systems
• Ad-supported
• Freemium
– Google Applications
– Ning

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• Free(mium)
– Google Sites

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• Free(mium)
– Google Sites
– WordPress

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• Free(mium)
– Google Sites
– WordPress
– Ning

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• Web Content Management
Systems (CMS)
– Benefits
– Power to the people (not
coders and webmasters)!
– FREE
– Powerful, flexible, scalable
– Common characteristics
– Template or skin-driven
– Group-based security and
membership
– Easily modified content
– Web standards upgrades
– Third party extensions

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• Open Source CMS
– DotNetNuke

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• Open Source CMS
– DotNetNuke
– WordPress

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• Open Source CMS
– DotNetNuke
– WordPress
– Drupal

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• Open Source CMS
– DotNetNuke
– WordPress
– Drupal
– Joomla!

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• What you can do:
– Democratize web
content management

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• What you can do:
– Democratize web content
management
– News announcements with
RSS syndication

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• What you can do:
– Democratize web content
management
– News announcements with
RSS syndication
– Event management and
enrollment

Leveraging Technologies:
Web Sites
• What you can do:
– Democratize web content
management
– News announcements with
RSS syndication
– Event management and
enrollment
– Much more…
– Surveys
– Blogs
– Online stores
– Document repositories
– Forums

Leveraging Technologies:
Collaboration
• Google Apps
– Email
– Shared calendar
– Documents
– Sites
– Mobile Apps

Leveraging Technologies:
Collaboration
• Newsletters
– Vertical Response
– Web CMS modules

Leveraging Technologies:
Collaboration
• Networking
– LinkedIn

Leveraging Technologies:
Collaboration
• Networking
– LinkedIn
– Facebook

Leveraging Technologies:
Collaboration
• Networking
– LinkedIn
– Facebook
– Twitter

Leveraging Technologies:
Sharing and Publishing
• Blogs
– WordPress
– TypePad
– Blogger

Leveraging Technologies:
Sharing and Publishing
• Blogs
– WordPress
– TypePad
– Blogger
• YouTube

Leveraging Technologies:
Sharing and Publishing
• Blogs
– WordPress
– TypePad
– Blogger
• YouTube
• SlideShare

Leveraging Technologies:
Sharing and Publishing
• Blogs
– WordPress
– TypePad
– Blogger
• YouTube
• SlideShare
• Delicious

Leveraging Technologies:
Sharing and Publishing
• Blogs
– WordPress
– TypePad
– Blogger
• YouTube
• SlideShare
• Delicious
• Flickr

Leveraging Technologies:
Sharing and Publishing
• Blogs
– WordPress
– TypePad
– Blogger
• YouTube
• SlideShare
• Delicious
• Flickr
• FriendFeed