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1. Slide 1: Practical uses for Web 2.0 – an overview Phil Bradley http://www.philb.com
2. Slide 2: What is Web 2.0? • Let’s just not go there shall we? • Definitions are less important than what you can do with it • Oh, if you really insist…
3. Slide 3: What is Web 2.0? • Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace desktop computing applications for many purposes. – Wikipedia entry
4. Slide 4: Yes… and? • It’s a platform • It harnesses collective intelligence • Data can be used and re-used in many ways • Users are directly involved with development • It’s not limited to a single device • A rich user experience – Tim O’Reilly ‘What is Web 2.0?’
5. Slide 5: Yes… but? • “It’s vacuous marketing hype” • “Web 2.0 is totally silly” • “Meaningless” • “is made entirely of pretentious self serving morons.” • “a lot of thin but very hot air blown at you by those who are convinced that having nothing to say is by no means a good reason to shut up.”
6. Slide 7: So…? • The Web as a platform • Collective intelligence • The end of the software cycle • Major change in the way we look at things • Old wine and new bottles? • Generic term applied to a variety of resources • Web 2.0 is not a ‘thing’ – it’s a state of mind
7. Slide 8: Web 2.0 is not a thing – it’s a state of mind
8. Slide 9: OK… so how can I use it? • Weblogs – Create a library weblog – Additional or new library resources – Introduce members of staff – Use it as a repository of data and information by using categories and tags – Don’t regard a weblog as a diary – it’s an important website in its own right…
9. Slide 11: Weblogs continued… • Use the weblog RSS feed on the site home page as a news feed • Encourage people to add the feed to their start page or RSS reader • Create a different weblog for a different subject area – invite other authors • Use it in a different way, on a different page
10. Slide 14: News reports from the BBC
11. Slide 15: RSS and search
12. Slide 16: So, what else can I do with RSS? • Add to content to webpages • Add content to a news aggregator • Add content to a start page • Keep current with comments and updates • In conclusion therefore… RSS brings data to you, and allows you to send it out to other places.
13. Slide 17: Using news aggregators • Such as Bloglines or the Google Reader • Keep up to date • Up to the minute • Create your own searches • Use these to create your own news feeds • Combine these and publish them for users
14. Slide 19: Podcasts • Provide access to audio content • Guides/tours around a library
15. Slide 21: Podcasts 2 • Content that can’t easily be made available in other formats • Content that is accessible on the move • Not time or place dependent.
16. Slide 22: Start Pages • Pageflakes • Netvibes • Collate data into one place • Not machine dependent • Good for: – Links – Email – Search engines – RSS feeds – Weather – Etc…
17. Slide 23: Start Pages
18. Slide 24: Using start pages • Individually • As a group – Share tabbed pages – Alternative to email contact – To Do lists – Note pads – Always immediately available
19. Slide 26: Bookmarking • Limited to a specific machine • Not informative • Difficult to find what you wan • Inflexible • Cannot easily share bookmarks
20. Slide 28: What are the alternatives? • Del.icio.us • Diigo • Raw Sugar …
21. Slide 29: You can: • Share your bookmarks – Between computers – Between colleagues – Between users • Create bookmark sets – To supplement projects – To assist users • Annotate (or tag) bookmarks
22. Slide 30: Great for searching! • http://del.icio.us/tag/<search_term>
23. Slide 31: Search builders • Create your own search engines • Limit to trusted sites • As small as you want, as large as you need • Use the given URL or • Cut and paste onto your own site • Use them and then throw them
24. Slide 32: That would be: • Rollyo • Google Custom Search Builder • Eurekster swicki • Yahoo Search builder
25. Slide 33: Collaborate on knowledge • Provide content onto a webpage • Items, notes, articles • Links to news or blogs • Search functions • Video options • Let others collaborate
26. Slide 34: Creating communities • Zimbio • Flickr • Grou.ps • Plum • Squidoo • Pageflakes • Facebook
27. Slide 36: Flickr
28. Slide 37: Squidoo
29. Slide 38: Facebook
30. Slide 39: Wikis
31. Slide 40: Wikis • LIS wiki • Library success wiki • Wikipedia • Peanut butter wiki
32. Slide 41: Instant messaging • “Email is for old people” • Talk instantly back and forth • Share files (or not!) • Share webcam discussions • Group chat • IM from webpages • Create chatrooms
33. Slide 42: Instant Messenger Services
34. Slide 43: Using… • Plugoo • Gabbly Chat • Meebo rooms
35. Slide 44: Collaborate • On documents – Google docs • On spreadsheets - NumSum • With calendars - Planzo • With training - Jybe • With projects – MyWebDesktop • With To Do lists – TaDaList • With webpages – Conversate
36. Slide 45: Combine everything! • With RSS and other Web 2.0 resources anything can work with anything else • Content can be changed and manipulated into different formats that you control • Users can get involved • Geography doesn’t matter • Speed is easy • It’s not technical!
37. Slide 46: So why not… • Create search engines for subject groups • Get users involved with a Zimbio group on an aspect of <whatever>? • Create a Squidoo lens for a subject? • Start a library weblog? • Create a flickr group
38. Slide 47: Or… • A podcast or a radio station, both involving music students • A Pageflakes page that you can share with colleagues • Create del.icio.us or FURL accounts and share them • Start a wiki for all the librarians in the area
39. Slide 48: Or even • Use instant messaging to provide information in a different way • Create a book reading club using LibraryThing, Amazon and a weblog • Have a library tour on YouTube
40. Slide 49: Or even • Create trading cards from Flickr photographs • Create fun/interesting new posters • Set up a Facebook, Bebo, MySpace account for the library • Publish your own books with Lulu • Share presentations with Slideshare.net
41. Slide 50: BUT…
42. Slide 51: Expect… • “It can’t be done” • “We don’t have the resources” • “Bandwidth problems” • “Security issues” • “Write a proposal” • “Not your job” • “Not enough time”
43. Slide 52: AND…
44. Slide 53: Ignore it! Because Web 2 is changing: • The way we use the web • The way we use information • The way we find information • The way we do our jobs • The way we interact with people • The way that we look at everything
45. Slide 54: FOREVER
46. Slide 55: Want more?
47. Slide 56: Thank you! • Website: http://www.philb.com • “I want to”: http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm • Weblog: http://philbradley.typepad.com/i_want_to/ • Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/Philbradley/