Start or Home pages Web 2.0 Resources Phil Bradley

Question… When you start your browser, where do you go, and what do you do? What do you use the internet for? What do you use your computer for? How many places do you go in order to get all of these tasks completed?

When you start your browser, where do you go, and what do you do?

What do you use the internet for?

What do you use your computer for?

How many places do you go in order to get all of these tasks completed?

Answer: Too many places! Wouldn’t it make more sense to just go to one?

Too many places!

Wouldn’t it make more sense to just go to one?

Available resources Pageflakes at http://www.pageflakes.com Netvibes at http://www.netvibes.com Nowsy at http://www.nowsy.com Webwag at http://www.webwag.com/ It’s a start at http://www.itsastart.com/ And others…

Pageflakes at http://www.pageflakes.com

Netvibes at http://www.netvibes.com

Nowsy at http://www.nowsy.com

Webwag at http://www.webwag.com/

It’s a start at http://www.itsastart.com/

And others…

Using Pageflakes It’s a free resource It’s European It’s been around for over a year It has many thousands of users It has a good reputation

It’s a free resource

It’s European

It’s been around for over a year

It has many thousands of users

It has a good reputation

Elements of the page Links Email Web search To do lists Check your email Check searches Hundreds of other ‘flakes’ or ‘utilities’

Links

Email

Web search

To do lists

Check your email

Check searches

Hundreds of other ‘flakes’ or ‘utilities’

Sharing pages With colleagues (read only) With colleagues (edit) The world

With colleagues (read only)

With colleagues (edit)

The world

Adding flakes

Adding in RSS feeds RSS – Really Simple Syndication Search results are saved, reformatted and repackaged Search results are brought to you, you don’t have to go out and get them

RSS – Really Simple Syndication

Search results are saved, reformatted and repackaged

Search results are brought to you, you don’t have to go out and get them

Import the RSS feed/URL

Summary Start pages allow you to keep your content in one place Information comes to you They save you time You can easily share information Not restricted to a location or machine

Start pages allow you to keep your content in one place

Information comes to you

They save you time

You can easily share information

Not restricted to a location or machine

Any questions?