Setting the stage for Web 2.0 Phil Bradley Internet Consultant [email_address]

What is this ‘2.0’ stuff? 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

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

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?’

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?’

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.”

“ 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.”

So what do I think?

I don’t care!

I don’t care!

Seriously… I want things that work That allow me to do a job better More quickly More effectively Easier So… let’s look at what we can do, starting with better ways of doing what we do now

I want things that work

That allow me to do a job better

More quickly

More effectively

Easier

So… let’s look at what we can do, starting with better ways of doing what we do now

Let’s go through a normal day Updates and news on your subject areas of interest Checking to see if any pages have changed since you last looked at them Re-running searches for new information

Updates and news on your subject areas of interest

Checking to see if any pages have changed since you last looked at them

Re-running searches for new information

RSS is your friend

News reports from the BBC

Watching pages

Searching with MSN

Incorporate that into your work

Bookmarking Limited to a specific machine Not informative Difficult to find what you wan Inflexible Cannot easily share bookmarks

Limited to a specific machine

Not informative

Difficult to find what you wan

Inflexible

Cannot easily share bookmarks

What are the alternatives? Del.icio.us Diigo Raw Sugar …

Del.icio.us

Diigo

Raw Sugar …

You can: Share your bookmarks Between computers Between colleagues Between users Create bookmark sets To supplement projects To assist users Annotate (or tag) bookmarks

Share your bookmarks

Between computers

Between colleagues

Between users

Create bookmark sets

To supplement projects

To assist users

Annotate (or tag) bookmarks

More options FURL SPURL SQUIDOO All ‘bookmarks on speed’ Indepth collections of your own material Not just limited to the URL or tags More flexibility

FURL

SPURL

SQUIDOO

All ‘bookmarks on speed’

Indepth collections of your own material

Not just limited to the URL or tags

More flexibility

Talking to users Face to face Excellent, but limited Telephone Good, but limited Email Good, but limited Written I have no idea!

Face to face

Excellent, but limited

Telephone

Good, but limited

Email

Good, but limited

Written

I have no idea!

Consider Instant Messaging Always on Always available Can demonstrate an online search with Messenger Easy to point to/link to resources Incorporate video for face to face element

Always on

Always available

Can demonstrate an online search with Messenger

Easy to point to/link to resources

Incorporate video for face to face element

Creating communities 1 Start or Community pages GROU.PS Share bookmarks, files, photographs, weblogs, locations, to do lists – almost anything! Plum As above

Start or Community pages

GROU.PS

Share bookmarks, files, photographs, weblogs, locations, to do lists – almost anything!

Plum

As above

Creating communities 2 Share photographs with Flickr et al A record of an event A tour around the library An introduction to/for staff Popularising the library Create fun things Posters Trading cards

Share photographs with Flickr et al

A record of an event

A tour around the library

An introduction to/for staff

Popularising the library

Create fun things

Posters

Trading cards

Creating communities 3 Create your own search engines Rollyo Eurekster Swicki For general use For specific topics For specific groups

Create your own search engines

Rollyo

Eurekster Swicki

For general use

For specific topics

For specific groups

Creating communities 4 Create your own wiki Peanut Butter wiki Jotspot Allow users to add content, edit, amend etc Your users become your colleagues Your colleagues become your publishing partners

Create your own wiki

Peanut Butter wiki

Jotspot

Allow users to add content, edit, amend etc

Your users become your colleagues

Your colleagues become your publishing partners

Creating communities 5 Weblogs Update colleagues and users A central repository of information A resource to be repackaged and recombined elsewhere (eg on a home page) A place to add your Swicki Links to other useful resources Outreach

Weblogs

Update colleagues and users

A central repository of information

A resource to be repackaged and recombined elsewhere (eg on a home page)

A place to add your Swicki

Links to other useful resources

Outreach

Collaborate On documents - Writely On spreadsheets - NumSum With calendars - Planzo With training - Jybe With projects – MyWebDesktop With To Do lists – TaDaList With webpages – Conversate

On documents - Writely

On spreadsheets - NumSum

With calendars - Planzo

With training - Jybe

With projects – MyWebDesktop

With To Do lists – TaDaList

With webpages – Conversate

Discover things! New books – Chainreading New music – Pandora Movies - Liveplasma

New books – Chainreading

New music – Pandora

Movies - Liveplasma

Podcasting and Video Create aural presentations Fun, new, easy to create Update users on the latest library news Library tours Create video presentations, share them on YouTube

Create aural presentations

Fun, new, easy to create

Update users on the latest library news

Library tours

Create video presentations, share them on YouTube

In summary Outreach, outreach, outreach Users become partners Librarians become facilitators The library becomes a publisher Information becomes dynamic Change should be embraced Take control!

Outreach, outreach, outreach

Users become partners

Librarians become facilitators

The library becomes a publisher

Information becomes dynamic

Change should be embraced

Take control!

Thank you for listening! Phil Bradley http://www.philb.com [email_address] http://www.philbradley.typepad.com/ http://philbradley.typepad.com/i_want_to/

Phil Bradley

http://www.philb.com

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http://www.philbradley.typepad.com/

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