CiL O8: Digital Convervgence & People Apps

DIGITAL CONVERGENCE & PEOPLE APPS Beth Gallaway Information Goddess Consulting Computers in Libraries, 2008

THANK YOU!
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Digital Convergence
Cross-platform
One format “talks” to another
People Apps
Social software
Connecting people

WIDGET
Piece of the web imported and embedded to:
your desktop
your website or blog
computer or phone
another application

IGOOGLE

BLOGGER

FACEBOOK

WHY WIDGETS?
One click is too many
Cross platform (web standard)
No downloads
Easy! Copy + paste = embedded widget

VIDEO: OLD WAY #1

VIDEO: OLD WAY #2

VIDEO: NEW WAY! http://alfocus.ala.org/videos/national-library-week-go-fish

YOUTUBE EMBED CODE
<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JRrFuOr3pPg&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JRrFuOr3pPg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

IM: OLD WAY

IM: NEW WAY!

MEEBO
Crossplatform
Chatrooms & widget allow communication
Convergent
Connects all your IM accounts
http://www.meebome.com

STEP 1: NAME & CUSTOMIZE

STEP 2: CONNECT

STEP 3: GET CODE

MEEBO EMBED CODE

<embed src="http://widget.meebo.com/mm.swf?ioMtISSCVb" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="190" height="275"></embed>

MEEBO IN THE CATALOG

TWITTER
Crossplatform
Post via web
Post via phone
Post via IM
Cross Application
Post via Firefox searchbar
Post via Second Life

SIGN UP FOR TWITTER
Go to http://www.twitter.com
Click “Join for Free" to get to the Create a Free Account screen
Complete:
Username
Password
Confirm Password
Email Address
Character recognition
Click "I accept. Create my account"

GET A BADGE http://twitter.com/badges/

TWITTER EMBED CODE
<div style="width:176px;text-align:center"> <embed src="http://twitter.com/flash/twitter_badge.swf” flashvars=” color1=52428&type=user&id=10001" quality ="high" width="176" height="176” name= "twitter_badge" align="middle” allowScriptAccess="always" wmode= "transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /><br><a style="font-size: 10px; color: #00CCCC; text-decoration: none" href="http://twitter.com/infogdss29">follow infogdss29 at http://twitter.com</a></div>

TWITTER LIBRARY USE: NEBRASKA LIBRARY COMMISSION
Tracking questions/stats:
http://twitter.com/NLC_Reference

TWITTER LIBRARY USE: READING (MA) PUBLIC LIBRARY
Another way to do reference:
http://twitter.com/andreamercado

SIGN UP FOR SECOND LIFE
Go to http://www.secondlife.com
Review minimum system requirements!
Click “Join”
Complete:
Name
DOB
Email address

SL TWEETS HUD http://www.sltweets.com/

SL TWEETS COMMANDS
help – Get help
##### setup <username> <password> Register and store your username & password
post <message> Post your message
show (hide) - Show or hide the HUD
note <note> Store note
tag <tag,tag,tag> - Store tags
reset - Resets the SLTweets hud
user - Display stored Username
usersite – Visit SLTweets.com Users Web Site
channel <channel> - Change command channel
search <criteria> - Search your tweets, notes & tags

TWEETING ON THE DESK

WHY TWEET FROM SL?
Reference statistics
Archive becomes FAQs
Bookmark locations
Raises visibility
Connect to users
http://twitter.com/ceru

THE FUTURE OF WIDGETS
IM to & from virtual worlds
Transference of “physical” widgets
Virtual dollars to real dollars
Widgets on every webpage!

THANK YOU!
RESOURCES:
Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/informationgoddess29/
Links: http://del.icio.us/informationgoddess29
CONTACT:
Email: beth@informationgoddess.info
Text: 603.247-3196
Twitter: infogdss29
Web: http://informationgoddess.info

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