Open Networks Online 2.0 collaborate|2007 28 June 2007 Simon Berry, Brian Rich and Paul Henderson ruralnet|uk

Open Networks Online 2.0 What is Web 2.0 and why it’s important How and why it has influenced our strategy for the delivery of online services Progress to date Website services (no ID/PW) xPRESS Digest Inforurale Extranet services (with ID/PW) Experts Online net:gain sales database

What is Web 2.0 and why it’s important

How and why it has influenced our strategy for the delivery of online services

Progress to date

Website services (no ID/PW)

xPRESS Digest

Inforurale

Extranet services (with ID/PW)

Experts Online

net:gain sales database

Presentation Content Production Networks Online CMS 2.0 The new model 3rd Parties

October 2006 - ruralnet|2006 website - the jigsaw web presence Blog NOL EoL xPRESS etc Flickr YouTube Blog with embedded 3rd Party services

NOL

EoL

xPRESS

etc

xPRESS Digest 2.0 1. Scan news from over 80 RSS feeds

2. Choose item

3. Go to news source

4. Post using Firefox/ScribeFire

5. Appears on website instantly

6. Automatically generate xPRESS email

xPRESS Digest 2.0 - tools Bloglines - RSS and mailing list aggregation Firefox with Scribe Fire Addon Wordpress blog with search List server php/mysql programming to produce email

Bloglines - RSS and mailing list aggregation

Firefox with Scribe Fire Addon

Wordpress blog with search

List server

php/mysql programming to produce email

xPRESS Digest to March 2007 Outputs xPRESS email Blog with RSS Feed Issues Sources not shared consistently Need to go and get items Sources in various formats (eg email, RSS etc) Copy and paste tedious and time consuming Formatting not totally reliable Double copying and pasting (to maintain blog) Blog editor often very slow Search relies on Google (ie not realtime) Time taken per day: ~3hrs Find news items Copy and paste into email Format Send test email Check and correct Send to subscribers Copy and paste individual items into blog

Outputs

xPRESS email

Blog with RSS Feed

Issues

Sources not shared consistently

Need to go and get items

Sources in various formats (eg email, RSS etc)

Copy and paste tedious and time consuming

Formatting not totally reliable

Double copying and pasting (to maintain blog)

Blog editor often very slow

Search relies on Google (ie not realtime)

Time taken per day: ~3hrs

xPRESS Digest 2.0 Outputs xPRESS email Blog with RSS Feed Integrated search More accessible Changes Aggregator used to consolidate sources - everyone uses the same sources - news comes to us Plugin used to move selected text to blog Minimum level of formatting Email version generated directly from blog Blog running on dedicated server (fast) with integrated search Time taken per day: ~1.5hrs Saving per year: ~£11,000 Review incoming news items In RSS Aggregator Highlight items and move to blog Insert link and tags Email constructed automatically Click to send Auto-published to blog

Outputs

xPRESS email

Blog with RSS Feed

Integrated search

More accessible

Changes

Aggregator used to consolidate sources - everyone uses the same sources - news comes to us

Plugin used to move selected text to blog

Minimum level of formatting

Email version generated directly from blog

Blog running on dedicated server (fast) with integrated search

Time taken per day: ~1.5hrs

Saving per year: ~£11,000

Inforurale - the old way Outputs Shared bookmarks database Slow search Issues Production goes through a single person Batch updating with alert email done by hand Slow search Database cumbersome and difficult to re-engineer Difficult to share Time taken per year: ~90hrs New web resource found Send to Info Manager Logon to office database and add record Database published to the web Copy and paste url

Outputs

Shared bookmarks database

Slow search

Issues

Production goes through a single person

Batch updating with alert email done by hand

Slow search

Database cumbersome and difficult to re-engineer

Difficult to share

Time taken per year: ~90hrs

Inforurale 2.0 Outputs Shared bookmarks database Fast search RSS feed Widget possibilities Issues Production can be done by anyone with a browser Updating done as and when and users/websites can subscribe to the RSS feed Fast search Easy to share Time taken per year: ~40hrs Saving per year: ~£1,600 New web resource found Sucked into Blog With search facility Add to del.icio.us

Outputs

Shared bookmarks database

Fast search

RSS feed

Widget possibilities

Issues

Production can be done by anyone with a browser

Updating done as and when and users/websites can subscribe to the RSS feed

Fast search

Easy to share

Time taken per year: ~40hrs

Saving per year: ~£1,600

Experts Online 2.0

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Other Opportunities with Web 2.0 This is all pretty straight forward but it gets a lot more complicated when you want to integrate different services from different sources BEHIND an ID and a password. This requires the user to login many times

This is all pretty straight forward but it gets a lot more complicated when you want to integrate different services from different sources BEHIND an ID and a password.

This requires the user to login many times

net:gain centre administration net:gain centres use on-line database to manage bookings separate login required for Experts Online new net:gain sales database under development

net:gain centres use on-line database to manage bookings

separate login required for Experts Online

new net:gain sales database under development

workshop bookings database Login once…

Experts Online Login twice …

Net:gain Sales Database Login three times?

Networks Online S-S-O Signon just once.

Signed into Experts Online

Signed into Sales Database

Networks Online S-S-O Sign on once Access all services after signing on Technique can be extended to work with trusted third parties.

Sign on once

Access all services after signing on

Technique can be extended to work with trusted third parties.