Well, according to the Web 2.0 Validator my blog only scores 14 out of 51 for "Web 2.0-ness". Guess I'll have to try harder....
Saturday, September 30, 2006
All this learning 2.0, for naught...
Well, according to the Web 2.0 Validator my blog only scores 14 out of 51 for "Web 2.0-ness". Guess I'll have to try harder....
Well, according to the Web 2.0 Validator my blog only scores 14 out of 51 for "Web 2.0-ness". Guess I'll have to try harder....
Zo...ho... ho...
VERY cool. I can see clearly the portion of what "Web 2.0" is when it describes "The Web as a Platform" and that it's trend is to "End of the Software Release Cycle".
I had trouble publishing my documents to my blog, possibly because I have the beta version of the updated Blogger application. I'd make my documents public, but one of them was my resume, and I'd rather not. The other document I created was some poetry that no one really wants to read anyway. Although, people will read just about anything on the web... LOL.
VERY cool. I can see clearly the portion of what "Web 2.0" is when it describes "The Web as a Platform" and that it's trend is to "End of the Software Release Cycle".
I had trouble publishing my documents to my blog, possibly because I have the beta version of the updated Blogger application. I'd make my documents public, but one of them was my resume, and I'd rather not. The other document I created was some poetry that no one really wants to read anyway. Although, people will read just about anything on the web... LOL.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Finally, a tool I know something about...
Well, at least a little. My wife helps edit and write for the North Carolina Wiki , so I am aware of what Wikis are. Amazingly the sheer mass of users seems to keep most wiki pages (from my experience on Wikipedia) on the straight and narrow, editing wars or not.
I enjoyed learning about other wikis that I had not even heard of: Booklovers Wiki, and LibrarySuccess (very nice, but I notice it has not been edited since December 2005).
I particularly enjoyed the tutorial at the Bull Run Library about using wiki as an application with Genealogy. What a great way to utilize collaborative work on the many lines of a family history.
Also, I noted on the Bull Run page, that they welcomed the many PLCMC L2.0 visitors that have signe their guestbook! AND they link to the PLCMC L2.0 page with a note to "Steal this idea" :-D Way to go Helene!
Well, at least a little. My wife helps edit and write for the North Carolina Wiki , so I am aware of what Wikis are. Amazingly the sheer mass of users seems to keep most wiki pages (from my experience on Wikipedia) on the straight and narrow, editing wars or not.
I enjoyed learning about other wikis that I had not even heard of: Booklovers Wiki, and LibrarySuccess (very nice, but I notice it has not been edited since December 2005).
I particularly enjoyed the tutorial at the Bull Run Library about using wiki as an application with Genealogy. What a great way to utilize collaborative work on the many lines of a family history.
Also, I noted on the Bull Run page, that they welcomed the many PLCMC L2.0 visitors that have signe their guestbook! AND they link to the PLCMC L2.0 page with a note to "Steal this idea" :-D Way to go Helene!
In response to Away from Icebergs
Mr. Anderson poses three valid precautions for society rowing as fast as it can into the vast ocean of the library of the future. In addition to those icebergs, I would caution against these "waterspouts":
1. Throwing items overboard that are not needed immediately, but might save your life should you get stranded on a deserted island. Keeping collections "just in case" MAY come in handy when everyone else in the electronic world didnt bother to save it because was a "just in case" item. Also, just because it's not NEEDED doesnt mean it's not appreciated. Those rare book collections may eventually be "digitized" but what is the value of a book of paper and ink that can be held in one's hand?
2. Throwing passengers overboard because they are not able to keep up with the level of education needed to manipulate the Library 2.0. yes, that "one-click" feature so popular on flickr and other services, can be very enticing. But only a librarian alone in the library at 8:55pm with a 55 year old patron holding a mouse up, pointing it at the monitor and clicking it as if it were a remote control to a television, knows that no matter how SIMPLE you make it... it's still not simple enough for some people.
3. Throwing each other overboard. Librarians will go the way of the Milkman, Telephone booths, and typewriters......
The concept of Library 2.0 is a great tool, but I will hate the day that I cant walk into a library and find a room where the books are kept.
Mr. Anderson poses three valid precautions for society rowing as fast as it can into the vast ocean of the library of the future. In addition to those icebergs, I would caution against these "waterspouts":
1. Throwing items overboard that are not needed immediately, but might save your life should you get stranded on a deserted island. Keeping collections "just in case" MAY come in handy when everyone else in the electronic world didnt bother to save it because was a "just in case" item. Also, just because it's not NEEDED doesnt mean it's not appreciated. Those rare book collections may eventually be "digitized" but what is the value of a book of paper and ink that can be held in one's hand?
2. Throwing passengers overboard because they are not able to keep up with the level of education needed to manipulate the Library 2.0. yes, that "one-click" feature so popular on flickr and other services, can be very enticing. But only a librarian alone in the library at 8:55pm with a 55 year old patron holding a mouse up, pointing it at the monitor and clicking it as if it were a remote control to a television, knows that no matter how SIMPLE you make it... it's still not simple enough for some people.
3. Throwing each other overboard. Librarians will go the way of the Milkman, Telephone booths, and typewriters......
The concept of Library 2.0 is a great tool, but I will hate the day that I cant walk into a library and find a room where the books are kept.
Technowhatti?
I can see the value in "cataloging" all the information available into a folksonomi, however, when trying to organize opinions, this can get rather ugly.
When "surfing" through this service and checking out tags leading to supposed blogs I discovered yet another way to exploit blogging for marketers who utilize "auto page forward" to force a reader to a site.
Why cant everyone use these powers for GOOD and not evil????
While working on the exercises for Technorati, I noticed that the top searches are for things I've never heard of.. Pinky, Jonny (some band member i think), Zune (apparently Ms's version of the ipod). I guess this shows my age...alot. But I also recognized others.. Project Runway (which my wife is hooked on), Tom Green, myspace, Lindsey Lohan, and Google: All top searches seemed to be social in nature. On the other hand, the top tags are nearly ALL political or business in nature: Bush, Microsoft, Iraq, Terrorism, war, Islam, China, politik, and Web 2.0
While searching for "Learning 2.0" at Technorati, I found a great blog about technology and "Web 2.0"... Technology Enhanced Learning This is a very well written blog by a fellow in Germany who seems to be in the very middle of social networking. Very educational for us "old folks" who remember (fondly)Electronic Bulletin Board Systems.
PLCMCL2
I can see the value in "cataloging" all the information available into a folksonomi, however, when trying to organize opinions, this can get rather ugly.
When "surfing" through this service and checking out tags leading to supposed blogs I discovered yet another way to exploit blogging for marketers who utilize "auto page forward" to force a reader to a site.
Why cant everyone use these powers for GOOD and not evil????
While working on the exercises for Technorati, I noticed that the top searches are for things I've never heard of.. Pinky, Jonny (some band member i think), Zune (apparently Ms's version of the ipod). I guess this shows my age...alot. But I also recognized others.. Project Runway (which my wife is hooked on), Tom Green, myspace, Lindsey Lohan, and Google: All top searches seemed to be social in nature. On the other hand, the top tags are nearly ALL political or business in nature: Bush, Microsoft, Iraq, Terrorism, war, Islam, China, politik, and Web 2.0
While searching for "Learning 2.0" at Technorati, I found a great blog about technology and "Web 2.0"... Technology Enhanced Learning This is a very well written blog by a fellow in Germany who seems to be in the very middle of social networking. Very educational for us "old folks" who remember (fondly)Electronic Bulletin Board Systems.
PLCMCL2
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Delicious bookmarks?
I watched the podcast, I read the tutorial, and spent lots of time being nosey looking at everyone else's bookmarks. "Back in the day" we used to have urls for things we called "jumppages".. this is WAY more convenient. This way we can nose into other peoples bookmarks much more efficiently! I think this may be useful if you actually come across someone who's pretty thorough and objective in their tagging. But as for me putting my bookmarks there only to have other people tag them with rude names... no thanks. Its hard enough for the wiki- editors to keep malcontents and destructive people from messing up a good source of information. Thankfully they have back ups and back ups and back ups of all those pages to revert to.
Delicious was...interesting... enlightening.. but in my opinion.. not very useful for objective research. However, I do see the value for people who use different computers throughout the day to have a url tailored to their bookmarking needs.
I watched the podcast, I read the tutorial, and spent lots of time being nosey looking at everyone else's bookmarks. "Back in the day" we used to have urls for things we called "jumppages".. this is WAY more convenient. This way we can nose into other peoples bookmarks much more efficiently! I think this may be useful if you actually come across someone who's pretty thorough and objective in their tagging. But as for me putting my bookmarks there only to have other people tag them with rude names... no thanks. Its hard enough for the wiki- editors to keep malcontents and destructive people from messing up a good source of information. Thankfully they have back ups and back ups and back ups of all those pages to revert to.
Delicious was...interesting... enlightening.. but in my opinion.. not very useful for objective research. However, I do see the value for people who use different computers throughout the day to have a url tailored to their bookmarking needs.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Ketchup Time
Although I've been rolling (slowly) through my list of 23 things, I have yet to officially blog my thoughts and experiences with each item. All the exercises were very interesting and it was difficult not to get lost on each one just surfing and nosing around!
It was difficult not to get lost among the books at librarything, (almost as easy as it is for me to get lost among the "real" stacks!). I did find that much like ebay there's no accounting for taste! Some fun (and funny) titles and collections!
I enjoyed making my own search engine at rollyo, I decided to make my own search engine of local media websites, so that when i hear part of a news story or if i want to follow up on a news story that I heard a few days ago, I can just use rollyo. It will search wbt, wtbv, wsoc, wcnc, wrcm, and wmit, all local radio and television stations in the charlotte region. I hope to find time soon to go back and add the pbs stations as well as news14 and some other local stations.
And of course the image/banner generator project I totally got lost on.. see above (the new and improved banner for "Show Me the Money" blog, and of course the fun I had with Helen. Thanks for being a good sport!
So now it's time to play ketchup time!Technorati Profile