Saturday, January 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Folksonomies and Tagging
Interesting exercises - need more time to really explore the potential usages...Delicious Library Fun - imported my bookmarks now just have to organise them!
Library Thing Library_Fun - this has great potential to discover more about authors, titles, series, characters etc etc Will definitely be using this one at the reference desk!
AND registered with Technocrati:
Need a break to get my head around all this... back later...
Library Fun
Monday, June 1, 2009
Is Google Wave a Twitter Killer?
Quoted directly from http://www.pcworld.com/as the "sharing to blog" facility failed.
David Coursey, PC World Friday, May 29, 2009 5:45 AM PDT
While the world has focused on Google Wave as a mash-up of chat, e-mail, and document sharing, it's really something else: Google Wave could be the Twitter that everyone really wants. Maybe it's the Facebook, too.
Shown for the first time on Thursday at Google's I/O developer conference, Wave is described as "equal part conversation and document" for its uses as a collaboration tool. But, the leap from what Google says Wave is today to what it can easily become is a short one.
If Google wants to compete, head-to-head, with Twitter and Facebook, Wave is the perfect start. It may not be a competitor when it first becomes publicly available, perhaps because the merging of documents, feeds, photos, e-mail, instant messaging, event planning, and other features is likely to seem so unfamiliar to users.
It will likely take time before would-be users really understand what Wave does and can be used for. How much time? Months, not years.
Then give Wave a more public face--documents, chats, IMs, etc.--to be shared with everyone on your contact list or the world at-large and Wave does everything Facebook and Twitter do. And more.
It is not a foregone conclusion this will happen. Outside its core search business and related tools, Google has faced an uphill battle for user acceptance. However, Wave, by combining so many otherwise separate Google features, could finally provide the compelling experience users seek.
Build, Not Buy
For months there have been rumors that Google would buy one (both?) of the big social network players. Why didn't it? With Wave almost ready to release, why spend the money to purchase a large distraction?
Another important thing: Google already has a built-in, advertising-based business model that customers understand. That is a huge thing, considering that Twitter and Facebook are still looking for ways to monetize their users.
While Google has not announced a release date, it only describes availability as "later this year," the company has started a developer program, released a set of APIs, and is providing limited access to developers seeking to test their Wave-based applications. An active developer forum now exists, as well as a
Shown for the first time on Thursday at Google's I/O developer conference, Wave is described as "equal part conversation and document" for its uses as a collaboration tool. But, the leap from what Google says Wave is today to what it can easily become is a short one.
If Google wants to compete, head-to-head, with Twitter and Facebook, Wave is the perfect start. It may not be a competitor when it first becomes publicly available, perhaps because the merging of documents, feeds, photos, e-mail, instant messaging, event planning, and other features is likely to seem so unfamiliar to users.
It will likely take time before would-be users really understand what Wave does and can be used for. How much time? Months, not years.
Then give Wave a more public face--documents, chats, IMs, etc.--to be shared with everyone on your contact list or the world at-large and Wave does everything Facebook and Twitter do. And more.
It is not a foregone conclusion this will happen. Outside its core search business and related tools, Google has faced an uphill battle for user acceptance. However, Wave, by combining so many otherwise separate Google features, could finally provide the compelling experience users seek.
Build, Not Buy
For months there have been rumors that Google would buy one (both?) of the big social network players. Why didn't it? With Wave almost ready to release, why spend the money to purchase a large distraction?
Another important thing: Google already has a built-in, advertising-based business model that customers understand. That is a huge thing, considering that Twitter and Facebook are still looking for ways to monetize their users.
While Google has not announced a release date, it only describes availability as "later this year," the company has started a developer program, released a set of APIs, and is providing limited access to developers seeking to test their Wave-based applications. An active developer forum now exists, as well as a
Wave development team blog.
Waving For Business
Google Wave has obvious business uses, combining tools that businesspeople use every day. It will be important that the Wave mail client and other applications learn to work with closely what we already use and for Wave to be something people can adopt without disrupting how they already work.
That has been a challenge for Google in the past, but if Wave is to achieve its great potential it must be easy to adopt and add to the way people already work.
Meanwhile, Twitter and Facebook need to be looking over their shoulders.
Waving For Business
Google Wave has obvious business uses, combining tools that businesspeople use every day. It will be important that the Wave mail client and other applications learn to work with closely what we already use and for Wave to be something people can adopt without disrupting how they already work.
That has been a challenge for Google in the past, but if Wave is to achieve its great potential it must be easy to adopt and add to the way people already work.
Meanwhile, Twitter and Facebook need to be looking over their shoulders.
If you are a "technology tourist" (my term) then PC World online is a great place to visit and explore to find new and interesting concepts and gadgets!
in relation to the article above, wouldnt it be great to see all our online "facilities", in one place and tidy and oh to have just 1 password!!!
Library Fun.
Monday, May 18, 2009
R(eal) S(imple) S(yndication)
RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication and it really was "real simple" to complete Test Drive 5! Following Mary's advice, I googled RSS +library and there were 212,000,000 results! Where to start??? As luck would have it, there was just 1 sponsored link appearing to the right of the webpage and it linked to ALA TechSource (http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/web-20-and-libraries-best-practices-for-social-software.html?gclid=COyIg_mWxZoCFRQNewodphUCsg ) which is a unit of the publishing department of the American Library Association and highlighted an article on Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software. This is worth a read as it illustrates how some American libraries are using Web 2 now.
But back to RSS - really a central place to read all the latest from your favourite internet sources. These "feeds" can also be delivered to your mobile phone!!! I read of one American public library offering Podcasts to their customers with a variety of library and organisational content - programs, debates, etc. These podcasts, which customers are notified about via RSS, are downloaded onto computer or MP3 player for easy access.
Fascinating technology, isnt it!
Library Fun
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Social Networking - from a computer!
Facebook for social networking !!?? Actually I dont really like Facebook... some users babble on about every boring thing that happens in their daily lives while others go for months without saying anything. Give me good old emails for keeping in touch and there are many many better sites for storing photographs. I have had a Facebook account for sometime now and use it rarely. I can imagine that organisations could use for "client interaction, marketing and networking opportunities, as Mary says, quite successfully though. Library Fun.
Wikis Wise
Well Wikis are fun! I guess a Wiki would be extremely useful for collaboration on a given subject. Just for the experience, I started http://photographicpassion.wetpaint.com/ to have some discussion on my favourite subject of photography and its related topics. I have invited some friends, so will see what they think of Wikis. As the Common Craft’s Wikis in Plain English demonstrates, they are great for individuals to collaborate on a topic - in lieu of lots of emails flying back and forth.Library Fun
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
FlickrFun
Well not only does Flickr open up a whole new ballgame with viewing, storing and sharing photographs, but you can also learn "Hello" in a new language every time the page is refreshed! As Mary has advised I have tagged my photos with "slql2td09". Looking forward to seeing all of the photos published by the new "slq Test Drivers"!Library Fun
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