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17 Things To Do With Your Online Photos

Published by rwatstein July 26th, 2008 in web 2.0, digital and photos. 0 Comments

Ellyssa Kroski suggests, among other things, creating librarian trading cards or badges, Animoto music videos, a coffee table book, an online portfolio, social networking slideshows, or photo widgets.

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Information Overload and the Erosion of Attention

Published by rwatstein July 19th, 2008 in web 2.0, innovation, information and technology. 0 Comments

Lucas McDonnell writes:”I came across an interesting panel discussion on CBC Radio about information overload and not only its effect on work productivity, but also how it can be managed effectively. Companies like Google, Microsoft and IBM have formed the Information Overload Research Group with the goal of helping people manage the amount of information they have to deal with in a day. According to Jonathan Spira, one of the group’s founding members, wikis, blogs and RSS have made the deluge of information worse, rather than better.

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10 Web 2.0 Ideas That Failed

Published by rwatstein July 19th, 2008 in web 2.0 and innovation. 0 Comments

The Web is an extremely fickle place. A Web service can be hot today and dead in the water tomorrow. While there’s no true science for determining exactly what makes one stick while another languishes, there’s a lot to be learned after one fails. Considering a startup? Here are 10 recent failures to add to your case studies.

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Digging a Smarter Crowd

Published by rwatstein July 12th, 2008 in web 2.0 and Digg. 0 Comments

Digg, a popular social bookmarking website, began rolling out a recommendation engine recently last week. The design of this recommendation engine, however, is quite different from that of the engines used by companies such as Amazon. While e-commerce sites tend to derive recommendations from a mix of information about users’ browsing and purchasing habits and information about the items for sale, Digg’s system, much like the site itself, places its trust in the wisdom of crowds.

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Smithsonian Joins Flickr Commons

Published by rwatstein July 5th, 2008 in web 2.0 and Flickr. 0 Comments

Historical photographs spanning from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia to last year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall are now available to the public. In June, the Smithsonian Institution joined the Powerhouse Museum, the Brooklyn Museum and the Library of Congress on Flickr Commons, a photo-sharing website.

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iPhone - Extension of Web 2.0 or Beginning of Web 3.0?

Published by rwatstein June 21st, 2008 in web 2.0 and iPhone. 0 Comments

What is the Web 3.0, and when will it begin? We all know the present web 2.0 era very well and we’re all used to it in one form of the other. Collaborative applications, nice UI’s, interactive websites and social networks. To say that web 2.0 era has just reached its peak wouldn’t be wrong, as we have web applications providing their API’s so that developers can build on them and improve the user experience by creating Rich Internet Applications (and also so they can slap on their advertisements and get rich ). We can snoop around in social networks as end users, and interact through huge number of ways possible, some even silly (hint: Facebook superpokes ).So, at present, the industry is kind of saturated, with developers and companies creating whole new interactive user experiences while trying to find every possible way of minting out cash from their applications. What does the new iPhone bring us to then? The web apps developed for it are very close to what Web 3.0 has been described as by Eric Schmidt.

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50 Ways to Implement User-Generated Content in Your Library

Published by rwatstein June 21st, 2008 in web 2.0, libraries, users and library 2.0. 0 Comments

Jessica Merritt writes: “In the internet age, everyone’s a content creator. Embracing the trend of user-generated content allows you to spread more information and engage library users at the same time. Read on to find out how to go about doing this, and pick up some handy resources along the way.”

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Improved Collaboration Primary Driver for Web 2.0 Technologies

Published by rwatstein June 7th, 2008 in web 2.0 and collaboration. 0 Comments

WorkLight says Internet tools such as Facebook and iGoogle are at the heart of a recent survey that reveals new figures regarding enterprise adoption of Web 2.0 technologies. In the survey (conducted by Ziff Davis Enterprise), 282 IT professionals were polled about their plans and concerns around Web 2.0 adoption, with more than 71 percent of respondents indicating that improved collaboration was a primary driver for adopting these new technologies. “Social networks are becoming an attractive business tool for major organizations, with companies looking to implement these technologies for both their employees and customers,” said David Lavenda, VP Marketing & Product Strategy at WorkLight. “Its consumer technologies that are driving companies to adopt these applications - tools like Facebook, iGoogle and other popular Internet services we all use at home.”

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tuneglue – Get Stuck

Published by rwatstein June 7th, 2008 in web 2.0 and music. 0 Comments

I so wish you had more music like Rancid.” Rancid? Never heard of them? Not to worry – tuneglue can keep you in the loop, and maybe even one step ahead of the music curve. Introducing tuneglue, a web-based music “relationship explorer.” Enter the name of an artist or band, click on the target and Expand button, and tuneglue supplies suggested “listen-alikes.”

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Can We Trust Students to Learn in Web 2.0?

Published by rwatstein June 7th, 2008 in web 2.0 and education. 0 Comments

A core debate about learning design arises from the fear that, if we allow learners too much freedom, they will not learn the right things. Web 2.0 exacerbates that fear because it is beyond the control of educators.

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Information With A Twist

Published by rwatstein June 1st, 2008 in web 2.0, libraries, users, information, librarians/information professionals and publishing. 0 Comments

Social networking and other Web 2.0 technologies led the social whirl of the information industry. Publishers and librarians tried to keep their products and services relevant by mixing authoritative content with user involvement, but that wasn’t enough. Enhancing interfaces, adding new forms of content, and making strategic acquisitions—all are necessary to ensure that the information industry party continues.

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Wikis, Blogs & More, Oh My!

Published by rwatstein May 4th, 2008 in web 2.0, blogs, education and wiki. 0 Comments

Web 2.0 tools sure are nifty and ‘next-gen,’ but are they actually making a difference in the way students and educators collaborate? Everyone seems to have a different definition for “Web 2.0,” but most people agree the phrase describes a second generation of web-based communities and hosted services that aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing between users. Technically speaking, these new technologies include blogs, wikis, folksonomies (collaborative or social tagging), and social bookmarking sites such as Del.icio.us. In the business world, these technologies enable colleagues in different offices to work together on projects, and thus move those efforts ahead quickly and more easily than traveling to an in-person meeting or even teleconferencing. In higher education, however, achieving measurable results with these tools is a bit more challenging. And maybe that’s because-for the academic community, at least-questions continue to swirl around the use of these technologies. Questions such as: What do these tools bring to the table? How can educators be certain students will use them? How does restructuring a curriculum around Web 2.0 actually make a difference in how students learn? Across the country, as more and more colleges and universities consider embracing Web 2.0, the educators and technologists involved feel a certain amount of trepidation, and even ponder the future of the movement.

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Research Collaboration in the Ephemera of Web 2.0

Published by rwatstein March 23rd, 2008 in web 2.0, research and collaboration. 0 Comments

What technologies do researchers need at different phases of their projects? With new possibilities constantly emerging, it seems we must keep reconsidering all our options. Part of research now is not just doing our research, but keeping abreast of new collaboration technologies.

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Web Trend Map 2008 Beta

Published by rwatstein March 3rd, 2008 in web 2.0 and trends. 0 Comments

We present you with the 2008 Web Trend Map, in all its beautiful beta glory. This time we’ve taken almost 300 of the most influential and successful websites and pinned them down to the greater Tokyo-area train map.

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Online version of the Web Trend Map 2008 here

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14 Other Ways to Use RSS Feeds

Published by rwatstein March 3rd, 2008 in web 2.0 and RSS. 0 Comments

Undeniably RSS is one of the best things that has happened to the Web after email. Not only has it made browsing a lot more productive, convenient, and fun, but it has also introduced a number of new ways to interact with content that we could never have imagined before. While you’re probably already familiar with the idea of RSS feeds and Feedreader there are several other ways you can make use of feeds.

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The Future of Web 2.0

Published by rwatstein March 3rd, 2008 in web 2.0 and education. 0 Comments

Web 2.0 is changing the landscape of higher education IT and the application of learning technologies. Washington State University’s Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Director Gary Brown explains why he thinks we’re moving from collaborative learning environments (CLEs) and ePortfolios, to personal learning environments (PLEs) and worldware.

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Study: The Effects of Librarians’ Behavioral Performance on User Satisfaction in Chat Reference Services

Published by rwatstein February 9th, 2008 in web 2.0, research and reference. 0 Comments

“The purpose of this study was to determine the effective behaviors of reference librarians during the chat reference interview, with particular emphasis given to whether the service users would feel more satisfied when librarians adopt the behaviors recommended in the revised “RUSA Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Services Providers.” The data analyzed for this study consisted of 422 chat reference transaction transcripts and corresponding user surveys obtained from a public library system that participated in a nationwide chat reference consortium.

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A Web 2.0 Resurrection for The Industry Standard

Published by rwatstein February 9th, 2008 in web 2.0 and publishing. 0 Comments

Six and a half years after The Industry Standard magazine unceremoniously stopped publication, an iconic victim of the dot-com bust and its sudden ad revenue evaporation, a new publication bearing the same name has been launched. With its new online-only venture — still in beta — IDG is hoping the new Industry Standard will fare better than its predecessor by staying lean and adding gambling, of a sort, to its mix of tech news and blogs. Readers are being asked to bet on the chances that certain IT business-related events will occur, such as the acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft.

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Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries

Published by rwatstein February 5th, 2008 in web 2.0, podcasts, libraries and library 2.0. 0 Comments

College & Research Libraries News Editor-in-Chief David Free discusses Library 2.0 with Dawn Lawson of New York University and Susan Sharpless Smith of Wake Forest University in this ACRL podcast (11:58). Lawson and Sharpless Smith are contributors to the ACRL publication Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries.

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Web 2.0 Threats Loom Large for Education IT

Published by rwatstein February 5th, 2008 in web 2.0, education and technology. 0 Comments

With the seemingly exponential growth of Web 2.0 technologies, IT professionals in education–and all other sectors, for that matter–face new challenges as control over technology slips away and moves into the hands of users. The very technologies that make Web 2.0 a reality (AJAX, in large part) seem to be considerably vulnerable to security breaches that can lead to data loss and theft and other malicious activities. And the growth of converged devices taking advantage of these technologies adds further to the problems.

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Slouching Toward Convergence 2.0

Published by rwatstein January 20th, 2008 in web 2.0 and gadgets. 0 Comments

Gadgets have always taken center stage at the Consumer Electronics Show, but this year more than ever, even the coolest devices seem to be mere means to an end — access to content and services whenever and wherever you want them. For years the underlying trend at CES, held in Las Vegas, has been convergence, the increasing connection among communications, consumer electronics and computer industries. This year the stakes have been raised, with new mobile services, devices that connect to wireless broadband networks, and deals between content and entertainment companies and computer vendors.

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Google Launches iPhone Interface for Picasa Photo Service

Published by rwatstein December 22nd, 2007 in web 2.0, Google and applications. 0 Comments

Search engine giant Google this week launched an iPhone interface for the company’s Picasa photo service. IPhone and iPod Touch users who go to the Picasa Web site via the Apple gadgets’ Safari Web browser are automatically switched to the new interface. After logging in, they can see their photo albums, and drill down to get a full view of pictures, Google said. Picasa’s slideshow feature has also been optimized for the devices.

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Using Enterprise 2.0 for Business Intelligence

Published by rwatstein December 22nd, 2007 in web 2.0 and business intelligence. 0 Comments

The use of Web 2.0 techniques and technologies in enterprise systems (usually referred to simply as Enterprise 2.0) is changing the way organizations create, integrate, explore, analyze, and deliver information. Used wisely, Enterprise 2.0 can significantly improve the productivity and effectiveness of business users. Inappropriate use of Enterprise 2.0, however, leads to stagnant technology-driven projects, rather than dynamic business solutions that help organizations work smarter and become more competitive. This series of articles examines the use of Enterprise 2.0 in business intelligence (BI). It looks at Enterprise 2.0 from seven distinct perspectives: information collaboration, information exploration and analysis, information integration, information syndication and delivery, user interface, Web-oriented architecture (WOA), and open source solutions. This first article presents the business case for using Enterprise 2.0 in BI, and also provides a brief overview of each of the seven dimensions.

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From Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 to Management 2.0

Published by rwatstein December 22nd, 2007 in web 2.0 and corporations. 0 Comments

There is a new wave of communication tools, including blogs, wikis, and group messaging software (which, collectively, are called “Enterprise 2.0″ within the enterprise and “Web 2.0″ elsewhere) that allow for more spontaneous, knowledge-based collaboration. These new tools may well supplant other communication and knowledge management systems with their superior ability to capture tacit knowledge, best practices, and relevant experiences from throughout a company and make them readily available to more users. Only time will tell.

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A Librarian’s Worst Nightmare - Yahoo! Answers, Where 120 Million Users can be Wrong

Published by rwatstein December 16th, 2007 in web 2.0, libraries, librarians/information professionals and Yahoo. 0 Comments

When it does battle on the Web, Google rarely loses. Last year’s closure of Google Answers,