Social Networking, the Web

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Social Networking, the Web Us

• Jill Hurst-Wahl
• Hurst Associates, Ltd.
• May 4, 2006

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• The dominant interface of the future is the
  screen.
• Kevin Roberts
• Worldwide CEO, Saatchi Saatchi

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• The cornerstone for this millennium is the end of
  time and space.
• Avram Miller
• CEO, The Avram Miller
  Co.

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• When news happens, its common for the first
  photographs not be sent via news wires, but
  posted to a Flickr site.
• Newsweek, Apr. 3, 2006

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What are SNTs?

• Using tech/Internet for social ends
• Benefits
• Non-threatening interaction
• Collaboration
• Knowledge sharing
• Relationship mgmt. (social capital)
• The rise of the personal voice
• Transparency

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SNT Tools

• IM
• Blogs business personal
• Wikis (e.g.., CIL2006)
• Networking web sites (e.g., Ryze)
• Sites for sharing content
• Flickr, YouTube
• Folksonomies
• Del.icio.us, Technorati

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• We can
• tell our stories connect with our friends
• coordinate our efforts with IM text messaging,
  then document them in blogs, etc.
• create our own signposts

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The Result

• Global
• Personal
• Anonymous
• Transparent
• Time independent
• Ever-changing modes
• Group KM

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Information Literacy
Legitimacy
Trust
Accuracy
The unofficial wiki
The official web site
The pics in Flickr
Technorati tags
A Live Event
The official blog
The army of other bloggers
Informed, enthused participants
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• Internet research
• Search engines
• Wikis
• Blogs

Elimination of time space
Fee-bases services
Class Assignment
Communicating w/teachers
Communicating w/peers
Information literacy
Interacting w/library
Information verification
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Guardians
Living Online
News media
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The Future

• Handheld, multi-functioning devices will further
  blur time and space
• Library 2.0
• more interactive, collaborative, and driven by
  community needs
• We will judge ourselves based on how we navigate
  our networks

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• Jill Hurst-Wahl
• hurst_at_HurstAssociates.com
• AIM jillNYS
• www.HurstAssociates.com
• http//hurstassociates.blogspot.com