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Title: Keep in Touch


1
  • Keep in Touch
  • With Web 2.0
  • Peter Bromberg
  • http//librarygarden.blogspot.com
  • Sophie Brookover
  • www.popgoesthelibrary.com
  • September 5, 2006

2
Goals for Today
  • Get a handle on Web 2.0
  • Preview some Web 2.0 technologies
  • Use Web 2.0 tools to keep in touch with your
    family!

3
Web 2.0 Defined
  • Web 2.0 is the next incarnation of the World
    Wide Web, where digital tools allow users to
    create, change, and publish dynamic content of
    all kinds

4
Web 2.0 Defined
  • We will all be publishers and creators of our
    own information and entertainment channels with
    these applications.
  • -- Michael Stephens, Web 2.0 for Librarians,
    ALA TechSource Blog, www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2
    005/09/web-20-for-librarians.html)

5
Web 2.0 In Short
  • Personalized content
  • Portable
  • Many-to-many and few-to-few communication

6
Web 2.0 Benefits
  • Conversation
  • Participatory, not passive
  • Staying in touch has never been easier

7
1.0 vs. 2.0
  • Yahoo mail vs. Gmail
  • E-mail vs. IM
  • Newsletters vs. blogs
  • Shutterfly vs. Flickr
  • Isolated vs. interactive

8
Some Web 2.0 Technologies
  • Blogs/RSS
  • IM
  • Flickr
  • Podcasting

9
Blogs
  • Frequently updated
  • Entries in reverse chronological order
  • Entries are usually brief, chock full of links
    commentary

10
Blogs
  • Individual blog entries are saved with a unique
    URL, and can be categorized and searched
  • Entries are archived automatically
  • Blogs can have one or more contributors.

11
Why Use Blogs?
  • Easy to update
  • Easy to maintain -- multiple contributors!
  • Start conversations with your friends family

12
Lots of Choices Blog Software
  • Blogger www.blogger.com/
  • Type/Pad/Movable Type www.sixapart.com/movablety
    pe/
  • MySpace www.myspace.com (Xanga, Facebook,
    LiveJournal)

13
Blogs on Every Topic
  • Arts culture
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Pregnancy Infertility
  • Parenting
  • Crafts
  • Libraries

14
Blogs on Every Topic
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Travel
  • Education
  • Pop Culture
  • Diaries
  • Publishing

15
Blogs Cross Every Demographic
  • www.dooce.com
  • http//www.masondixonknitting.com/
  • http//ppltechtalks.blogspot.com
  • http//www.urbanvancouver.com/blog/395
    (self-proclaimed Oldest Living Blogger)
  • http//www.camdencc.edu/blogs/blogs.htm

16
Technorati Blog Tracking
  • www.technorati.com
  • Currently tracking
  • 52.7 million blogs
  • Technorati calls itself a blog search engine.
    Its a great way to see whos talking about (and
    linking to) whom
  • Many people have an ego feed

17
RSS The Glue of Web 2.0
  • Time For Pete to step in!

18
Family Blogs
  • http//thejhatfields.org/blog/
  • http//crabapplelane.net/ftb_blog/
  • http//www.macmynatt.com/family/
  • http//www.haemibalgassi.com/

19
Making the Most of Your Family Blog
  • Bridge distances time differences
  • Everyone on IM -- use a Meebo badge to draw
    readers into the conversation
  • Share a family Flickr account
  • Podcast major minor events

20
IM What is It?
  • Instant messaging is a form of real-time
    communication between two or more people based on
    typed text. The text is conveyed via computers
    connected over a network such as the Internet.
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging

21
IM
  • AIM www.aim.com
  • MSN Messenger http//get.live.com/messenger/over
    view
  • Yahoo http//messenger.yahoo.com/

22
IM
  • GTalk GMail Chat http//www.google.com/talk/
  • Aggregate Your Accounts with Meebo
    www.meebo.com

23
Meebo
24
Why use IM?
  • On-the-fly catchup sessions
  • Communicate with Gen X Y family members on
    their terms
  • Stretch your brain, learn a new skill

25
Flickr
  • A massive, and massively popular, photosharing
    site.
  • www.flickr.com

26
Using Flickr
  • Upload photos
  • Tag (assign keywords to) your photos
  • Organize photos into sets
  • Share password with family members for one big,
    happy online photo album
  • Paste code for Flickr badge into your blogs
    sidebar

27
Podcasting
  • Podcasting could be called audio blogging.
    Podcasting is uploading an mp3 audio file to a
    blog post and syndicating it out via RSS 2.0 or
    an ATOM feed.
  • -- Michael Stephens

28
Podcasting Tools
  • PC or Mac Audacity a cheap microphone
  • http//audicity.sourceforge.net
  • Mac only Garage Band v.3 (in iLife suite of
    programs)

29
Audacity http//audacity.sourceforge.net/
30
Podcasting For Your Family
  • Oral histories
  • Funny conversations between family members
  • Babies first words
  • Reports from the field college, study abroad,
    Peace Corps, vacations

31
Dont Feel Overwhelmed!
  • One 2.0 thing at a time
  • Dont be afraid to make mistakes
  • Dont fly solo -- create a team!
  • Have fun!

32
Further Reading
  • New Wisdom of the Web (Newsweek/MSNBC article)
    http//tinyurl.com/f7vmn
  • eHub interviews with Web 2.0 application
    creators
  • http//www.emilychang.com/go/ehub/interviews/

33
Wrap-Up
  • Questions? Ask em!
  • Please contact us with any questions that arise
    later
  • sophie.brookover_at_gmail.com
  • peterbromberg_at_gmail.com
  • Thank you!
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