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The Age of the Human Filter

The Age of the Human Filter. New Website Technologies Andrea Mercado NAHSL 2006, Hartford, CT. Social, Audio-Visual, Interactive. Web sites are about offering connectivity Less about building, more about enhancing Caveat: application with purpose is * key *, so have a plan.

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The Age of the Human Filter

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  1. The Age of the Human Filter New Website TechnologiesAndrea MercadoNAHSL 2006, Hartford, CT

  2. Social, Audio-Visual, Interactive • Web sites are about offering connectivity • Less about building, more about enhancing • Caveat: application with purpose is *key*, so have a plan Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  3. Hot Options for Going Web 2.0 • Web 2.0 ~ Human filtering = • Tagging (folksonomy) • Syndication (RSS, Push Technology) • Social bookmarking • Social networking • Blogs, more pointedly, blog software as content management systems (CMSs) • Podcasting, vidcasting, screencasting • Wikis • Social bookmarking Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  4. Blogs are Still “In” • Easier than XHTML/CSS for the non-techie • External blogs a viable option • Blogger - http://www.blogger.com • Blog software as CMS • WordPress - http://www.wordpress.com • Plugins extend social networking and more • Software install requires coordination with IT Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  5. Blog as CMS: WordPress Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  6. Sharing the Visuals • YouTube - http://www.YouTube.com: video hosting (FREE) • Flickr - http://www.flickr.com: image hosting (basic account free & robust, paid options) • Both offer: • Storage • Syndication and web page embedding • Social qualities: bookmark, favorites, sharing, blogging, grouping, playlists, comments, tagging, video responses, ratings • Not much coordination with IT required Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  7. Sharing Video: YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhircPB0NYg Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  8. The Art of the ‘Cast • *casting: syndicated content using RSS • Feed generator to create • Blogger + FeedBurner - http://www.feedburner.com • WordPress podPress plugin - http://www.podpress.org • Attaches link for file download • Outside hosting/application services available • Aggregator to “catch” • Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com: PC play • iTunes - http://www.itunes.com: iPod • Juice - http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net: non-iPod • Excellent for conference, classroom, illustrative, educational audio and video content Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  9. Wikis: Collaborative Content • Can be private or public • Information power to the (or, specifically, your) people • Encyclopedic knowledge, collaborative documentation creation and management • Various user access levels available • IT involvement varies Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  10. Starting a Wiki • MediaWiki - http://www.mediawiki.org: wiki software (used by Wikipedia) installed on server, IT coordination a must • Externally hosted options: • Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com • PBWiki - http://www.pbwiki.com • Free and pay account options • Easy set up Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  11. Flu Wiki (www.fluwikie.com)* Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  12. Human Search Engineering • Emailing links is so passé • Easily sharable, tagable, searchable • Many free services to choose from • Mainly a feature in blog software, but can be applied to static pages • Social Bookmark Link Creator http://www.ifeedreaders.com/social-creator/ • IT involvement varies Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  13. del.ici.oushttp://del.icio.us digghttp://www.digg.com blinklisthttp://www.blinklist.com LookSmart’s Furlhttp://www.furl.net Reddithttp://www.reddit.com Yahoo! My Webhttp://myweb.yahoo.com simpyhttp://www.simpy.com Social Bookmarking: Major Players Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  14. Reading & Further Resources • “The Terrible Twos: Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and More” by Greg R. Notesshttp://www.infotoday.com/online/may06/OnTheNet.shtml • “Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software” by Michael Stephenshttp://tinyurl.com/manhb • Making Sense of Social Software in the Libraryhttp://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11519 • SirsiDynix Institute Web Seminar Archive: Podcasting, wikis, and so much morehttp://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/archive.php • Show and Tell The Easy Way - An Introduction to Screencasting: Free Webinar 11/8/2006http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/seminar_page.php?sid=71 Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

  15. Contact Information Andrea Mercado Reference & Techie Librarian Reading Public Library Reading, MA 781-944-0840 mercado@noblenet.org See also: • http://www.LibraryTechtonics.info • http://www.PLABlog.org Andrea Mercado - mercado@noblenet.org

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