Web 2.0 It’s All about Social Networking Eileen O’Shea Infopeople eileen@infopeople.org April 2007

1. Web 2.0 It’s All about Social Networking Eileen O’Shea Infopeople eileen@infopeople.org April 2007

2. Web 2.0 Is Us

3. Seriously.

4. What Is Web 2.0? • Generally refers to web-based tools that enhance “social networking” - people connecting with other people • Blogs, wikis, photo sharing, video sharing, bookmark sharing, you name it sharing

5. Blogs • A few authors, many commenters • CMS authoring • Movable Type • http://infoblog.infopeople.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi • Blogger • http://waynnandholly.blogspot.com/ • Free or low-cost to create

6. Some Librarian Blogs • Tame the Web - Michael Stephens • http://www.tametheweb.com/ • Librarian.net - Jessamyn West • http://librarian.net • The Shifted Librarian - Jenny Levine • http://theshiftedlibrarian.com

7. Some Library Blogs • Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County • http://plcmcl2-about.blogspot.com/ • USC Libraries E-Resources • http://usceresources.blogspot.com/ • LaGuardia Community College Library • http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/library/blog/whatsnew.html

8. Wikis • Multiple authors • Simple editing, CMS-based • MediaWiki, PBWiki • Classic example: wikipedia.org

9. Library-related Wikis • Infopeople Wikis • http://wiki.infopeople.org • LibrarySuccess: A Best Practices Wiki • http://www.libsuccess.org/ • ALA Wikis • http://wikis.ala.org/ • Internet Librarian Wiki • http://internetlibrarian.pbwiki.com/

10. Photo Sharing • Many services: • Flickr, Shutterfly, Picasa (Google) • Tag your photos • Find people with common interests, find similar photos • Link your photos to your blog or your wiki

11. Video Sharing • Digital cameras have made video easy • It’s not about high quality • Tagging videos • It’s all about social networking • Several services: • YouTube, Google Videos, StumbleVideo

12. Social Bookmarking • Browser bookmarks are SO yesterday • Share them with the world, and tag them! • Services: • del.icio.us - http://del.icio.us/ • digg - http://digg.com/ • cluztr - http://cluztr.com/ • StumbeUpon - http://www.stumbleupon.com/

13. Okay, great. But how do I keep track of all of this stuff? • RSS! In Plain English…

14. RSS • “Really Simple Syndication” • What’s syndication? • It’s the ability to subscribe to a site’s content • Think of a newspaper comic strip like Dilbert, syndicated to hundreds of newspapers

15. News Aggregators • Aggregators take the “feed” from a blog and let you see new content • Aggregators can be stand-alone apps OR • Aggregators can be web-based

16. Stand-alone Aggregators • Net NewsWire, Sharp Reader • Nifty integration with your computer’s browser and can display pics and let you listen to podcasts, etc. • Read content offline • Problem: you have to have your computer with you to read your feeds!

17. Web-based Aggregators • Read your feeds anywhere! All you need is a web browser & an Internet connection • Bloglines, Google Reader, Newsgator • Problem: you have to be online to read your feeds

18. Podcasts • Taking it to the next step, podcasts are audio blogs • MP3 format • Can be played on your computer OR an MP3 player • Non-proprietary format so are easily portable

19. Library Podcasts • Infopeople podcasts • http://infopeople.org/resources/podcasts.html • Sunnyvale Public Library podcasts • http://www.librarypodcasts.org/ • Arizona State University Library podcasts • https://thelibrarychannel.blog.asu.edu/?triedWebauth=1

20. How to Create a Podcast • Roll your own: • A recorder • A microphone • A blog or other service to syndicate your podcasts • Services like Hipcast or Gabcast • Phone in your podcast • Often time limits • Quality generally lower

21. Vodcasts • Like podcasts but with video • Generally short - under 10 minutes (YouTube limits videos to 10 minutes) • Format is often Flash (all content on YouTube is converted to Flash)

22. Vodcast Share Sites • YouTube • Google Video • StumbleVideo • All accept wmv, mov, mpg, or avi formats for uploading

23. How to Create a Vodcast • Digital cameras are by far the easiest way to go! • Length is only limited by the size of the storage card • Format is usually AVI or MOV, both formats acceptable to YouTube • Of course, digital video cameras are great, too!

24. Roll Your Own Searches • Rollyo • LibraryThing • WorldCat • All are customizable, easy to create links for your web page or blog

25. Web 2.0 & Online Learning • Old way: LMS • Blackboard, WebCT, etc. • Password-protected restricted content • New ways • Edu-blogging • Podcasts • Media sharing • Then integrate it! • Angel & Second Life

26. Web Apps • Old way: Office • New way: • Google Docs & Spreadsheets • http://docs.google.com/ • Word processor, spreadsheet • Compatible with Word • Collaborate with others • Free!

27. Mashups • Take a couple of tools, put them together and make a new tool! • Google My Maps • http://maps.google.com/ • iLife • Link your iTunes library contents to the world and see who else likes what you like! • Zillow - Google Maps + market values of homes • http://www.zillow.com/

28. Web 2.0 & Instant Messaging • AIM is sooo Web 1.0, right? • Twitter • http://twitter.com/ • Keeping everybody up-to-date on what you’re doing, one boring detail at a time ;-) • Meebo • http://meebo.com • IM anybody on any chat service wherever you are

29. Communities • Library2.0 Ning • http://library20.ning.com/ • MySpace • http://myspace.com/ • Facebook • http://facebook.com/

30. Next Generation Communities • Remember Dungeons & Dragons? • Remember the Sims? • Take it one step further: • Second Life!

31. What Is Second life? • “Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 5,855,848 people from around the globe.”

32. No, but really, what IS Second life? • The average age of users is 32, and the median age of users is 36 • There are $5 million USD in virtual transactions per month conducted between users • 25,000 users log in daily • Anshe Chung, Second Life's most notable land baron, makes $175k per year flipping virtual real estate. --March 2006 Google Talk

33. Hi! I’m Eileen Gapchenko

34. Why It Won’t Take Over the Internet Tomorrow • System requirements: • Internet Connection: Cable or DSL • Computer Processor: 1.6GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon 2000+ or better • Computer Memory: 512MB or better • Video/Graphics Card: • nVidia GeForce FX 5600, GeForce 6600, or better OR • ATI Radeon 9600, X600, or better • Pretty stiff!

35. Libraries in Second Life • Second Life Library • secondlife://info island/97/255/33 • San Jose State University School of Library & Information Science • http://slurl.com/secondlife/SJSU%20SLIS/128/128 • Consumer Health Library • http://slurl.com/secondlife/Consumer%20Health%20Library,%20Info%20Island%20II%20/227/202/23/

36. Are you blogging this?

37. Ways To Keep Learning • Five Weeks to a Social Library • http://www.sociallibraries.com/course/ • free online course • 23 Learning 2.0 Things • http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/ • the original tech challenge! • Infopeople’s 23 Web 2.0 Things • http://our23things.infopeople.org/ • our take on the PLCMC’s challenge