Web 2.0 - The Coming of the Storm

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The world has changed.

I see it in the water.

I feel it in the Earth.

I smell it in the air.

Galadriel, Lady of Light

J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of the Rings

Web 2.0

The Coming of the Storm

by Keith McVean

April 13, 2007

What Were Covering

Where the Internet used to be

Where the Internet is now and why

Some of the technologies driving things (RSS, Wikis, etc.)

How this affects you

What Were Not Covering

All the technologies that are Web 2.0 (AJAX, Podcasting, etc.)

How to use the thousands of Web 2.0 websites and services (see handout)

Where the Internet will be in the future

In The Beginning Web 1.0

Web 1.0? (term was never used)

From creation of the web until circa 1995. (Some websites are still Web 1.0)

Companies used one-way communication in corporate-speak much like a brochure


Portals are huge! (Everything you want in one place)

Altavista, Excite, even Disney tried to become the portal.

Yahoo! was king!


Personal homepages are huge!

Numerous companies provided free space to host personal websites on the Internet

Geocities was king!


$3,600,000,000

Yahoo! Paid For Geocities in 1998

(Thats American Dollars!)

So Yahoo took over the world right?


WRONG!


What Happened?


What Happened?

Lots!

Why Web 2.0?

The fad of personal web pages passed

People wanted to communicate not write web pages!

Why Web 2.0?

New technologies allowed for more user participation and required less knowledge and effort to post to the Internet

Critical mass of people with easy, high-speed access to the Internet

Why Web 2.0?

More and more data available on the web

Generation X and the Millennials! (Multitasking)

What is Web 2.0?

Collaboration

Sharing

Choice

What is Web 2.0?

Users in charge no central authority

Direct and open communication

Trust is assumed by default

Open standards (nothing proprietary)

Mix and match of services (Mashups)

What is Web 2.0?

Users in charge no central authority

Reuse is allowed

Powerful and easy to use interfaces

Continuous beta

What is Web 2.0?

Social Networks

Blogs

RSS

Social Bookmarking

Wikis

File-sharing

Rise of Social Networks

Social Networking allows people to create and extend relationships online

Online profiles, blogs, and other technologies allow people to keep in touch, organize events, and even act as support groups

Rise of Social Networks Why?

Trying to connect with strangers

With similar interests can be difficult

Anonymously increases peoples comfort level

Acts like an advertisement

Rise of Social Networks Why?

Trying to connect with friends

Is easier for reaching many friends simultaneously and organizing them

Is easier when you can keep up with their lives through tools supplied

Can create a sense of community

Keiths Roommates

KeithWillRachel

Keiths Friends

WillAlanaKeithWillRachel

JessLarissaAmandaJohnBryanBillTasha

Keiths Friends Know Each Other

AlanaWillRachel

JessLarissaAmandaJohnBryanBillTasha

Keith

Keiths Friends Have Friends

JohnBryanBill

SueBrodieDaveSoniaSteveGuy FromWorkPeople FromLinux CafeKarinaDanaMartial ArtsPeopleLemon TartCooking WifeTeacherMomAlanasSisterDivingPeopleCavingPeople

AlanaKeithTasha

Larissa

Jess

Will

Amanda

Rachel

Rise of Social Networks - Sites

Classmates.com

Facebook

LiveJournal

MySpace

OKCupid

SixDegrees.com

And Many More!

Power of the Blog

A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order

- Wikipedia

An online journal where people can people can read your frank comments and comment on them

- Keith

Power of the Blog

Power of the Blog

In November 2006, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 57 million blogs

In 2007 it is predicted that blogs will peak at 100 million

Power of the Blog

Allows quick and easy posts online

User can control who can see their posts

User can talk frankly

What can we post about?

Power of the Blog

Your Life

News

Politics

Events

Issues

Stories

Hobbies

Jokes

Power of the Blog

Your Life

News

Politics

Events

Issues

Stories

Hobbies

Jokes

Anything you like!

Power of the Blog

Famous things that have happened because of blogs

Dan Rather resigned from CBS

Trent Lott resigned as the Senate Majority Leader

Return of RSS

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to know when websites are updated

Using an RSS reader you can quickly see what content on what webpages (if any) has changed

Return of RSS

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Return of RSS

BBCCBCWiredCNetRachelsBlogALATechsourceInternetNewsLibraries &LibrariansRockLibraryGardenLibraryCrunchLibraryPlanetPhilBradleysBlogStephenLighthouseTame TheWebLongtailOKCupidLiveJournalCity ofMississaugaMLSRegion ofPeelFriends onFlickrHow LongDo You ThinkIt TakesWillsBlogLoopKenzer &Company

Return of RSS

BBCCBCWiredCNetRachelsBlogALATechsourceInternetNewsLibraries &LibrariansRockLibraryGardenLibraryCrunchLibraryPlanetPhilBradleysBlogStephenLighthouseTame TheWebLongtailOKCupidLiveJournalCity ofMississaugaMLSRegion ofPeelFriends onFlickrTo CheckAll TheseSites?WillsBlogLoopKenzer &Company

Return of RSS

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) was originally created 1999, RSS was largely ignored until the rising of blogs

Atom, a similar but alternative to RSS, works much in the same fashion

Return of RSS

You can find RSS feeds via search engines like Feedster.com and Syndic8.com

You can visit your favourite sites and look for the RSS link usually in the form of a picture like this

Return of RSS

Return of RSS

Freedom of Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking allows you to access your bookmarks anywhere

You can then share these bookmarks with yourself, your friends, or the world.

You can also use other peoples bookmarks to discover the best places on the web


Some Branches of the MLS are using Social Bookmarking services


When users enter in new sites they can add tags searchable keywords

These tags act like subject headings do in Dynix


Delicious Example


Hey! Whats that at the bottom of the del.icio.us page?


Hey! Whats that at the bottom of the del.icio.us page?

You could subscribe and find out any time I put up a new bookmark!

Wisdom of Wikis

Wikis are websites that allow anybody to edit them think of it as a community bulletin board

Wikis often contain specialized, hard to find content that is not available elsewhere

Wisdom of Wikis Why Use Wikis?

Since anybody could edit the pages, wikis are not useful for academic reasons but can be useful for less restrictive purposes

Can often link to more authoritative sources

Wisdom of Wikis

Wikipedia is the largest and most popular wiki but there are others

Library Success and futurelib are book library focused wikis

Is Your YouTube Flickr-ing?

File sharing is a key component of Web 2.0 and many services have been created to share different kinds of files

Flickr (Photos), Youtube (Videos), Slideshare (PowerPoint Presentations), etc.


Most of these services allow you to tag the files with keywords like in social bookmarking

Files can be shared with your yourself, your friends, or the world



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