A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Understanding And Exploiting Web 2.0: Using Web 2.0 – hands-on session Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath UKOLN is supported by: Acceptable Use Policy Recording/broadcasting of this talk, taking photographs & discussing the content using various tool. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. Acceptable Use Policy Recording/broadcasting of this talk, taking photographs & discussing the content using various tool. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. This work is licensed under a Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat) Resources bookmarked using 'stimulate-2006-web2.0' tag

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 2 Contents In this hands-on session you will use various Web 2.0 tools: Tools Communications (Gabbly) Wikis (Wikalong & Wetpaint) Social bookmarking (del.icio.us) RSS readers (Bloglines) Search tools (Technorati) … Please follow the exercises in the accompanying handout

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 3 Comments Do you have any general comments on the tools you have used?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 4 Use of Gabbly Any comments on Gabbly? Easy to use Nothing in common with others on Gabbly site Easy to create Gabbly page for other Web sites Can also embed in HTML pages Can we rely on the service?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 5 Using Wikalong Any comments on Wikalong? Easy to use Looks dull Looks better using a plugin May be problems with abuse, spam, etc. An early example of a Wiki which is simple to deploy

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 6 Use Of Wetpaint Any comments on Wetpaint? Nice interface Easy to use Can manage access rights Will users use it? Can we rely on the service? Is it sustainable?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 7 Use Of del.icio.us Any comments on del.icio.us? Simpler interface Not just a bookmark manager Benefits from social network Easier to use if browser extensions added Data can be reused workshops/stimulate-2006/talk-web2.0/ workshops/stimulate-2006/talk-web2.0/

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 8 Google Blog & Technorati Tools Any comments on Technorati & Google Blog search? Finds recent postings Works better if integrated with browser Are you creating resources which can be found with such tools?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 9 Use of Netvibes Any comments on Netvibes? Nice interface (AJAX) Easy to use Personalised service Can we rely on the service? Is it sustainable?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 10 Discussion Any further thoughts on such tools?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 11 Questions? Any questions