Slide 1:01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 1 How to Make Web 2.0 Work onlineinfo2008 #onlineinfo2008 www.rba.co.uk/onlineinfo2008 Karen Blakeman RBA Information Services http://www.rba.co.uk/ blog: http://www.rba.co.uk/wordpress karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk Facebook: Karen Blakeman Twitter: karenblakeman http://www.slideshare.net/KarenBlakeman This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License


What is Web 2.0 ? :What is Web 2.0 ? A concept not a product A way of working collaborative, social, sharing reusing and mixing data, mashups All sorts of technologies but…. don’t become obsessed with technologies per se think about what you want to do and look at how you can achieve it experiment! Examples: blogs, podcasts, RSS, wikis, social bookmarking, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, web based forums, email discussion lists, YouTube, 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 2


Resources :Resources UKeiG Web 2.0 Blog http://ukeig.wordpress.com/ Phil Bradley’s I want to: Web 2.0 applications, utilities & resources http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm UKeiG Factsheets Web 2.0 in action - a short reading list by Martin White http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/factsheets/Web2ReadingList.html Top 10 Web 2.0 questions you always wanted to ask http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/factsheets/Top10QuestionsWeb2.html User name: ukeig33 Password: dumbledore OR come to stand 734 for paper copies! 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 3


Resources :Resources Wikis: Tools for Information Work and Collaboration. Jan Koblas, Chandos Publishing, ISBN 1-84334-178-6 How to Use Web 2.0 in Your Library, Phil Bradley. May 2007, Facet Publishing, 224pp paperback ISBN: 978-1-85604-607-7 Forrester Report on Enterprise Web 2 destinationCRM.com: Wikis Grow, Podcasts and Social Bookmarking Slow http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/CRM-News/Daily-News/Wikis-Grow,-Podcasts-and-Social-Bookmarking-Slow-51507.aspx 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 4


The mandatory web 2.0 map :The mandatory web 2.0 map http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 5


Gartner hype curve :Gartner hype curve 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 6 http://www.gartner.com/pages/story.php.id.8795.s.8.jsp


RSS in Plain English :RSS in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english or on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 7


What is RSS :What is RSS Stands for Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary or RDF site summary depends on version Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.9x) RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0) Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.x) also ATOM (Google) written in XML extensible markup language look for the orange logos A means of delivering headlines, alerts, tables of contents 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 8 Regarded as the de facto standard


Why isn’t RSS more popular? :Why isn’t RSS more popular? 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 9


But a feed may be displayed like this… :But a feed may be displayed like this… 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 10 Q. So why do I need a reader? A. To bring your feeds together in one place


What do you need? :What do you need? Need a feed reader to get the most out of the technology Web based readers or Programs on your desktop machine, laptop, Blackberry, mobile RSS reader incorporated into Outlook 2007 Firefox, Thunderbird and Opera users already able to read and use RSS directly or via add-ons 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 11


http://www.google.com/reader :http://www.google.com/reader 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 12 ….like Google Reader


Omea http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/ :Omea http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 13


Feeds in Outlook 2007 :Feeds in Outlook 2007 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 14


Want to add a feed to your reader? :Want to add a feed to your reader? 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 15


RSS also enables you to… :RSS also enables you to… Share and move “stuff” around put the latest news and headlines on your web site automatically re-use information and automatically transfer it from one application to another, one service to another Send you blog or news alerts to: Twitter Facebook Pageflakes Netvibes iGoogle Web site Blog 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 16


Add feeds to your web page or blog :Add feeds to your web page or blog 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 17 RSS feed from the Blog RSS feed of eLucidate table of contents


Blogs :Blogs What is a blog? short for web log content management system that publishes information chronologically, hence the idea of an online diary content can range from self-indulgent drivel to extreme erudition easy to use and publish from anywhere, therefore there is a high proportion of utter rubbish in the blogosphere “Vodcasts and blogs are to the noughties what graffiti was to the Seventies: mindless scrawls reading: 'I woz ere.' It says: 'I'm a moron, but worship me anyway.” The Observer, 3rd December 2006 http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1962820,00.html 01 December 2008 18 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk


Applications of blogs :Applications of blogs Instead of or in addition to a printed, emailed or static web based newsletter Current awareness for staff, users, researchers and clients - “What’s new” publicising new services/products, encourage feedback via comments Marketing tool inside and outside of the organisation CPD – recording professional development and reflective practice Recording project development, discussions Comments or “suggestions” box Monitor blogs for information and competitor intelligence Alternative publishing medium Small web sites http://www.newsbriefsoman.info/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 19


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http://www.englishcut.com/ :http://www.englishcut.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 21


Blogs as sources of information :Blogs as sources of information Blogs by industry gurus and experts are a good way of keeping up to date with what is happening in a sector Look for the Blogroll of List of Links on a relevant blog Google Blogsearch http://www.google.com/blogsearch use advanced search to search within an individual blog Ask http://www.ask.com/ – Blogs and feeds Live Feeds search - http://search.live.com/feeds Blog search engines and directories http://www.technorati.com/ http://www.blogpulse.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 22


Blogpulse search and trends :Blogpulse search and trends 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 23 Click on the graph to see ‘trends’


Blogpulse Trends :01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 24 Blogpulse Trends Shows how often your search terms occur in postings – can compare up to three searches


Product/company reputation :Product/company reputation The “Kryptonite Blogstorm” Kryptonite Evolution 2000 U- Lock hacked by a Bic pen - Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2004/09/14/kryptonite-evolution-2000-u-lock-hacked-by-a-bic-pen Aftermath of the Kryptonite Blogstorm http://www.stephanspencer.com/blogging/aftermath-of-the-kryptonite-blogstorm company ignored the blogs until a “demonstration” video appeared then issued reassurances only offered free product exchanges when NY Times and AP picked up the story estimated cost $10 million 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 25


Blogging librarians :Blogging librarians UK Library Blogs http://uklibraryblogs.pbwiki.com/ Blogorama in Internet Resources Newsletter: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/ LIS-Bloggers email discussion list http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/LIS-BLOGGERS.html British Librarian Bloggers | Google Groups http://groups.google.com/group/britlibblogs 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 26


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Setting up your own blog :Setting up your own blog Host on the blogging service’s own server or install on your site Blogger - free http://www.blogger.com/ owned by Google host on Blogger or publish to your own site, but need to use blogger.com for both Wordpress - free Host on http://www.wordpress.com/ Software for loading onto your own site at http://www.wordpress.org/ Typepad – priced Host on http://www.typepad.com/ Also Movable Type, Live Journal at http://www.sixapart.com/ WeblogMatrix - Compare them all http://www.weblogmatrix.org/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 28


Blog content :Blog content Postings can be as short or as long as you like can be short announcements of new services can be lengthy, detailed articles http://www.theoildrum.com/ http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/ Beware of copyright and plagiarism Quote sources and acknowledge other blogs Add value: summarise lengthy articles, sources why might it be relevant or important to your readers include your own opinion or evaluation 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 29


Bling for your blog :Bling for your blog Phil Bradley, Library and Information Show, NEC Birmingham, April 18th 2007 – Adding Bling to Your Blog! Gadgets, widgets, page elements etc. that you can add to your blog RSS to email RSS to PDF Calendars Photos from Flickr, Picasa Embed Youtube videos Embed Slideshare, authorSTREAM presentations RSS feeds from other blogs and sites Twitter feeds Tag clouds 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 30


Twitter :Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ ‘Microblogging’ SMS/instant messaging with bells and whistles ‘tweets’ 140 characters only what are you doing, what has your attention? send first 140 characters of your blog postings to Twitter using Twitterfeed.com ‘follow’ friends Use Twitter to update your Facebook profile Incorporate your Twitterstream into your web site, blog using RSS 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 31


Twitter in Business :Twitter in Business 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business chrisbrogan.com http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-business/ How Companies Use Twitter to Bolster Their Brands - BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2008/tc2008095_320491.htm 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 32


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Twitter :Twitter What are people saying about you? Oh dear! 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 34


Who is on Twitter? :Who is on Twitter? 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 35


UK Government Twitterverse :UK Government Twitterverse http://davepress.net/2008/10/28/the-ukgovweb-twitterverse/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 36


Twitter at conferences :Twitter at conferences “Blogging conferences is soooooo 20th century!” twitterers/tweeters abound at conferences The INSOURCE Conference Twitter Experiment http://www.rba.co.uk/wordpress/2008/02/11/the-insource-conference-twitter-experiment/ delegates, conference chairs, moderators can all comment on and monitor the proceedings use hashtags e.g. #onlineinfo2008 in your tweets use Twemes use http://search.twitter.com/ to follow fellow conference twitterers 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 37


Searching Twitter and Tweets :Searching Twitter and Tweets Searching public tweets http://www.twitterment.com/ - not reliable or comprehensive http://www.tweetscan.com/ - not reliable or comprehensive Searching tags and hashtags e.g. #onlineinfo2008 http://search.twitter.com/ http://www.hashtags.org/ - was dead for several months and still unreliable http://www.twemes.com/ - delayed reporting on tweets but includes tagged Flickr photos and del.icio.us bookmarks 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 38


Twemes – http://twemes.com/ :Twemes – http://twemes.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 39


http://search.twitter.com/ :http://search.twitter.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 40


Loudtwitter :Loudtwitter http://www.loudtwitter.com/ send tweets to your blog using LoudTwitter generates a chronological list of your tweets by day easier to read as a record of the event only records your tweets, not your followers http://karenblakeman.livejournal.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 41


Wikis :Wikis wiki-wiki – Hawaiian meaning quick First wiki was the WikiWikiWeb, Ward Cunningham 1995 A collaborative web application that allows users to easily add and edit content Can be used for developing documentation project management History keeps a record of the changes and different versions of the documents developing a conference programme Many have blog like discussion areas and RSS feeds Most famous example is Wikipedia 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 42


Wikipedia :01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 43 Wikipedia Option to edit the page


Wikipedia (2) :Wikipedia (2) 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 44 No edit option


Wikis for collaborating on documents :Wikis for collaborating on documents Single centrally located copy instead of multiple copies circulating via email all with different edits Version control Collaborators do not have to be running the same software or same version Can see the “time line” or history of edits who has edited what and when useful in compliance situations Some wikis allow for comments and discussion on edits But have to be online to work on the document 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 45


What are wikis used for in real life? :What are wikis used for in real life? UKeiG Web 2.0 blog – Wiki category http://ukeig.wordpress.com/category/wikis/ Wikis for training materials and conference organising Sarah Washford http://swashford.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/wiki-wonders/ Wikis for compiling subject guides We have Wiki http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/01/09/we-have-wiki/ A free surgical encyclopaedia for surgeons and their patients http://wikisurgery.com/ Using a Wiki for an Intranet Janssen-Cilag, switched from a static HTML site to using a wiki. http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/18/enterprise-wiki-increases-collaboration-and-connections-at-janssen-cilag/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 46


http://interlend.pbwiki.com/ :http://interlend.pbwiki.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 47


Conference proceedings :Conference proceedings Inspiring the iGeneration http://inspiringtheigeneration.wetpaint.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 48


Helpdesk tool :Helpdesk tool “We are experimenting with a small scale wiki tool to help us with internal communication within a large Learner Support team. In an effort to cut down on e-mails and go some way towards 'centralising' and organising (mostly short term) information needed to serve students across a range of service points. The wiki is updated daily/hourly/as required with any information thought important to the team. We would be very interested to see if anyone is doing something similar and to hear what kind of results you are having”Paula Fitzpatrick Learner Support Team University of Northumbria 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 49


Experimenting with wikis :Experimenting with wikis May already have wiki options on your system Blackboard, Moodle, SharePoint feedback on Sharepoint wiki – robust but basic Not always straightforward to install on your own system use third party “wiki farms” to start with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_farms some wiki farms make your wikis completely open, that is viewable and editable by anyone Compare wikis at http://www.wikimatrix.org/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 50


Experimenting with wikis :Experimenting with wikis Some wiki farms to try: Peanut Butter Wiki http://pbwiki.com/ Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ Seedwiki http://www.seedwiki.com/ Wet Paint http://www.wetpaint.com/ Also try Google Docs http://docs.google.com/ Google Sites http://sites.google.com/ Zoho http://www.zoho.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 51


Top 3 tips for using implementing a wiki :Top 3 tips for using implementing a wiki Identified at “Blogs and Wikis in Libraries – Our New Best Friends?” 8th November 2007. Organised by CILIP’s Information Services Group – London and South East branch Don’t call it a wiki Don’t call it a wiki Don’t call it a wiki 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 52


Google Docs & Spreadsheets :Google Docs & Spreadsheets http://docs.google.com/ need a Google account Google will try and force you to use an existing account text documents (Word, Open Office, Star Office) spreadsheets presentations Can upload existing documents and will keep most of the formatting (wikis usually removes formatting) Invite others to share your documents by e-mail address Edit documents online with whomever you choose Has a similar version/history record as wikis 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 53


http://www.zoho.com/ :http://www.zoho.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 54


Google Sites http://sites.google.com/ :Google Sites http://sites.google.com/ Marketed as a way of producing your own site hosted on Google Can be set up and used as a wiki 100 MB storage 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 55


iGoogle :iGoogle 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 56


My Yahoo! :My Yahoo! 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 57


Pageflakes, Netvibes :Pageflakes, Netvibes http://www.pageflakes.com/ but problems with downtime and customer relations not their strong point! many people moving to Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/ Known as ‘start pages’ Collate data, photos, videos, weather news, calendars, notepads for queries, RSS feeds etc Can have multiple tabs to generate separate collections Can keep them private, share with a group of people, or make them public 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 58


Pageflakes :Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com/ UKeiG http://www.pageflakes.com/ukeig1 East Lothian Libraries http://www.pageflakes.com/libraries0/17137920/ Dublin City Public Libraries http://www.pageflakes.com/dublincitypubliclibraries/ Scottish Libraries http://www.pageflakes.com/scottishlibraries Llyfrgell Ceredigion Library in Aberystwyth http://www.pageflakes.com/LlyfrgellCeredigionLibrary/19167751 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 59


Pageflakes – East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.pageflakes.com/libraries0/17137920/ :Pageflakes – East Lothian Librarieshttp://www.pageflakes.com/libraries0/17137920/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 60


Pageflakes – Dublin City Librarieshttp://www.pageflakes.com/dublincitypubliclibraries/ :Pageflakes – Dublin City Librarieshttp://www.pageflakes.com/dublincitypubliclibraries/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 61


UKeiG on Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/ukeig1 :UKeiG on Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/ukeig1 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 62


Social bookmarking :Social bookmarking Social Bookmarking as a Knowledge Management Strategy, Robert Berkman, The Information Advisor Vol 11, No 1, March 2007, Knowledge Management Supplement http://www.informationadvisor.com/IA_KM_March07.pdf Furl http://www.furl.net Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/ Connotea http://www.connotea.org/ 2Collab (Elsevier) http://www.2collab.com/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 63


Flickr :Flickr http://www.flickr.com/ Owned by Yahoo! Share photos with selected individuals or make public Put photos of your library’s or organisation’s events on Flickr promote your department, information centre, organisation direct journalists to your ‘album’ when they ask for photos to accompany articles about you make sure you tag and describe them organise into sets decide on copyright and Creative Commons licenses http://www.flickr.com/photos/ukeig/ 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 64


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Slideshare, authorSTREAM :Slideshare, authorSTREAM Share presentations Include an accompanying commentary Keep private, share with selected people, or make public Slideshare does not keep animations and embedded links, authorSTREAM does Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ authorSTREAM (can also convert to iPod and video for YouTube) http://www.authorstream.com/ Embed Slideshare and authorSTREAM in your blog, web site, Facebook profile, start page …….. 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 67


Slideshare :Slideshare 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 68 Identify a relevant presentation and Slideshare will try and find similar types of presentation


Add presentations to your web site, blog, Facebook, LinkedIn :Add presentations to your web site, blog, Facebook, LinkedIn 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 69


YouTube :YouTube http://www.youtube.com/ Owned by Google Videos of varying content and quality news broadcasts ‘how to’ videos, ‘fan’ videos, corporate broadcasts promo’s, advertising campaigns The Queen has a YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel Greg Notess, Google strange mid page results http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCjzo3bWIg Embed YouTube videos in your blog, Facebook page, start page, web site etc. 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 70


Greg Notess – Strange Midpage Results :Greg Notess – Strange Midpage Results 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 71 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCjzo3bWIg


Promos for events :Promos for events Embed in: Facebook web site blog start pages etc. etc. 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 72


Videos of conference presentations :Videos of conference presentations 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 73 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRppJuhXTZA


BestforBusiness Birmingham :BestforBusiness Birmingham 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 74 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXs1scj9Xx4


Facebook :Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ Originally set up to enable students of Harvard University to keep in touch Now available to anyone Set up your personal profile Join and create groups can be open, closed or secret discussion boards, ‘Wall’, photos, videos, events Most corporate groups are now private but the ‘interest’ and ‘professional’ groups can lead you to other potential contacts 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 75


Facebook.com :Facebook.com 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 76


Facebook.com – Bracknell Forest Council :Facebook.com – Bracknell Forest Council http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bracknell-Forest-Council/29278413041?ref=ts 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 77


Doing stuff with Google Maps :Doing stuff with Google Maps 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 78


Doing stuff with Google Maps :Doing stuff with Google Maps 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 79


Doing stuff with Flickr :Doing stuff with Flickr 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 80


Second Life :Second Life 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 81 Used for virtual meetings and lectures SL meetings as an addition to physical meetings Interviews Simulations Selling ‘stuff’


Other virtual worlds :Other virtual worlds BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Virtual worlds with real purposes http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7754038.stm ‘Metaverses’ emphasis on realism Near Global virtual London launching in 2009 Twinity 20km of Berlin replicated into an online world, by the end of 2008, 50,000 buildings expected to have been copied into the virtual world. 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 82


UKeiG Channels of Communication :UKeiG Channels of Communication Web site - http://www.ukeig.org.uk/ Main blog - http://www.ukeig.org.uk/blog/ email discussion lists LIS-UKEIG http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/lis-UKEIG.html Intranets Forum http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/UKEIG-INTRANETS-FORUM.html Web 2 blog – http://ukeig.wordpress.com/ RSS feeds for events, eLucidate, blogs, flickr, combined feed via Yahoo Pipes Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2442435465 plus event pages Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/ukeig Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/ukeig1 Twitter https://twitter.com/ukeig, https://twitter.com/ukeig2009 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 83


What next? :What next? YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE Web 2 stuff It should make life easier, save time and help you do the job more effectively… …if does not, ditch it! Play and experiment You don’t have to try everything Look at what you already have and see if you can “web 2” it e.g. existing presentations, RSS feeds from blogs, flickr 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 84


To encourage you in your Web 2 endeavours, a short motivational video :To encourage you in your Web 2 endeavours, a short motivational video 01 December 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 85 Here comes another bubble – Richter Scales http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I