Personal & Professional Uses of Web 2.0 Tools

Powerful Professional ConferenceWednesday, June 20, 2007

Web 1.0PublishingBookmarkingPermissions RequiredCentralizationText and GraphicsScheduled Release

DatesAdvertising: The Top

10/100 Sites (“The Head”)

Web 2.0ParticipationTaggingRadical TrustDecentralizationRich User ExperiencesContinuous

ImprovementAdSense: The More

the Merrier (“The long tail”)

Web 2.0 Survivors: “embrace the power of the web to harness collective intelligence.”

Hyperlinking (e.g. Foundation of Web)Best Works of Web Users (e.g. Yahoo!)Page Rank vs. Document Characteristics

(e.g. Google)Collective Activity of All Users (e.g. eBay)User Engagement (e.g. Amazon.com)

(Blogging)The Wisdom of CrowdsPersonal Home Page in Diary FormatChronological OrganizationPostings and CommentsDynamic Web SiteRSS: Allows Subscriptionhttp://www.blogger.com

(Online Collaborative Compilations)Web Site Allows Visitors to Add, Remove

and Edit Content. A Collaborative Technology….Wikipedia (Encyclopedia)Wiktionary (Dictionary)Basic assumption: Goodness of PeopleRadical Trusthttp://wikipedia.org/

(Collaboration Tools)Online Word Processor & SpreadsheetOnline CollaborationMultiple Authors, Editors and ReadersRestrict Access or NotGroup Projects, Committee Work, Remote

CollaborationJCCC to Implement SharePoint Services in

Future – Comparable Toolshttp://docs.google.com

(Social Networking)Bookmark Web SitesAssign Tags (Keywords)Add Descriptions and Notes to the URLAccess Your Bookmarks AnywhereSort and Order Bookmarks by Tag

List vs. Cloud, Minimum Number, Bundleshttp://del.icio.us

(Social Sharing – Best Works)Store & Share Your SlideshowsAdvertise Conference/Workshop EventsExplore Posted SlideshowsShare with Others (e.g. Send Email Notice) Download SlideshowsTag and Comment on Slideshowshttp://www.slideshare.net

(Folksonomies)Folksonomy vs. TaxonomyPhotosharingUploading & Tagging Free vs. Paid AccountsGroups, CommentsRestricted Access or Publichttp://www.flickr.com

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