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DIGITAL CONVERGENCE & PEOPLE APPSBeth Gallaway
Information Goddess Consulting
Computers in Libraries, 2008
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Digital Convergence Cross-platform One format “talks” to another
People Apps Social software Connecting people
WIDGET
Piece of the web imported and embedded to: your desktop your website or blog computer or phone another application
IGOOGLE
BLOGGER
WHY WIDGETS?
One click is too many Cross platform (web standard) No downloads Easy! Copy + paste = embedded widget
VIDEO: OLD WAY #1
VIDEO: OLD WAY #2
VIDEO: NEW WAY!
http://alfocus.ala.org/videos/national-library-week-go-fish
YOUTUBE EMBED CODE
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IM: OLD WAY
IM: NEW WAY!
MEEBO
Crossplatform Chatrooms &
widget allow communication
Convergent Connects all your
IM accounts
http://www.meebome.com
STEP 1: NAME & CUSTOMIZE
STEP 2: CONNECT
STEP 3: GET CODE
MEEBO EMBED CODE
<!-- Beginning of meebo me widget code. Want to talk with visitors on your page? Go to http://www.meebome.com/ and get
your widget! --> <embed
src="http://widget.meebo.com/mm.swf?ioMtISSCVb" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="190" height="275"></embed>
FORM
MEEBO IN THE CATALOG
Crossplatform Post via web Post via phone Post via IM
Cross Application Post via Firefox searchbar Post via Second Life
SIGN UP FOR TWITTER
1. Go to http://www.twitter.com2. Click “Join for Free" to get to the Create a
Free Account screen3. Complete:
• Username• Password• Confirm Password• Email Address• Character recognition
4. Click "I accept. Create my account"
GET A BADGE
http://twitter.com/badges/
TWITTER EMBED CODE
<div style="width:176px;text-align:center"><embed src="http://twitter.com/flash/twitter_badge.swf” flashvars=”color1=52428&type=user&id=10001" quality="high" width="176" height="176” name="twitter_badge" align="middle” allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /><br><a style="font-size: 10px; color: #00CCCC; text-decoration: none" href="http://twitter.com/infogdss29">follow infogdss29 at http://twitter.com</a></div>
TWITTER LIBRARY USE: NEBRASKA LIBRARY COMMISSION
Tracking questions/stats:
http://twitter.com/NLC_Reference
TWITTER LIBRARY USE:READING (MA) PUBLIC LIBRARY
Another way to do reference:
http://twitter.com/andreamercado
SIGN UP FOR SECOND LIFE
1. Go to http://www.secondlife.com2. Review minimum system requirements!3. Click “Join”4. Complete:
• Name• DOB• Email address
SL TWEETS HUD
http://www.sltweets.com/
SL TWEETS COMMANDS help – Get help ##### setup <username> <password>
Register and store your username & password post <message> Post your message show (hide) - Show or hide the HUD note <note> Store note tag <tag,tag,tag> - Store tags reset - Resets the SLTweets hud user - Display stored Username usersite – Visit SLTweets.com Users Web Site channel <channel> - Change command channel search <criteria> - Search your tweets, notes &
tags
TWEETING ON THE DESK
WHY TWEET FROM SL?
Reference statistics Archive becomes FAQs Bookmark locations Raises visibility Connect to users
http://twitter.com/ceru
THE FUTURE OF WIDGETS
IM to & from virtual worlds Transference of “physical” widgets Virtual dollars to real dollars Widgets on every webpage!
THANK YOU!
RESOURCES:Slides:
http://www.slideshare.net/informationgoddess29/Links: http://del.icio.us/informationgoddess29
CONTACT: Email: [email protected] Text: 603.247-3196 Twitter: infogdss29 Web: http://informationgoddess.info
