Been back at work for just under a week now. Last week was as quiet as a grave so I didn't have anything to blog about. This week however everyone is back so it's work time!
Andy has asked me to start writing a case study on blogging for our project. Personally I'm going to write about how I feel about blogging and what I find it useful for. But how do you guys find blogging? Is it useful for reflection? Or do you just use blogs for a diary? Or maybe you just read them and not write one. Let me know! It would be extremely useful and interesting to see your thoughts.
Personally I've used it as a diary of my work placement as part of the assignment this year has been to keep a work log of everything. But I've also started to find it incredibly useful as a reflection tool. For example, when I've had a meeting I've blogged about how I felt about it. What was good what was bad. Then a few days later I've read the post and then reposted about the meeting. How I'm feeling about it after a few days to think about it all. It's interesting to see the differences and being able to comment back to yourself is great.
So there we are!
On a personal note, now it's time to lose the Christmas fat. Anyone else got a spare tyre? Still, that's what Christmas is all about isn't it? Eating yourself stupid till the point of feeling slightly ill?
Andy's Beard Watch Update: It's gone again! Every time I don't seem him for a couple of days it disappears. Maybe that's because it takes a couple of days to shave off with a diamond edged razor.
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Tuesday, 8 January 2008
Monday, 20 August 2007
Of Web 2.0
Second post today because the previous one should have been in the weekend... haha.
So I've been looking up websites that are "web 2.0". Web 2.0 is just the next step in the evolution of the World Wide Web. It begins to incorporate things like communities, podcasts, social networks, etc.
Example sites are Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, you get the picture. However there are plenty of sites that take the idea of Web 2.0 alot further than just being social (without having to meet anyone).
People search engines are starting to appear, I know of two now. One that recently started is Spock. You can search a name or avatar and it should pull results from the web relating to the name you've put in.
Interactivity is another big area of Web 2.0. Google is one of the fore fronters of this with iGoogle. I suggest you have a play with it if you haven't already. It's practically a virtual desktop that you can stick loads of different widgets to. I personally have my G.Cal, Email, weather and several news feeds running. AJAX is beginning to shine as fantastic technology and will, I think, be employed in many different aspects of Web 2.0. There is even a website that builds an AJAX website for you!
There are even online word processors and spreadsheet programs on the net now. Most people will have heard of Googles Google Docs (which are in another language at the moment... at least for me) or Thinkfree which have a word processor, spreadsheet program as well as a presentation program all online and all free to use. Saving your files is a breeze and can either be done as a PDF or an MS Office file.
One last thing I'd like to mention is a website called Vidoop. This company has created a new way of logging onto a website (that supports OpenID) with the use of pictures instead of a password. This may sounds completely stupid but if you are interested watch their video to find out how its all done.
All in all Web 2.0 looks pretty good and definatly the way forward. The Uni is looking at taking a Web 2.0 approach by using Blogs and Wikis within the Uni as well as externally for assignments and such like. I'm looking forward to playing with that!
So I've been looking up websites that are "web 2.0". Web 2.0 is just the next step in the evolution of the World Wide Web. It begins to incorporate things like communities, podcasts, social networks, etc.
Example sites are Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, you get the picture. However there are plenty of sites that take the idea of Web 2.0 alot further than just being social (without having to meet anyone).
People search engines are starting to appear, I know of two now. One that recently started is Spock. You can search a name or avatar and it should pull results from the web relating to the name you've put in.
Interactivity is another big area of Web 2.0. Google is one of the fore fronters of this with iGoogle. I suggest you have a play with it if you haven't already. It's practically a virtual desktop that you can stick loads of different widgets to. I personally have my G.Cal, Email, weather and several news feeds running. AJAX is beginning to shine as fantastic technology and will, I think, be employed in many different aspects of Web 2.0. There is even a website that builds an AJAX website for you!
There are even online word processors and spreadsheet programs on the net now. Most people will have heard of Googles Google Docs (which are in another language at the moment... at least for me) or Thinkfree which have a word processor, spreadsheet program as well as a presentation program all online and all free to use. Saving your files is a breeze and can either be done as a PDF or an MS Office file.
One last thing I'd like to mention is a website called Vidoop. This company has created a new way of logging onto a website (that supports OpenID) with the use of pictures instead of a password. This may sounds completely stupid but if you are interested watch their video to find out how its all done.
All in all Web 2.0 looks pretty good and definatly the way forward. The Uni is looking at taking a Web 2.0 approach by using Blogs and Wikis within the Uni as well as externally for assignments and such like. I'm looking forward to playing with that!
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