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Title: Intro to Web 2.0


1
Intro to Web 2.0
  • Using Blogs, RSS and Wikis
  • in the Workplace

Presented by Nicole C. Engard, Jenkins Law
Library PBIs 21st Century Law Office Management
-- July 24, 2006
2
Background
  • Berners-Lee envisioned a read/write web
  • We werent ready in the 1990s for such a big
    step
  • We started with a read-only web a place where
    everyone could read whatever they wanted, but
    only a select few (programmers) could write web
    pages. This was Web 1.0.

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Enter Web 2.0
  • Web 2.0 or the Read/Write Web fulfills
    Berners-Lees original vision for the WWW
  • The introduction of tools like blogs, wikis, and
    RSS have made it so that anyone can write to the
    web
  • The question is how can you use these tools to
    better work-flow in your office?

4
Blogs Wikis
  • Blogs
  • Updated by one or more set authors
  • Regularly updated
  • Used for journal-like content
  • Made up of posts
  • Posts sorted reverse chronologically
  • Sometimes allows for comments
  • Updates delivered via RSS
  • Wikis
  • Anyone can edit
  • Updated as needed
  • Used for collaboration on a single project
  • Made of up of linked pages
  • Little or no structure
  • Sometimes allows for comments
  • Updates delivered via RSS

5
RSS
  • Short for Real Simple Syndication
  • Originally used to syndicate content from another
    web site on your own
  • Now most commonly used to deliver web related
    updates
  • Makes it easy to keep up with content from news
    sites, blogs, wikis, and web sites without
    visiting them every day
  • Requires an RSS Aggregator to use

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RSS Aggregators
  • Also known as RSS Readers
  • Consider this your inbox for web content
  • Come in online and desktop varieties
  • Online readers allow you to access your
    subscriptions from any computer
  • Desktop readers are only accessible from your
    computer
  • Most popular reader is Bloglines

7
Finding Blogs
  • Ask your colleagues (word of mouth)
  • See what others are reading
  • Browse blog directories
  • Use blog search engines

8
Some Places to Start
  • Search
  • Blogdigger - www.blogdigger.com
  • Bloglines - www.bloglines.com/search
  • Google Blog Search - blogsearch.google.com
  • Syndica8 - www.syndic8.com
  • Technorati - www.technorati.com
  • Browse
  • Legal Blawgs (from Rutgers
  • Law Blogs (from U of Akron
  • Law Blogs (from Internet Public Library)
  • Law Blogs (from Jenkins Law Library)
  • Law List
  • Legal Information Weblogs

9
Start Your Own Blog
  • There are 2 blogging options to consider
  • Remotely Hosted
  • Stored on someone elses server
  • May have a cost associated with it
  • Limited control
  • Easy to learn
  • Locally Hosted
  • Technical skills required
  • Your own web server required (will cost money
  • Complete control
  • More of a learning curve

10
Blogging Options
  • Remotely Hosted Free
  • Wordpress.com
  • Blogger.com
  • Remotely Hosted Fee Based
  • TypePad.com
  • LiveJournal.com
  • Locally Hosted Free
  • WordPress.org
  • Locally Hosted Fee Based
  • Moveable Type (www.sixapart.com/movabletype/)

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Start Your Own Wiki
  • Wiki packages offer the same 2 options that blog
    packages offer
  • Remotely hosted
  • Locally hosted
  • Like anything else hosting your wiki locally will
    allow for more control over who can edit and read
    pages
  • This option works very well for promoting
    collaboration in your office

12
Wiki Options
  • Remotely Hosted Free
  • pbWiki.com
  • WetPaint.com
  • Locally Hosted Free
  • MediaWiki.org
  • PhpWiki (phpwiki.sourceforge.net/phpwiki)

13
Conclusion
  • Web 2.0 technologies have made it much easier for
    us to communicate and collaborate across borders.
  • With the use of the technologies discussed here
    you will be able to keep up with the profession
    in a more organized fashion.
  • Blogs Wikis are more than just a fad, theyre a
    new way to communication and collaborate
    effectively with others in our profession.

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Contact Information
  • Nicole C. Engard
  • Jenkins Law Library
  • nengard_at_jenkinslaw.org
  • Slides available online at
  • www.jenkinslaw.org/about/bios/nicole.php
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