http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~soapbox/node/2866

I'll be leading this brownbag on Wednesday, April 16 at noon in Gendebien Room, Skillman Library. Here's the announcement blurb:

The Read/Write Web continues to evolve, proliferating connections between web sites and spawning thousands of new social networks. Come learn about the success stories of 2007 -- such as micro-blogging tools Twitter and Jaiku and the newly-open Facebook.com -- as well as what's on the horizon for 2008. Lunch will be provided.

http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~soapbox/node/2868

Getting Started

• Everyone starts at Help Island, which has a handful of tutorials explaining how to interact with the world. Once you've learned the basics, you can move to the mainland, or elsewhere.


• Moving around is straightforward, using the directional keys. Getting from region to region can be done in one of two ways:
  
  
  
  
  • Do a global search, based on keyword.
  
  
  • Use the Map tool to enter a region, and then coordinates.
  
  
  
  

http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~soapbox/node/2909

Gateways

• Netvibes: A double-sided portal that allows for public and private views, as well as friending associates.


• iGoogle: A personal page with no external web presence. Content can be organized into tabs, Google App integration is a plus.


• Mahalo: A human edited search engine, with the goal of having 10,000 handcrafted result pages for the most popular topics. Firefox toolbar allows users to create user and topic pages.


• Shyftr: RSS reader that allows users to share and comment on each other's feed items.

Microblogging

• Twitter: Still the most popular microblogging platform around, twitter has battled uptime and performance issues almost since it's creation.

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