Final Thoughts

Overall, I enjoyed this program and learned many things from it. There were no big surprises but I was pleased from all the new things I discovered. I think the program was planned well and the organizers did an excellent job. We should definitely do something similar in the future, Web 3.0 is right around the corner.

Learning 2.0 / Web 2.0

My Web 2.0 / Learning 2.0 experience was great. There were some in the program that I was already familiar with and some that I wasn't. The image generator was my favorite. The program definitely helped educate me with the new tools out there that I would not have known existed. I would say that I'm definitely a Web 1.5 user now and working my way to becoming a complete 2.0 user.

Rollyo

Rollyo is a great tool for people who want to limit their searches to websites that they have added on their profile. It could be narrowed down to a reliable set of websites so you won't have to worry about getting bad results. I personally prefer searching without limitations and just have to rely on knowing whether or not a source is reliable.

Library Thing...What Thing?

Library Thing is another great tool for people to use. It would be a great tool specially if one is an avid reader. Your account keeps a list of books that you may have read or planning to read. You can toss that small notebook for your book list! Below is a link to my catalog:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/mmedi002

Image Generator

Made with free image tools @ TXT2PIC.com

For the image generator, I found one called "Dummiez Book Cover Maker 2008". It is a neat site and enjoyed creating my own for Dummies book (see image above).

Podcasting in Libraries

After seeing what some libraries have done with utilizing podcasts, it seems that it is a great tool for librarians to use. Information about the library could be made in either audio or video form for patrons. An example of a good vodcast would be a tutorial on how to use a particular online resource. Libraries should take advantage of this great tool to expand their reach to the masses.

To Podcast or To Vodcast

Podcasts and vodcasts are interesting tools that may be used to share audio files or video files. An iPod could be used to play these files. It is useful specially if you want audios or videos on the go. One may subscribe to a radio program that has podcasts of segments that could be sent in your RSS feeds. I personally don't use podcasts or vodcasts, but would probably get into it eventually.

Mytube

Youtube is probably my favorite web 2.0 tool. If Flickr is for images, then Youtube is for videos. Everyone can upload videos and share it. I like the fact that it includes related videos, which helps you find something that you would normally have to work hard to find. An example would be a song in an Apple commercial that I liked and wanted to know what song it was. All I did was to search for the commercial on Youtube and the related videos was the actual song itself. Of course I could have used google to find it, but Youtube made it a lot easier than it would have been. I've posted these two videos here:

Montagr

Montagr takes your pictures a makes a montage of an image. It is a fun tool and does an ok job in converting images into a montage. One may search for an image, for example an airplane, and it would take one airplane image and take multiple airplane images and make a montage.

Flickr and Tagging

Tagging is important so people can find similar types of things easily. It works specially and a must in a website such as Flickr. If an image isn't tagged, then you can forget about searching and browsing for an image. The community plays an important role in Flickr. You have to have a collective effort from everyone to contribute to make Flickr successful. The community also police themselves to make it safe for everyone.

Flickr

Flickr is a nice website where people can upload pictures and share it with everyone. You can mark certain things on an image where a caption could be added. It's a great website. The link below is an image of the Airbus 380. What a big plane!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/casualclicks/427097474/

Traveling? Try Kayak!

Kayak (kayak.com) is a great travel tool to use to find great airfares. The results you get are from many of the popular travel websites. These include Orbitz, Travelocity, Priceline, as well as airline companies such as American, United and Northwest. You don't have to go to these individual websites; very convenient. It is a web tool that I would recommend to library patrons searching for airfares online.

Technorati...Techno-what?

A great site to browse and search for blogs is Technorati. If one wants to find a blog about a particular interest and not have to go through the whole world wide web should use this useful tool. To include your own blog into the mix, all you have to do is create tags from your blog.

You've Been Tagged....Del.icio.us!...mmm...mmm...good!

Del.icio.us gives users a place to collect ideas (webpages). It could be a tool for people to put similar pages for easy access. An example would be if one is researching a particular subject, a collection of pages suggested by many other users could be put together under this useful tool. Another use is the obvious one of having a remote access to your bookmarks or favorites. Del.icio.us is a great tool.