Web 2.0 heaven

aaahh.... this is what we need! Phil Bradley has collected together all these links to Web 2.0 resources and put them into categories - extremely helpful! Thanks Phil!
Web 2.0 resources

why scientists blog

I just came across this blog thanks to one of the blogs I already follow.

I liked the reasons these scientists gave (in the 'about' page) for blogging: "the use of social media has given us a tremendous outlet by which to translate and promote scientific knowledge and engage the public discourse"

which sums it up nicely, I think.

Diigo

The idea of being able to bookmark your favourite web pages is nothing new - so you can see your favourite pages wherever you are logged on. But what if you could save your favourite pages with annotations, 'sticky notes', highlight the bits of the page you found most useful, etc? That's the idea behind Diigo. I think. It's like a combination of an online 'library' and bookmarking. Looks really good actually, unfortunately the toolbar which you need to install in order to add items just point blank refuses to work on my computer. (Note: my computer is Not Happy at the moment. It works for everybody else) So I'm going to go and try it at home but for now, have a look at the introductory video at http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo V5: Collect and Highlight, Then Remember! from diigobuzz on Vimeo.

23 Things, Thing 4

Thing number 4 (23 Things) is to look at Twitter, RSS and Pushnote. Here is where I have to confess that although I do have a Twitter account, I don't use it. Already I've got too much to look at: I have a feed reader for my RSS, a Google homepage for this that and t'other, my work email, my home email, there's LinkedIn too....!

So now I'm following a few people I think look really helpful. I don't know whether I'll find time to keep tabs on Twitter as well as everything else, but obviously other people do! It seems to me that it's most useful for people with mobile devices.e.g. at conferences. I think it's so easy to get overloaded and you need to pick and choose the right tool for the right job. I do like the idea of using Twitter to ask questions though - that's one brilliant thing about Web 2.0 - if you've got a question, it's a great way to get a whole variety of helpful answers (provided anyone actually sees your question of course) - and Twitter could be really good for this.

11 and a half Things

a most ingenious idea from UCL's Biomedical Libraries - the idea of 23 Things has morphed into 11 and a half Things! A shortened program which will fit into 6 weeks over the summer, for UCL's Library staff. This particular 'Things' program will focus on Web 2.0 tools which are particulary helpful for medical staff and how we librarians can support them. So 11 and a half Things kicks off tomorrow and I've got a good feeling that I might have already accomplished Thing 1....