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Upgraded, but is it improved

I have my own social bookmarking site I have built from an early version of Scuttle. I liked Scuttle, but wanted a system that would prioritize links based on a system of use and rated value. More popular and valued links would appear at the top. As a bookmarking system grows and becomes complicated you [...]

Posted 16 February 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Sidewiki from Google – Cool, but beyond my control

Google introduced a feature within the Google Toolbar that allows users to comment on web sites. Other Google users can then review these comments. In the image below, I have identified the toolbar (in the case added to Firefox) and a comment I added to my own web page. The service is called Sidewiki. Here [...]

Posted 23 September 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Nature of blogging changing?

Louis Gray has generated a post contending that blogging may be moving from blogging 1.0 to 2.0, identifying the issues involved in this transition, and reflecting on why 1.0 bloggers may be frustrated. The 1.0 to 2.0 transition was not described in the manner I expected. I think of the switch mostly focused around the [...]

Posted 19 May 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Web 2.0 Resource for Educators

Terry Freedman has organized a group of educators (14 I think) to put together a resource summarizing new web developments (Web 2.0) and the role these developments may play in education. The product is an interesting summary being distributed as a pdf. If you are interested in taking a look, I would recommend downloading the [...]

Posted 02 May 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Newsweek on Web 2.0

The lead story in the latest Newsweek (April 3) is focused on “new” web applications (“Putting the We in WEB). The discussion, which covers MySpace, Flikr, etc. and a collection of Web 2.0 startups I have not encountered (e.g., Plum, Jajah), includes interviews with founders of some of the more well-known services. The interviews provide [...]

Posted 28 March 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Social software, web 2.0, education, etc.

Trying to get a handle on the concepts of Web 2.0, social software, folksonomy, metadata, and the cluster of related terms that seem to continually pop up in blogs you follow? I would suggest an article written by Bryan Alexander appearing in the March/April Educause Review (actually I suggest the online version because it is [...]

Posted 18 March 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: