Susan's Musings

Hope there aren't too many hard core Trekers out there - if you are one you might want to turn away - yes you - go - just don't say I didn't warn you

I have had this blog for a couple of years - I think I created it for a NEFLIN class but I never had an overwhelming desire to post a bunch of stuff on the Web. I was instructing a class on blogging and found that blogging is not a hard thing to do. So I have been playing with adding some extra widgets and gadgets and general fun "stuff". Will be setting up a feed burner and sitemeter soon. I checked out livejournal and wordpress but I really don't want to register for a new site to check out more of the features available. I do think all blog sites should have the ability to have an RSS feed, embed video and images, and basic formatting options.

The title is all you need to say - have fun with this one. I feel a class project coming on.


Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Enjoy the trailer - looking forward to the reboot, hope JJ Abrams gets it right - coming at yah in early May

Sorry I haven't posted much last couple of days - I am currently beta testing a new 3D product, when the NDA (Non disclosure agreement) is released I will post some of the coolness I have been playing with, probably in a few weeks.

Today kicks off NEFLINs 23 Things - join in and have some fun learning about 23 Things that will make your library life happier.

Nostalgic for those good old days - or just want to scream in horror?! Here it is "You want to be a librarian" a very moldy-dusty oldy. Beware this video is 10 minutes long but it had me chuckling out load several times. Tune in again for the next post where we will discuss Library/Libraian 2.0

So what is Web 2.0? Here is the rather long but quite concise definition from Webopedia "

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTML Web pages to a more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based on serving Web applications to users. Other improved functionality of Web 2.0 includes open communication with an emphasis on Web-based communities of users, and more open sharing of information. Over time Web 2.0 has been used more as a marketing term than a computer-science-based term. Blogs, wikis, and Web services are all seen as components of Web 2.0.

While that is a quite nice definition and I could ponder the depths and intricacies of the meaning for hours - just spend 4 minutes looking at this very fine video on YouTube and 'see' what Web 2.0 is all about.