Focus on how this is a significant and substantial changeover from the past decade of the web Use ZohoWriter as an example of web as platform
Overall a greater sense of openness, contribution, and sharing – less competition, less gatekeeping
Specific examples of these trends
Demo Technorati Demo Google Blogsearch Demo my blog and add a post on the workshop (link to the wiki?)
Demo Firefox Live Bookmarks tool Demo my own Bloglines account Show PubMed feed
Researchers should take note of wikis for their collaborative power As a media type, wikis may have hundreds of potential applications for researchers, well beyond the basic “encyclopedia”-type information that Wikipedia has made famous
Wikibooks, in particular, offers an interesting format for researchers to use – the creation of free online-native format e-books that can be used in all manner of ways: Wiki lab manuals Wiki clinical manuals Wiki textbooks Wiki style books/guides Wiki directories/formularies/pharmacopoeias
File sharing and peer-to-peer networks -- For music and media downloads, but also for more legitimate collaborations, sharing of data warehouses, etc. Ratings, rankings, opinions (i.e. Amazon or Angieslist.com) Angie’s List is a user-supported list of local contractors, rated by local homeowners, with detailed information about their services. Since it’s paid for by the users, contractors can’t directly influence or bias the information contained in the site. Friends lists (i.e. MySpace or Friendster) Online networking has become a major source of career-related information and contacts for all kinds of services Social bookmarking Sharing links (del.icio.us) Sharing lists (LibraryThing, allconsuming.net) Sharing articles (CiteULike.org, PennTags)
Company Insider and Job Insider allow CIO.com visitors to view high-level information about members of a featured company’s LinkedIn network, and connect with members who are in their own network through links in article pages, Advice & Opinion, and Careers listings.
Specific examples of these trends
Forrester’s forecasts show strong and steady growth over the next five years, with total Web 2.0 expected to reach $4.6 billion by 2013 Social networking, mashups, and RSS.