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A recent report by G. Oliver Young from Forrester Research shows an increasing trend in organizations purchasing and using Web 2.0 tools (Blogs, wikis, widgets, podcasting software, etc.).
It is interesting that there seems to be a direct correlation between the size of the organization and whether or not they are actually buying Web2.0 apps. The larger the organization, the more likely it is to be buying or considering Web 2.0 applications.
via WebGuild
I’m not a programmer. I’m a novice mash-upper. I needed to figure out how to gather, aggregate, and publish the blog posts of community members to my existing website. My constraints: I couldn’t just set up a wordpress blog to do it. I had to display this aggregation in our existing community website. And, my current site did not support any additional forms. So here’s how I did it…
Why a community site is good for an Association… We want to be clear that we support collaborative engagement around issues relevant to our industry. Only our MEMBERS can contribute to the conversation. People are motivated to do this because it builds their online reputation- a powerful motivator as can be seen by the popularity of Web 2.0 apps that support online identity development and social presence (think Facebook- a multi-billion dollar company).
Amy Webb is aggregating acquisitions of major players in the media/technology/web space. You can subscribe to the feed, or get a pdf of the current state of things. Am I the only one who notices that the Google list is quickly becoming longer than the Microsoft list? Anyone looking for a cool PhD project could do an analysis of this list as it evolves and correlate that with the subsequent improvements in technology for actual humans.
All of my flickr images are licensed under Creative Commons, and it’s always fun to see where they end up. Thanks Dave for leaving me a note and letting me know where and how you’ve used my photo.
There was a Star Trek episode where Geordi La Forge (the blind, but brilliant engineer) was kidnapped by smallish round people who looked like weeble-woobles. They took him because, in their own words, “You’re smart. You make things go.” Good job Creative Commons. You made my picture go. (and please don’t tell my that I like Star Trek. He already thinks I’m a sci-fi nerd because of Firefly).
Marion has brought me out of blog writing funk by showing me Whereigo…
Wherigo is a toolset for creating and playing GPS-enabled adventures in the real world. Use GPS technology to guide you to physical locations and interact with virtual objects and characters -Whereigo site
This allows for legitimate crossover interactions between humans, locations, and literally anything a person can imagine virtually. I can see this being big with virtual gamers, but also with people like my mom who takes tours to Europe every summer. My mother can take a tour of people to the Louvre where they go on a treasure hunt for famous artwork. There are very cool applications with history, as well… Imagine taking a 6th grade class to an Anasazi ruin in the Four Corners area. As they walk through the ruins, they encounter a 12 year old Anasazi boy going through a coming of age ritual and become a part of his experience.
Location anchored virtual experiences. Cool. Marion put together a tour of Temple Square in Salt Lake City. If you are traveling this way, download it and enjoy!
So I’ve been looking for tools for an average web user (i.e. not a programmer) build mashups. Yahoo Pipes sort of gets there by letting you aggregate, filter, and manipulate feeds, but my new favorite is Mash Maker from Intel.
Intel® Mash Maker is an extension to your existing web browser that allows you to easily augment the page that you are currently browsing with information from other websites. As you browse the web, the Mash Maker toolbar suggests Mashups that it can apply to the current page in order to make it more useful for you.
