Intro to Web 2.0

Watching the video, The Machine is Us/ing Us, I was surprised at how many of these components of Web 2.0 I have already become familiar with. And, yes, some of it I learned through LATI.



In the article Into a New World of Librarianship, the author Michael Stephens said we can't afford to "Techno-Worship" i.e., love new techology just for the sake of new technology. But aren't we all guilty of that sometimes? I know I am. But I find myself having a honeymoon period with this stuff. When I first discover something new, for example my cell phone, I want to use everything. I play with it and find out all that it can do. But as time goes on and the newness wears off I figure out what is really useful to me and find myself using only those features that I really need. The last time I upgraded my cell phone I was more pragmatic about what I wanted versus what I was willing to pay for. It was a wide gap. I ended up with your basic cell phone that would make calls when I needed it to. After all, isn't that what it is really for? I am suspecting that I will find the same with some of this new Web 2.0 technology. It is fun and it has some really cool bells and whistles, but what will it do for me? What parts of it do I need?

That's what we are about to find out, isn't it?

Wow, my very own blog!

Hi, Kids!

We are not just reading, now we are writing, too! So what are we going to write about? What else, reading.

But I am supposed to be writing about being part-time. But the best part about being part time is all of the time I have to do other things. Imagine that, I have time to read, time to clean, time to chauffeur and, now that it's summer, more time to chauffeur. I even have time to teach another person how to drive.

Now I have time to blog!