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If you or your library is considering installed blog software, you might want to take a look at Blog Software Smackdown: The Big 3 Reviewed by Vinnie Garcia. It’s a good, comprehensive article, complete with a discussion of features, possible pitfalls, and licensing (no surprise that the big 3 are Movable Type, WordPress, and Textpattern).
Here’s something I should have mentioned in the talk I gave today (but completely forgot to): WordPress.com, the free, hosted, WordPress alternative to BlogSpot (that, as of Monday, is no longer invitee-only). I created a test blog on it yesterday; the process was simple, streamlined, and stress-free. Particularly because it hasn’t [yet] been sucked dry [...]
You’ve probably heard of Writely and other similar web-based document creation and collaboration tools. Well, apart from being absolutely thrilled about finally having an easy way to create and share documents between workgroups or committee members across the country (or continent, as the case may be), last night I realized that these tools also fill [...]
Phase II of Young Canadians in a Wired World came out last week (“the most comprehensive and wide-ranging study of its kind in Canada”). The study “looks at the online behaviours, attitudes, and opinions of more than 5,200 children and youth from grades 4 to 11, in French and English language schools, in every province [...]
The workshop I mentioned happened this morning & I think it went pretty well. The Web 2.0 framework was well-received and I will definitely be using it again. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of seeing that look of wonderment on people’s faces when they realize the potential of these tools! The presentation is here [...]
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