Category Archives: Web 2.0

One of the few Web 2.0 activities I regularly participate in is the iTunes Song of the Week. In fact I participate so regularly, I would say it’s almost like a cult for me. Obviously, I love it for the… More On: My Weekly iTunes Song of the Week Sidetrip

Cole Camplese’s word of the week is identity, which is an interesting follow-up to community. As I commented in my posting on the word community I believe that each person is actually a member of multiple communities and may have… More On: My Ongoing Identity Crisis

Cole issued a challenge for the community to define “community”. As it turns, out this question is also relevant to discussions we have been having about whether there is a divide in our community. I think everyone agrees that “community”… More On: Defining “Community” vs Diversity

I see that yesterday’s post about our office white board did hit some nerves. There’s been continuing discussion of it on our director Cole Camplese’s blog. Thanks Cole for responding and cross-posting – I appreciate his willingness to put his… More On: Discussing the Whiteboard

Being a modern office modern office worker means you must master both old communication channels like the community bulletin board as well as the new forms like Twitter…so here’s my take of an ongoing set of negotiations. Recently there was… More On: Office Twitter vs Office Whiteboard…Is there a difference?

Jamie’s coffee read on the costs of purchasing tech is one that’s close to my heart. I came from a single-income household, but my mother decided to we needed invest in a computer – which was a Coleco Adam with… More On: Is iTouch a Low-Cost Solution?

Believe it or not, Robin Smail (aka Robin2Go) finally talked me into Tweeting. Since I had written a very long blog post against Twitter I thought I should go public with this decision. I’m also Tweeting in public, although only… More On: Elizabeth is Tweeting

I anticipate a quiet Web 2.0 period on this topic, but I did like the Live Question tool from the Harvard Law server. It lets a large class send questions with minimal interruption, and the voting lets other students participate… More On: LDSC08 – I do like Live Question

My colleague Mary Janzen has an interesing blog post about her trepidation to use Twitter, and I have to say that she’s not the only one… I do follow some Tweets periodically (especially now that they are easy to read… More On: Ah the Twitter Debate