web 2.0

14 May

WordHustler

Posted by glmaranto in web 2.0, writing

Full disclosure: one of the founders of this site, due to launch May 19, is a former student of mine. But here's an interesting re-mediation: Web back to print.

WordHustler is conceived as a social network that, according to the press release, "provides writers with a bevy of innovative tools designed to help authors of all genres to get their manuscripts into the hands of editors and find publishing success."

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15 May

Exciting new online citation generator

Posted by ScooterDMan in bibliography, citations, research, web 2.0, works cited

This is the most exciting citation generator I've played with in a while. I've been using sites like Easybib.com for years, but BibMe, which was developed this spring by Information Systems students at Carnegie Mellon University seems simpler to use and more extensive in its scope than most other tools around. It automatically generates MLA-formatted citations to your computer in .rtf format (indentation and everything!). Alternatively, you can also export to APA and Chicago styles.

Just go play with it. It seems pretty fantastic.

17 Feb

Go2Web20.net: A Directory of Web 2.0 Applications

Posted by cel4145 in web 2.0

As Flux points out, if you visit the directory of applications at Go2Web20.net, you'll immediately see that "Web 2.0 is really here." This treasure trove of experimentation for the Internet technologist has at least a couple of hundred web services listed. I was immediately drawn to formatpixel:

Create your own online magazines, fanzines, brochures, catalogues, portfolios and more. Using the formatpixel online editor you too can design page based projects, layout text, upload your own images, add interactivity and customise their appearance.

Can't wait to experiment with formatpixel and many of the other apps.

04 Feb

We are the Machine: Incredible Web 2.0 Video

Posted by Matt Barton in clips, new media, web 2.0, youtube

Michael Wesch, a cultural anthropology professor at Kansas State University, has submitted an absolutely incredible YouTube video concerning Web 2.0. He starts with the old HTML static pages and takes us through XML and beyond. This would make a terrific piece for discussion in any class about the web or new technologies like blogs, forums, wikis, social tagging, YouTube, flickr, and so on. Wesch is even hip to rhetoric. I love this thing!

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28 Oct

Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0

Posted by cel4145 in web 2.0

Brian Benzinger's Solution Watch has posted a three part series on Web 2.0 in Education containing the most comprehensive list of web 2.0 style apps I've seen:

It would take days to review all of the applications that Brian has listed. Furthermore, Part 3 provides some how to get started tips and links to resources for using some of the more basic, popular tools (e.g., blogs, wikis, flickr, etc.). This is a great resource to share.

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