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September 2007
September 03, 2007
Guest Post: Post Your Favourite IWMW 2007 Video Moments
September 03, 2007
The regular guest blog post this month features a number of articles about the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2007 (IWMW 2007) held at the University of York on 16-18th July 2007. In this month’s opening guest blog post Anthony Leonard, who coordinated the live streaming of the plenary talks at IWMW 2007, shares his favourite moments and invites readers ...
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September 04, 2007
Guest Blog Post: The Web Community Discussion Group Session at IWMW 2007
September 04, 2007
Today’s guest blog post was written by Debbie Nicholson, of the Web Support Unit at the University of Essex. Debbie writes about the Institutional Web Management Workshop and the discussion group session she attended on “The Web Community” and the implications for the Web community. I didn’t sign up for this discussion group … I signed up for one of ...
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September 05, 2007
Guest Blog Post: Web 2.0 and Sustainability
September 05, 2007
Today’s guest blog post comes from Ross Gardler, manager of JISC’s OSS Watch service and a co-faciliator of a workshop session at IWMW 2007 on “Sustainable Services: Solidity based on Openness?”. At OSS Watch we spend a considerable amount of time highlighting sustainability as one of the key benefits of open source. There is no central organisation that can ...
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September 06, 2007
Guest Blog Post: The Eternal Beta
September 06, 2007
Today’s gust blog post was written by Phil Wilson, who works in the Web Services Team at the University of Bath. Phil ran a workshop session at the IWMW 2007 event on “The Eternal Beta - Can it Work in an Institution?” in which he addressed the question of whether the Web 2.0 development phhilisophy of ‘always beta’ was ...
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September 10, 2007
Butler Group Report: Rich Web Applications
September 10, 2007
Summary of the Report I was recently invited to evaluate a Butler Group Report on “Rich Web Applications”. I was impressed by the quality of this report, which is very timely for those organisations which may be considering the development or Rich Web Applications (RWA) or Rich Internet Applications (RIA). And higher educational organisations which are involved ...
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September 11, 2007
Reminder of the UK Web Focus Evaluation
September 11, 2007
As announced on 23 August 2007, an evaluation of the UK Web Focus blog is currently being carried out, using the SurveyMonkey software. The comments received so far have been very useful in helping me to gain a better understanding of the reader community and the infrastructure which is being used for reading this blog. I have also received ...
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September 12, 2007
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting and All That
September 12, 2007
The Event On Wednesday 5 September 2007 I attended a JISC Skills Update day on Exploiting Communication Channels which was held at Said College. Oxford. The event was very successful, as was clearly shown form the evaluation form for the event: the venue was particularly well-appreciated (over 75% of those who completed the online evaluation form thought that Said ...
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September 13, 2007
Amplified Conferences
September 13, 2007
Matt Jukes, in a post about the JISC Services Skills Day, used the term “Amplified Conference” to describe the approach to be taken to the event. This term, which was coined by Lorcan Dempsey, describes a conference which exploits networked technologies to enable the topics addressed at a conference to be heard and influence a larger audience than ...
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September 14, 2007
Your Views On Externally-Hosted Web 2.0 Services
September 14, 2007
I have found the My Questions Facebook application useful in getting focussed responses to questions I’ve raised. In the past few months I’ve asked for comments on Skype (most find it useful with only one person feeling it should be banned) and how institutions should respond to Facebook (almost everybody feels we should engage with ...
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September 17, 2007
The ‘Me Too’ Web 2.0 Applications
September 17, 2007
A few day’s ago I notice that Phil Bradley had updated his Twitter status with the comment “playing around with Trooker.com It’s really good… music videos galore!“. As I trust Phil’s views on Web 2.0 applications I had a look at Trooker. Sure enough, it’s another easy-to0-use Web 2.0 service which provides access to video clips from services such ...
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September 19, 2007
TokBox - A Useful Video-Conferencing Tool Or Something Sinister?
September 19, 2007
The TokBox Video Chat Tool The TokBox instant video chat tool was reviewed by TechCrunch in August 2007. As with several of the Web 2.0 services I’ve mentioned on this blog, Tokbox is very easy to set up and use: simply register for a (free) account and, assuming you have a Webcam and microphone available, that’s about it. ...
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September 20, 2007
Exploiting The Potential Of Blogs and Social Networks
September 20, 2007
In November 2006 UKOLN ran a day’s workshop on Exploiting The Potential Of Wikis which was held at Austin Court, Birmingham. The feedback for the event was very positive, with positive comments made not just about the content of the workshop but also the venue. This year, on 26th November 2007, we will be running a similar workshop on ...
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The Future As Today, But More So
September 20, 2007
My Background When I was young we didn’t have a TV and it wasn’t until I was 7 or so that my family caught up, and I discovered why my school friends were so excited about Doctor Who. And at that time we didn’t have a telephone, so when my parents wanted to ring their friends, it involved a ...
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September 26, 2007
A New Search Interface for HERO
September 26, 2007
I have been reading the September issue of the HERO Headlines magazine, which provides “the latest news from HERO Ltd, the company behind the UK’s official online gateway to higher education and research opportunities“. An article in the magazine describes the release of a search tool which can be added to Internet Explorer and Firefox browser to enable the ...
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September 28, 2007
The RSCs In Scotland NewsFeed Blog
September 28, 2007
Via a Technorati search for JISC I came across the RSC NewsFeed Blog provided by the JISC RSC Scotland North & East and RSC Scotland South & West services. This was launched on 28 August 2007 and since then then have been many postings, providing useful snippets of information, many of which describe various Web 2.0 services relevant to the ...
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September 29, 2007
Speculation on Microsoft Investment in Facebook
September 29, 2007
A Techcrunch article on Microsoft May Invest in Facebook At $10 Billion Valuation was published on 24 September 2007. James Brown on the RIN Team blog has provided some interesting thoughtson the reasons why Microsoft are willing to invest $300-$500 million for a 5% stake in the company - which would place a valuation on the company of $10 ...
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