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cybermathwitchI am a Web 2.0 slut.
But I'm not your typical Web 2.0 slut.
My interest isn't in the social aspects of such things. (I know, that's an odd and seemingly contrary stance coming from someone who's been on LJ since around 2001. Bear with me.) Other than actual journals, I don't so much care one way or the other about the social interaction facilitated by Web 2.0 technology. I don't look at using LastFm or GuruLib or Google books because I want to spend hours chatting with other users about a song, book, movie, or program. I have my online community, I love them, I'm going to keep them, but I'm not *actively* looking to expand that circle. I don't have time.
What I *AM* interested in, and what I love Web 2.0 for, is the functionality and productivity that it provides. I like the idea of being able to work on things via the web, of not being tied down to a specific box or hard drive, and I love the creativity of many of the interfaces. I'm not an organized thinker by nature, but I crave being organized. So anything that will facilitate that process, especially if it guides me through it, is good to me.
But frankly? Right now I'm in overwhelm land. Gah! I'm faced with options galore, and for anything to really be workable, it needs to be centralized.
Somethings I'm centralized on. Gmail is my mail client. Period. While I have a back-up Yahoo! account (mostly because Yahoo!Groups is *still* a more powerful community engine than GoogleGroups ::cries::) I don't check my mail there. I wish that you could sort your inbox by sender and subject, but that's a very minor gripe with a pretty decently easy work around (search the "from" field). I'm terribly thrilled that GoogleTalk is interfaced with Gmail's contacts, and am happy to know that I should be able to connect to AIM users that way.
Likewise, gCal is my calendar. I'm happy enough with it that, like email, I don't even bother to look at other systems when they crop up anymore. Unless an online Office-clone comes along can integrate directly with OneNote, I'm happy to stay with gDocs and Google Notebook for my online documents and notes. Google Bookmarks has the majority of the online bookmarking functionality that I need (del.icio.us has NEVER floated my boat, not to mention I can never remember the web address). And even if someone else was to try to create another knitting 2.0 site? Ravelry allows for absolutely NO competition. It's just too good.
Beyond that, it's an open field, and I'm not sure which way to turn.
My confusion rests in a few particular areas:
1. journals
2. to-do lists
3. media cataloging/tagging/reviewing/inventory
4. picture storage and cataloging
But I'm not your typical Web 2.0 slut.
My interest isn't in the social aspects of such things. (I know, that's an odd and seemingly contrary stance coming from someone who's been on LJ since around 2001. Bear with me.) Other than actual journals, I don't so much care one way or the other about the social interaction facilitated by Web 2.0 technology. I don't look at using LastFm or GuruLib or Google books because I want to spend hours chatting with other users about a song, book, movie, or program. I have my online community, I love them, I'm going to keep them, but I'm not *actively* looking to expand that circle. I don't have time.
What I *AM* interested in, and what I love Web 2.0 for, is the functionality and productivity that it provides. I like the idea of being able to work on things via the web, of not being tied down to a specific box or hard drive, and I love the creativity of many of the interfaces. I'm not an organized thinker by nature, but I crave being organized. So anything that will facilitate that process, especially if it guides me through it, is good to me.
But frankly? Right now I'm in overwhelm land. Gah! I'm faced with options galore, and for anything to really be workable, it needs to be centralized.
Somethings I'm centralized on. Gmail is my mail client. Period. While I have a back-up Yahoo! account (mostly because Yahoo!Groups is *still* a more powerful community engine than GoogleGroups ::cries::) I don't check my mail there. I wish that you could sort your inbox by sender and subject, but that's a very minor gripe with a pretty decently easy work around (search the "from" field). I'm terribly thrilled that GoogleTalk is interfaced with Gmail's contacts, and am happy to know that I should be able to connect to AIM users that way.
Likewise, gCal is my calendar. I'm happy enough with it that, like email, I don't even bother to look at other systems when they crop up anymore. Unless an online Office-clone comes along can integrate directly with OneNote, I'm happy to stay with gDocs and Google Notebook for my online documents and notes. Google Bookmarks has the majority of the online bookmarking functionality that I need (del.icio.us has NEVER floated my boat, not to mention I can never remember the web address). And even if someone else was to try to create another knitting 2.0 site? Ravelry allows for absolutely NO competition. It's just too good.
Beyond that, it's an open field, and I'm not sure which way to turn.
My confusion rests in a few particular areas:
1. journals
2. to-do lists
3. media cataloging/tagging/reviewing/inventory
4. picture storage and cataloging
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2.0
Date: 2008-01-20 04:06 am (UTC)BTW, do I have your correct e-mail addy?
And would you like to send you links to the articles that come up about this subject in my librarian world?
Re: 2.0
Date: 2008-01-20 05:37 pm (UTC)For books/media in particular - there's the Amazon engine, which is kinda cool because it integrates with what you order from there, but the interface is kind of slow and clunky, at least so far. LibraryThing is great, but I don't know that I like the 250 books then you have to pay limit. And it doesn't allow you to organize movies and CDs. GuruLib *does* - but it doesn't seem to be as powerful or well-engineered as LibraryThing. Google Books is the least powerful of the lot (and still has some major bugs - some of my books occasionally vanish for a little bit) but if they ever fully integrate it with several of their other features, it'll be worth having my stuff there, I think.
Similar issues exist with the major productivity/to-do list apps, and with the journals it's more a question of the design flexibility and the posting rules.
I'm fairly certain you have my correct addy - but just in case it's cybermathwitch on gmail.
I would love any articles you run across - they would be quite helpful, thanks!
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Date: 2008-01-20 06:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-20 05:41 pm (UTC)I keep meaning to pick up a copy of Getting Things Done - I've tried to read up on it online but haven't found an explanation that I understand yet.
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Date: 2008-01-28 06:02 pm (UTC)Inquiring minds want to know...