[Web4lib] Re: Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Micah Stevens micah at raincross-tech.com
Fri Feb 9 16:29:46 EST 2007


Great video, I have a few issues with the term Web 2.0, as the things he 
talks about in the video have affected the web since the beginning, but 
I'm glad to see that it's being addressed that our concepts may need to 
change rather than changing the web to fit our (possibly) outdated 
concepts.

-Micah

On 02/09/2007 12:37 PM, Craig, Emory wrote:
> Some of you may have already come across this video on Web 2.0 from
> Michael Wesch, an anthropology professor at Kansas State, but if not, it
> is definitely worth watching. The link showed up on Seth Godin's blog
> last week and has been getting enough views on YouTube. As others point
> out, it touches on many library 2.0 issues.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&eurl
>
> Have a good weekend all,
>
> -e 
>
> Emory Craig
> Director of Academic Computing
> The College of New Rochelle
> 914-654-5536
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frye Institute Discussion List
> [mailto:frye at LISTSERV.FRYEINSTITUTE.ORG] On Behalf Of Helen Chu
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 2:04 PM
> To: frye at LISTSERV.FRYEINSTITUTE.ORG
> Subject: [FRYE] Video: Web 2.0 ideas and how content and its
> organization is is changing
>
> Hi Frye Friends,
>
> Our Library Web Developer and Strategist shared this video about Web
> 2.0. It's really quite well thought out and well done.
>
> Helen
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Helen Y. Chu
> Director, Library Information Technology
> hychu at calpoly.edu
> 805-756-7053
> http://www.lib.calpoly.edu 
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marya Figueroa [mailto:mmfiguer at calpoly.edu] 
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 10:15 AM
> Subject: Video: Web 2.0 ideas and how content and its organization is is
> changing
>
> Hi all,
>
> I think many of you would enjoy this youtube video created by a
> professor in Kansas about ideas, content, distribution, display, and
> interaction. I found the link through Seth Godin's blog and Godin makes
> the point that in an environment of publish or perish where publishing
> becomes free (online), "a professor can boil down complex topics to
> vivid video." He then asks, "why aren't tens of thousands of professors
> scrambling to do this?"
>
> Regardless of that observation and question, I think you will really
> enjoy this video which touches on Web/Library 2.0 issues as well.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&eurl
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marya
>
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