Trends in Blogs, RSS, Wikis, and Other Stuff
Steven M. Cohen
Library Stuff (published by Information Today)
http://stevenmcohen.pbwiki.com/BlogsWikis
Trends
- Everything is in beta
- Sign up here and we'll tell you when we GO LIVE!
- RSS is built into these apps. It's a given.
- It all happens separately, which adds to the commons (My Space example)
- A bit on Splogs
- No more Desktop readers?
Over the past year...
- The big boys catch up with blog search.
- G! catches up with RSS
- G! News is STILL in beta - (since March 2003)
- Wikipedia getting lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of attention (pro and con)
- What's in Your wallet?
- small companies get bought - Bloglines, Weblogs.com, Live Journal, Flickr
- The new bubble?
Return of the "My ____"
Ratings - (Human or otherwise)
Interaction and Collaboration
Life Management
Are Meta Search Apps Back?
Other Apps
Resources for new tools
http://www.feedmarker.com/
http://www.netvibes.com/