I would just like to begin by noting that, contrary to what the folks at Diigo would have users believe, the concept of synchronizing bookmarks across multiple devices and platforms is nothing new. Services such as MobileMe have offered this capability for years, allowing subscribers to synchronize bookmarks, email, personal data files, and contacts across any number of Macs, PCs and even mobile devices. This data is stored in "the cloud" making it available from anywhere. So, you see, the sharing of bookmarks is not new to Web 2.0 technologies!
That off my chest, I have added the Wet Paint Castle Spoilers page to my bookmarks as I am a great fan of the television show. Who couldn't love fellow Canuck, Nathion Fillion, or the cute a button host of the Wet Paint Entertainment video blogs, Jager Weatherby? I tagged this bookmark with Castle and Spoilers. Very imaginative, I know.
I tried to tag Gary Allan High School's homepage, garyallan.ca, however, the page is created in frames and the Diigo Add Bookmark window comes up truncated within the page's banner, making navigating it impossible. <sigh>
I also bookmarked the Apple Homepage and tagged it, Apple and Mac. Again, very imaginative, I know, but I was eager to get to the Mac App Store and download the new Mac OS Lion that was released today!!! I should add the tag, Wahoo!!!
Will I continue to use the Diigo service once this course is complete? Not really sure yet. I'm not overly excited about it yet, but really haven't given it a fair shake yet, either, so I'll reserve judgement on that for now...
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Streaming - Betty Blogger Task Two
And we thought that Star Trek replicators were nothing but science fiction:
Hah!
Check out this 3D printer developed by a company in the UK and you might not be so sure...
I don't think a day goes by that I don't visit YouTube for something, whether it's to follow a link sent to me in an email or just to catch up on a guest spot one of my favourite personalities made on a late night talk show that I missed. Sure, there are some, "what the heck?" things out there and some, "bet he regretted that once he sobered up" things like this:
But then again, believe it or not, this last clip went almost instantly viral and has now been seen over 28 million times!!!
And streaming makes this so easy. First of all, the technology is fast enough to, as its name suggests, keep media playing with little or no interruption, and is available on just about any Internet connected device out there, heck, including some refrigerators! Seriously... The number of devices such as digital cameras and smartphones that offer built-in software that allows users to upload media immediately after recording it right from the device is growing exponentially. That, in itself, is a pretty good indication of the faith hardware manufactures have its longevity. Second, as there is no need to download an item in its entirety before it can be viewed, there is no need to consume large amounts of local disk space in order to store items downloaded for viewing. This is especially significant in the case of digital video files that can, particularly if they are offered in high definition, take up gigabytes of it in no time!
And then there is the benefit of "instant gratification". No need to wait until the entire item is downloaded, you can begin watching, or enjoying the viewing experience along with friends or family, on the spot. With the prevalence of wireless technologies... any spot!
Enjoy a clip so much you might want to come back to it again later? No problem. Just ask your device to "bookmark" it. Chances are pretty good, it will still be there when you get back to it.
All in all, I would say streaming is a technology that's here to stay. I know I'm hooked!
Hah!
Check out this 3D printer developed by a company in the UK and you might not be so sure...
I don't think a day goes by that I don't visit YouTube for something, whether it's to follow a link sent to me in an email or just to catch up on a guest spot one of my favourite personalities made on a late night talk show that I missed. Sure, there are some, "what the heck?" things out there and some, "bet he regretted that once he sobered up" things like this:
But then again, believe it or not, this last clip went almost instantly viral and has now been seen over 28 million times!!!
And streaming makes this so easy. First of all, the technology is fast enough to, as its name suggests, keep media playing with little or no interruption, and is available on just about any Internet connected device out there, heck, including some refrigerators! Seriously... The number of devices such as digital cameras and smartphones that offer built-in software that allows users to upload media immediately after recording it right from the device is growing exponentially. That, in itself, is a pretty good indication of the faith hardware manufactures have its longevity. Second, as there is no need to download an item in its entirety before it can be viewed, there is no need to consume large amounts of local disk space in order to store items downloaded for viewing. This is especially significant in the case of digital video files that can, particularly if they are offered in high definition, take up gigabytes of it in no time!
And then there is the benefit of "instant gratification". No need to wait until the entire item is downloaded, you can begin watching, or enjoying the viewing experience along with friends or family, on the spot. With the prevalence of wireless technologies... any spot!
Enjoy a clip so much you might want to come back to it again later? No problem. Just ask your device to "bookmark" it. Chances are pretty good, it will still be there when you get back to it.
All in all, I would say streaming is a technology that's here to stay. I know I'm hooked!
Saturday, 9 July 2011
I would say on a scale of 1 to 10 my knowledge of Web 2.0 technologies is at 6.5.
The term is attributed to Tim O'Reilly escalating it into general use at his 2004 O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference, not so much as a second generation of World Wide Web hardware infrastructures as its version-numbersentric name would suggest, but as a new communication age 'genre' if you will, comprised of web applications designed to see that information sharing on the Internet is more user driven, even to the level of content development, in contrast to past Web technologies that have seen users as purely spectators. The term Web 2.0 represents cumulative growth in software development and user participation.
Web 2.0 technologies include everything from AJAX applications to blogs, tags, RSS, Podcasts, and social networking phenomenons such as Facebook.
Some of these applications I have participated in, others I look forward to this course giving me a chance to do so!
The term is attributed to Tim O'Reilly escalating it into general use at his 2004 O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference, not so much as a second generation of World Wide Web hardware infrastructures as its version-numbersentric name would suggest, but as a new communication age 'genre' if you will, comprised of web applications designed to see that information sharing on the Internet is more user driven, even to the level of content development, in contrast to past Web technologies that have seen users as purely spectators. The term Web 2.0 represents cumulative growth in software development and user participation.
Web 2.0 technologies include everything from AJAX applications to blogs, tags, RSS, Podcasts, and social networking phenomenons such as Facebook.
Some of these applications I have participated in, others I look forward to this course giving me a chance to do so!
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