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Gaming & Virtual Worlds
I would like to first off apologize for posting this entry a little late- things at home and in my student life have been a little hectic lately and my blog got put on the back burner. The next few weeks are looking alot calmer for me (surprisingly since it's the end of term) so I don't expect to be posting this late again. So again, my apologies! I don't like to drag out too long because I know we are starting a new topic tomorrow.
more on online social networks
I wanted to say a little more about online social networks that I didn't elaborate on in my last post. One thing that I thought was interesting is danah boyd's comment that MySpace was started by 20 something's who are into indie music because I had heard that it was actually initially populated by the queer (mostly gay men I believe) and Burning Man communities. Has anyone else read/heard this? I was also unaware of the strong teenage presence on MySpace.
Folksonomies
After doing the readings for this week I found the article by Quintarelli to stand out in my mind the most- the reason being that he makes some very bold statements about folksonomies that I think are exaggerated.
Social Bookmarking Group Project Part 4: How-To
How
to Use the Reader’s Advisory Furl Account
guidelines to our staff wiki, explaining how the site works and some best
practices for posting reviews. Here is what the guidelines will look like:
to Use the Reader’s Advisory Furl Account
Blog Case Studies
I liked the Georgia State subject area blogs (although on first glance it's difficult to see how they organized it), and I was thinking of the potential of libraries using blogs to evaluate their materials. I can see that this idea might sound disastrous because it might solicit negative feedback that would harm the reputation of the library.