Okay. I lied, or misled. This is actually my first blog since my last one, which was blank, so it could be my first blog I actually wrote in since two blogs ago, which was literally my first blog. Perhaps someone should have checked the content of this blog before trusting in it's information ;)
I have decided to wrote this blog in my usual literally manner, which is to say that I write like I speak: Lots of words and attempts at humor. Excessive verbiage and word play shall be left to the annals of the Blackboard system.
Like many of you (or just "you," if you're the only reader) I am enrolled in an online course focused around Web 2.0. I never paid much heed to Web 2.0 in the past as there are dozens of various acronyms, version names, and titles given to new technology and its use. However, since Web 2.0 has been delineated into an official term with a (generally) solid definition, I am finding it both more useful and more interesting.
I am what people call a "computer guy," so I had high hopes that I wouldn't have to be challenged or anything silly like that with this course. Of course, this plan was derailed at step 2 (step 1 being, "Write your name"). I signed up for an active blog and attempted to "burn" a "feed." It was then that I realized I had never had a use for such a thing before, and therefore had never done it. Apparently I will have to actually learn and try in school... again!! The horrors, I know!
My current research into Web 2.0 outside of class is yielding both interesting and useful results. I am finding that Web 2.0 tools, utilities and resources are 1) much more expansive than I had previously known and 2) Web 2.0 web sites have a certain art style that I particularly like. It is a sort of minimalist, almost cartoonish creation. This can been seen at the website Go2Web20, which lists hundreds of Web 2.0 tools which can be grouped by subject. I never would have guess there were so many Web 2.0 web sites focused on, say, bills. There is quite a lot of information provided, and I'm sure a lot of it is trash. However, it is a great starting point both for Web 2.0 beginners and those looking for a specific utility. If, dear reader(s), you do not see a link for Go2Web20 on the Blackboard forum, remind to link it for everyone else. Thanks ahead of time!
