The End?!?

The course (of course) is drawing to a close, as additionally evidenced by my last minute blogging. It simply wouldn't be the end of a class without some last minute work, even if there are no exams to speak of.
Other than the potential lack of communication in the future from my current classmates, one of the items that occupies my mind is the continuing of our produsages, and the effective archival and storing of all the relevant information that was gathered during the class.
Concerning the produsages: As I have mentioned previously, many sites (web 2.0 and otherwise) simply do not last the test of time. That test in this class could be as short as the end of the course, or for the general population that test of time could be defined by the creator's patience. I am curious as to how many of our projects will continue to be used. As long as one person is still produsing and participating, the latent communities we've created can still survive. I do expect some to continue to grow and become more successful, especially as the tools and compilations become more known to interested parties, and more "outsiders" join the mix. By then, the addition of "strangers" will continue to add to the worth of the site, thereby increasing the popularity even more.
There are a number of lists available containing each of our produsages, so am I am also scrambling to visit my old marks and postings to gleam extra links, information, recommendations, etc. that my classmates have noted and suggested, with the intent for future use. This is slightly more difficult in that the discussion boards are linked inside of Blackboard, and will therefore be inaccessible (at least, easily and one's wish). The wiki, luckily, was linked into Blackboard so we can still keep the links to that wikispaces site available for future reference.
Of course, we can always sent a personal message to a classmate or instructor asking for a reference they had once found, but there's the dozens of other items that may be forgotten and only remembered when it is too late. That is the inherent nature of all this digital information: It's all easily stored and accessible, but on the same note information can be cut off with a simple block generated by computer when a date passes, or when an integral person forgets a password. That ideas reminds me of a recent event at work: In the process of backing up someone's work, I had actually deleted his backup file on the server, leaving only his out-dated work on his local station. Luckily he only lost a few hours (well, "luckily" is relative), but the same instant, unforeseen blocking of previous information had occurred.