Saturday, July 21, 2007

Weel 8 - Things 18 & 19

The productivity tool I particularly like is google docs. I like the fact you can "take-it-anywhere"- that it has remote storage - that you are not maintaining and updating versions/applications - that it works - that it renders into wiki etc. I think the google docs business model is a real challenge to traditional word processing and spreadsheet applications and may easily replace traditional applications - particularly in public libraries.

Take a tour.


I have been thinking about Web 2.0 for a while and I'm attracted to the fundamentally "disruptive" nature of its evolution. I think web 2.0 poses significant challenges for not only libraries - but all social institutions - and this Learning 23 Things blog is a good summary of my findings about some of the web 2.0 components.