brown bags

Gateways

• Netvibes: A double-sided portal that allows for public and private views, as well as friending associates.
• iGoogle: A personal page with no external web presence. Content can be organized into tabs, Google App integration is a plus.
• Mahalo: A human edited search engine, with the goal of having 10,000 handcrafted result pages for the most popular topics. Firefox toolbar allows users to create user and topic pages.
• Shyftr: RSS reader that allows users to share and comment on each other's feed items.

Random Cool App

• PicLens: Image browser plugin for Firefox

What is Web 2.0?

A wave of new Web sites (as well as some not so new ones) that focus on the user experience, focusing primarily through three areas:

• Socialization: The ability for users to interact with one another, easily sharing collective information.
• Collaboration: The ability to work on long-distance projects in a variety of ways.
• Web Services: Almost all Web 2.0 have "Web services" through which they share their information with other sites.

My notes from the 4/17/07 brown bag "A Second Life Field Trip" by Ken Newquist

ITS is hosting a number of brown bag lunches in the coming weeks. Registration is not required and lunch will be provided.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007: Second Life Field Trip

• Type: Brown Bag
• Time: Noon-1 p.m.
• Location: Skillman 004
• Facilitator: Kenneth Newquist

Explore the virtual world of Second Life, a massive online community populated by hundreds of thousands of people carrying out their digital lives, building cities, trading in a bustling economy. It's Disney World meets the Matrix ... with a little bit of everything in between. Come learn how people are using Second Life for fun, business and even education.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007: We Moodle. Will you?

• Type: Brown Bag
• Time: Noon-1 p.m.

This band do the greatest music in all U.S. and A!

In "How to Make Art Work", Prof. Jeff Helm explores the challenges that arise when artists and technologists collaborate to realize the artists' visions. The event will be held Friday, Dec. 1 from noon to 1 p.m. in AEC 239. Sponsored by DSO and ITS. Lunch will be provided.

here is the ppt from the new network presentation.

John O'Keefe and Michael Costello present the progress of the Lafayette Network Redesign.

The current campus network infrastructure is near the end of its planned life cycle, and for the past 6 months, ITS network staff have been working on a design for the next generation network. The campus is invited to join John O'Keefe and Mike Costello for an overview of what's been planned so far, to ask questions, and to make recommendations for further development of the plan prior to its presentation for approval. The event will be held at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 7 in Skillman Library Room 004. Lunch will be provided.

What is Web 2.0?
A wave of new Web sites (as well as some not so new ones) that focus on the user experience, focusing primarily through three areas:

• Socialization: The ability for users to interact with one another, easily sharing collective information.
• Collaboration: The ability to work on long-distance projects in a variety of ways.
• Web Services: Almost all Web 2.0 have "Web services" through which they share their information with other sites.