I just had some fun reading over some of my posts from the first round of web 2.0. It's interesting seeing how fast things have changed in the web world since then. E-books are now taking a fair share of the market (overseas at least ... still waiting here). AOL announced last week they are either going to sell or shut down Bebo entirely.
Blogging is still a big part of the web, but what has really taken off since 2008 is the whole micro-blogging thing: blogs made up of one sentence updates, like twitter or a facebook status. I guess that says something about the modern attention span. I suppose longer blog posts require some skill on the part of the writer to maintain people's interest, where as micro blogging is more accessible. Even if you've just learnt to string two words together, you can still tweet.
A Manukau Libraries public blog would be a great idea, I think. I envision it as being something updated once a week from different locations around the organization. So one week we'd have a post from cataloging, and the next from Mangere Bridge library, for example. It would work like a Captain's logbook ... a record of our thoughts and feelings and interesting observations. What I think would not work would be some kind of PR or marketing blog which is all about advertising our greatness to customers with no personal element behind it. The most successful blogs tend to be the most opinionated ones.
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Hey natz2d2 - awesome point about having various parts of the library system having alternate posts. One library, one voice :) I also like the idea that a library blog can't just be about 'our greatness' - it definitely needs to have a unique or distinct style/sound. You realise, of course, that because you work for digital services I'm going to be paying close attention to your ideas LOL
Kia ora natz2d2, The tweets taking off that could be because we can send them off on our mobs and in seconds without the fuss of logging on to the pc and because they are so short it wouldn't take so long to write? It could also be because we are jamming heaps into our lives? I like the 'captain's log book type thing' as well. Who gets to write in it though, the captain, the most opinionated, or the dishwasher/pot scrubber? :)
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