To add to the list of forums, rss feeds, blogs and wikis I've contributed to and read, I've now got a Facebook profile. The idea is you join a regional or interest-related network and put in some personal information so that others with the same interests can find you. You can also join interest groups - there's already a few University of Derby ones, mostly coming from students. Again, it's another collaborative and social use of the world wide web fitting into the "Web 2.0" remit (if you believe in the "2.0" concept that is...).
Microsoft have now jumped on the Facebook bandwagon and created Windows Live Spaces. Initial impressions are that it is pretty much copying the style of Facebook, but with blogging built-in and linking to Windows Live Messenger accounts. Looks interesting, but Facebook is winning the popularity contest at the moment, and it's only a matter of time before Google produce something similar.
Recently I've been spending more and more time in Second Life (as Gypsum Kidd - no laughing !). I've even designed myself a t-shirt to wear using a template on Robin Wood's excellent SL tutorial site (it's easier than you'd think !) and have finally found somewhere that plays music I actually want to listen to (Taff's Bar) ! What with that and creating a Second Life group (cost is 100 Linden dollars), I've hardly had time to do anything else when I get home !
I'll be having a meeting next week with various members of the R&I Group to discuss the potential changes to the student email system. The idea is to host it externally using either Google's Apps for Education, or Microsoft's Windows Live @ Edu solutions (as discussed in an earlier blog post). It'll be interesting to get some feedback from other members of LIS about this proposal, in particular concerns about the security of student data.
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