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One of the advantages of Web 2.0 is that people who come to your web site can write messages, too. This web site is set up to accept comments, just like the rest of the web sites made on project.dyc.

You can continually develop and maintain a great web site with these Web 2.0 tools. Here are some simple guidelines:

• Write often. Don’t write just for the sake of writing, though. Make your updates meaningful.
• Write back. When someone leaves a comment, respond. You may be surprised by what you can learn through a discussion with your peers.
• Read often. You can learn a lot from other writers. (Even other web sites!)
• Link back. Show us web sites you’ve found that are related to your area of expertise.

Using a feature called RSS feeds, we can write blog entries that are syndicated for others to read. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it really is simple.

The URL to subscribe to this blog’s RSS feed is feed://helpdesk.project.dyc.edu/feed/. If your web browser supports RSS feeds, you can bookmark that link, and whenever this blog is updated, you’ll know, because your bookmark will indicate there’s a new entry.

Here’s a short description from wikipedia: Read the rest of this entry »

I found this neat article about blogs on C|Net today. I added my own personal blogs to the timeline just for fun.

I’ve never started a meme before, but I would like to try one. Copy/paste the list below and add your own blogging experience to the timeline.

Read the full article: Blogs: The evolution

Sometime in 1971
Les Earnest, currently a senior research scientist emeritus at Stanford University, creates the finger protocol.

December 1977
The finger protocol becomes an official standard.

January 1994
Swarthmore student Justin Hall begins compiling lists of links at his site, links.net, and continues adding to the site for 11 years.

January 1995
Early online diarist Carolyn Burke publishes her first entry for Carolyn’s Diary.

April 1997
Dave Winer launches Scripting News, which he calls the longest-running Web log currently on the Internet.

September 1997
Slashdot begins publishing “News for Nerds.” Read the rest of this entry »

Why does D’Youville have blog software?

Today’s students are learning more technology than yesterday’s students, and most people, whatever their field may be, will be using higher technology in their jobs than their predecessors ever did. Today’s web sites even function at a higher level than yesterday’s web sites, so the term Web 2.0 was coined.

What is Web 2.0? Read the rest of this entry »