Session on cmf2007 conference. The session had practical assignments which can be used if you are planning to make a short crash course in a few central social software technologies.
8. They develop open source software; train together;
show pictures and video to each other; share
bookmarks; filter the good from the bad; create the
largest encyclopedia in history; contribute to travel
and city guides; recommend books and music; find
partners and one-night-stands; meet in virtual
worlds; display their stamp collections; have
conversations; write books collectively; help each
other finding the good bargains; search for
intelligent life in universe; points out the most
interesting stories to others; produce news stories;
meet in the wine club; design t-shirts; play games;
watch television together; find new jobs or recruit
others; stays in touch with family and friends; finds
long lost friends; raise support for political campaigns
17. Flightcheck!
• Your laptop. You did bring one, right?
• WiFi enabled and connected
• Access to a mail account to register at services
• A web browser
18. WordPress
(is currently the most used blogging tool...)
1. Go to www.wordpress.com
2. Register for a blog — log in
3. Switch to a suitable template
4. Create your first posting
5. Link to at least two other participants'
blogs on your blogroll
6. Comment on at least two others' blogs
19. Wetpaint
(is a free and hosted wiki service...)
1. Create a wiki at www.wetpaint.com
2. Create at least three pages in the wiki
3. Invite at least two other participants to
your wiki
4. Let them change stuff on your wiki
5. Change stuff on at least two others' wikis
20. del.icio.us
(is a social bookmarking tool — and how some of us learned to spell del-icio-us)
1. Create an account at del.icio.us
2. Add bookmarklets to your browser
3. Search for bookmarks on the service
4. Add links to your blog, other's blogs and
other interesting stuff
5. Remember to tag and describe links
21. Bloglines
(is a classic — but still great — online feedreader...)
1. Create an account at www.bloglines.com
2. Add the feeds of your blog, wiki and
del.icio.us
3. Add feeds of other participants stuff
4. Add feeds of other interesting stuff