(from Geek and Poke)
Keeping up-to-date doesn't have to require a huge investment of time.
- Take 15 minutes a day to play!
- Check your choice of any of tools listed below and explore new tools.
- Most, if not all, of the tools below can be fed into your RSS aggregator, so you don't even need to leave the comfort of your own feed reader.
- In today's fast-changing environment, online tools do a better job of keeping you up-to-date than traditional print resources...
Tools to help you keep up
Go2Web20
"The complete Web 2.0 directory." See an icon you don't recognize? Click on it and give it a try!
LifeHacker
"Tips and downloads for getting things done." Includes non-techie things, too. High volume of postings each day.
eHub
Emily Chang's blog about emerging technologies, web 2.0 apps, and cool tools. Lower volume than LifeHacker.
Librarian Blogs
The following blogs are written by librarians across the country. They often discuss web 2.0 and emerging technologies and how they are used in libraries, but include other library issues as well. Try some out and see which you like.
Great way to learn about how technology is used in the Web 2.0 world.
More
Chapter 15 of Meredith Farkas' book, Social Software in Libraries, is entitled "Keeping Up: A Primer." Get the book and take a look!
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