Monday, February 19, 2007

Thing #20: Explore a Few Award-Winning Web 2.0 sites


As we begin to wrap up our exploration of emerging web tools & how they relate to information-seeking, we'd like you to take a look at some of the most innovative sites on the web (2.0, of course).

For this thing, you'll visit SEOmoz.org's 2006 Web 2.o Awards. Browse through the categories and find 2 sites. One should be related to information seeking or organizing, but the second is up to you (pick something fun like shopping, games, etc.)

Here are a few award-winners that I especially like.

knowmore.org: Learn about corporations' labor practices and ethics (or lack thereof) on this wiki
Stumbleupon.com: Randomly connects you with websites based on your personal interests
Rollyo.com: Create your own search engines of web sites; easily add new sites from your browser
Bloglines.com: Multi-functional RSS manager where you can blog, search for and manage feeds
Arcaplay.com: Free, online game central w/classic, puzzle, sports, action and other games

For each of your choices:
  • Describe the purpose of the site
  • Describe a few interesting features
  • How you would use this site to track or manage information in life
Due by Monday, 2/26 @ 9PM

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