Collected for “Online Communities” — an ITS/TLC talk by Jason Brown & Meg Worley
BLOGS
Short for “web log,” blogs are easily updated, chronologically organized websites
blogging systems – hosted
Blogger: link
WordPress (hosted): link
TypePad: link
blogging systems – self installed
WordPress : link
MovableType: link
Expression Engine: link
other blogging tools
Blogrolling: link
StatCounter: link
FeedBurner: link
WIKIS
Websitess that (in their “pure” form) allow anyone to add and edit content
wiki software
MediaWiki link
Confluence link
TiddlyWiki link
RSS FEED AGGREGATORS
Tools which collect the “feeds” of websites, allowing you to read all their contents in one place
AKA: News Readers
web-based news readers
Bloglines: link
Google Reader link
News Is Free link
local news reader software
NetNewsWire link
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
Publicly shared collections of bookmarks, which are often indexed by means of “tagging”
AKA: Collaborative Filtering
social bookmarking services
Del.icio.us: link
Connotea: link
Furl: link
Backflip: link
Simpy: link
TAGGING
Allowing anyone to apply their own keywords to any piece of content
AKA: Folksonomy
tools that use tagging
Flickr: link
Technorati: link
43Things: link
THE CULTURAL COMMONS
The idea that culture has always been collaborative, and contemporary copyright has become a detriment
See also: Open Source
cultural commons resources
Creative Commons: link
CopyLeft: link
Electronic Frontier Foundation: link
