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April 15, 2010

Blogger Tour

Blogger is a free service to start your own blog. They host it for you and provide a simple interface so you can get started fast. It is owned by Google.

We will talk more about Blogger later, but in the mean time consider taking a few minutes to explore their Blogger: Tour. It highlights what is a blog, why people blog, and examples of how Blogger works.

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April 01, 2010

Snapshot of Web 2.0 Knowledge in Mid-2008

ZDNet on July 11, 2008 had an interesting article reporting some finding of a report by Forrester Research that looked at development of web 2.0 implementation in organizations.

The report showed marketing and other business units pushed for web 2.0 deployments. IT departments jumped in to the game later. The report also showed a lack of knowledge by many of what web 2.0 and the tools are.

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Sources:

IT departments become Web 2.0 gatekeepers; 41% of execs stumped about mashups | ZDNet. (n.d.). . Retrieved May 10, 2010, from http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/it-departments-become-web-20-gatekeepers-41-of-execs-stumped-about-mashups/9297

IT Departments Play Key Role In The Acquisition And Deployment Of Web 2.0 Technologies - Forrester Research. (n.d.). . Retrieved May 10, 2010, from http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/it_departments_play_key_role_in_acquisition/q/id/46380/t/2

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