Thing 2. Web 2.0

There's so much Web and Library 2.0 out there now--it's almost becoming an infoglut. And, what was bound to happen has occurred: I've come across a definition of W3.0 now. (There's link on Techmeme, if you're interested.) So much to check out--blogs and wikis and YouTube vids and Facebook pages and Libraryswim and podcasts and gaming and RSS feeds and yadayada--and so little time. Not that all the infoglut isn't more than a little bit fascinating, which equals frustration, which makes the overload harder to deal with. But with all that yada comes some good things, Michael Stephens for one. The dude doesn't seem to have much time to post on his blog, Tame the Web, 'cause he's super-busy with teaching, writing and doing his traveling workshop, but he's a gem (and TTW is still one of the best blogs on W2.0 out there). He overviewed, elequently and comprehensively, the whole shootin' match of 2.0 in Library Technology Reports ("Best Practices in Social Software")--pretty amazing any one person could do that. And, talking to him after one of his training session, he's a pretty nice guy, too--who makes the infoglut a little easier to deal with . Thanks, Michael.