Web 2.0 Tools to Make Life Easier Surviving Web Overload
Are you drowning in information and wasting too much time trying to keep up? This workshop introduces a range of tools to help make the web work for you. From online post-it notes and to-do lists to personalising your own Google home page, the web is awash with tools and gadgets to help you streamline your working and home life.
Topics:
- Personalised sites and search tools, including sites for sharing information
- Tools to keep up to date, including RSS, podcasting, alerting services and page trackers
- Customising web browsers, including Firefox and Firefox extensions
- Desktop search tools
- Personal life management tools, such as calendars and scheduling tools
Who is it for?
This workshop is aimed at anyone who wishes to find out more about the tools the web offers to help manage information overload and make life easier.
No previous knowledge of the topics covered is required, but participants should be familiar with using the web.
By the end of the workshop participants will have:
- Personalised a range of sites to meet their own needs
- Used RSS feeds and widgets
- Set up alerting services
- Explored a range of web tools for various everyday tasks
