Social networking: Bebo, Facebook or MySpace

Re above and libraries: I don't like the idea of a library (or any other orgaization for that mater) having to have two websites - their official one and other - too much information/confusion. Let's keep things simple.

Answer boards; Second Life and avatars

OK, now I'm starting to fall off my seat. Answer boards, appear to me, as a very old fashioned i.e. passive way of disseminating information. Information seekers should be encouraged to use Google and other such search engines to find what they are looking for.
RE Second Life/ avatars: the ‘Tour of Info Island’ YouTube clip: this is very tedious – I’d be very surprised if any kid would sit through it. Over and out.

Online productivity software: Google Docs

Google Docs - this FREE software has virtually all the features of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint and is accessible on any computer with internet. Why doesn't organisations like AUT use it instead of Microsoft? Or is it that you need MS Office to send attachments?

Podcasts and vodcasts

These are great services. I've being able to catch up with various items on Radio New Zealand's podcast site that I've missed previously, live.

Social bookmarking and social searching

Sorry, but I'm starting to get a bit jaded/cynical about these Social bookmarking websites such as Library Thing (a glorified Amazon) and Delicious (Google is far more current and flexible) – a lot of information repetition. Comments, please!

Video sharing

Video sharing sites, like YouTube, are fantastic - informative/instructional, entertaining and very accessible. YT has material on it that I had seen many years ago as a kid, but never thought I’d se again, such as a young Eric Clapton showing off his guitar skills. Cool stuff.

Wikis

There's no doubt that Wikis are very useful (Wikipedia, WikiTravel and Uncyclodia being the good examples) and easy to setup (Wetpaint), but, at a lower level, it appears that many are not being used e.g. AUT Library Wiki - is the I&E Team the only dept using it? Comments, please...