THING 2

I was fortunate today in that I was given time to continue working on THE THINGS, and Angela Harris arrived to provide training on MySpace to the librarians . While honing in on that serendipity, I made comments as to the vocabulary evolving along with their electronic implications. "Skin?" said I. "Embed? Tag? Widget? Is tube derived from boob tube?" Angela agreed that perhaps a glossary is necessary. These terminologies seem familiar, but they've acquired a whole new reference. Following this episode, I then proceeded to Thing 2 and am intrigued most by the similarity between what L2 (another new term) represents and the ramifications of the recent political shift. Interactiveness, community needs, transparency, trust,
the many contributions of everyman, connectedness, these are some directives inherent in L2 that reflect some of the policies engendered by the new administration, and both the technologies and the politics are hailed as historical change.