Web 2.0 archivists save Geocities from deletion

How many of you remember Geocities? It was an amazing space; I think of it as the Wild West of the Internet. Web pages contained not only text and images but animated gifs, blinking logos, horizontal rules to separate sections, colored text (the more colors the better), and counters that meant little since they counted every time even the developer visited the page. And who can forget that "under construction" clipart! It's good to know that just as we try to preserve a little of the real Wild West (the Alamo and Tombstone come to mind), Web 2.0 archivists are committed to preserving what they describe as those "hideous webpages" one at a time. Read more about this noble endeavor undertaken by Jason Scott and his archive team at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/28/geocities_preservation/.

Researchers Recommend DOD strategy for Web 2.0

The Department of Defense must prepare to build or buy social media tools and educate its workforce to use them, according to a report conducted by researchers at the DOD-funded National Defense University (NDU). The report examined how the U.S. government, its allies, and potential enemies use social media tools including blogs, micro-blogs and social networking Web sites. Read more at http://www.fcw.com/Articles/2009/04/15/Web-DOD-Web-2.0.aspx.