It was my first time joining a Web 2.0 Expo. Different from the software expo I joined a couple of years ago, I can understand and get inspired more in this Expo.
I like the theme of this year's Expo:"Power of less". I walked around in the expo hall and only spot several booths like those from Microsoft, Adobe, eBay, SocialText...Majority of them I have never heard about and they're marketing theriWith the booming of soft wares and applications, sometimes, I'm just overwhelmed and tired of keeping up pace with the current emergence and change. They grow faster than I can know them.
I heard great minds speaking in the keynotes talk. I was impressed by the question of "Gulf between Twitterers and Emailers"-"Those who just learned how to use the email to send and receive messages will probably find it hard to communicate with the younger generation who have adopted Twitter as the primary messaging method". This is just one of the dozens of examples that show the gap between web users.
I ask my friend to take a picture of me and the Web 2.0 Expo. Maybe next time, I'll see myself on an Web 3.0 Expo. Who knows?
Your title of "Power of Less" intrigued me. I like the idea of "Less" when it comes to technology use in the classroom. In the very beginning, I wanted to include everything that I found useful in my curriculum, and it was not only difficult but clumsy and unfocused. Then I switched to use only one or two technology tools every semester and find out whether they are useful and effective. I will keep the good one and continue to refine my use of it. Less is more!
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