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Groundwater Groundwater & web 2.0& web 2.0
Cheryl van KempenJan. 2009
Anything
2.0
Something’s a buzz on the internet…
Generation 2.0
Science 2.0Business 2.0
Consumer 2.0
Web 2.0
Marketing 2.0
What’s 2.0 ?
1.0
ReadParticipate
&Create
2.0
Do you 2.0 ?
What are the benefits ?
So,
how 2.0
is Groundwater ?
1.0 Services
• IGRAC’s MIM 2,400 experts
• IHP’s people registry 4,000 experts
2.0 Services• Yahoo Groups 10,000 memberships
in ~15 groups on water & GW
• Facebook 160 inactive members
• MySpace 80 inactive members
• LinkedIN 300 members
Yahoo Group Activity
group name #memb topic 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
waterwatch 2770 1325 1471 1225 1340 1578 1104waterforum 5018 504 316 465 573 931 1073 1955 2416 5307groundwaterflow 21 modelling 341 530 169 25 8 1 2 2 2
hydrologymodel 827 86 89 84 146 188 30
archydro 260 GIS 69CGWB 33 groundwater
modeling, GIS, RS, etc.
50 4 10
watercom 652 www.watercom.ca 25 27 60 48 44 66 74 123 200Groundwater_engineers
31 25 52 6 18 5 2 1
groundwater_to_the_gulf
30 educators groundwater across Texas & the Gulf of Mexico
24
groundwater 41 amateurs 22 55 13 2 5 1remediation 106 18 17 18 37 35 20 31 48 49 46gms-users 145 Groundwater
Modeling System17 19 7 10 4
prigsth2009 12 Symposium on GW Res. Man. Quant+Qual
16
waterweb 291 Integr. water res. Man. in the Americas.
11 44 58
# posts# members
Yahoo Group Activity
Figures seem to dwindle
Figures seem to dwindle
But some activity remains
But some activity remains
Trends in networks
• Facebook and Myspace don’t work, because people use this for leisure, not for profy stuff. They don’t know what to do with it.
• LinkedIn works, because people come there specially for professional business.
• Yahoo groups work, because they are highly specialized. They appeal to the long tail…
The Long Tail
• Products appealing to a niche• Not incredibly popular• Best marketed by word of
mouth• So folksonomies, polls, social
networks…
Blogs• Find
• Blogsearch.google.com• technorati.com
• Aggregators• Scintilla.nature.com• Blogs.nature.com
• Collections• Scienceblogs.com• Network.nature.com/blogs
Listed by others as Scientifically useful
But there’s not much for
Groundwater
Listed by others as Scientifically useful
But there’s not much for
Groundwater
RSS
There is enough on Water, but not much on
Groundwater
There is enough on Water, but not much on
Groundwater
The Groundwaterinstitutes and research centres are not yet RSS enabled
The Groundwaterinstitutes and research centres are not yet RSS enabled
Conclusion:
Groundwater
has some catching up to do…
Groundwater 2.0
offers opportunities
• For parties that want to offer 2.0 services
• Join existing networks• Or start new ones
For Example
• Initiated in 2004
• active networks: > 400• Registered: > 200,000
• active members• Smallest: ~ 20 • Largest: ~ 50,000
Like Facebook, MySpace, Hyves …
Like Facebook, MySpace, Hyves …
Networks for who?
ASPCA
Highschools
Alumni
TownsBachelors
Parents
Fans
Inspirational
Self-Help
Animal lovers
Cities
Islands
Countries
Artists
Democracy Fighters
Minorities
Support
Professions
Greens
Hobby
So, why notadd one for
Groundwater
???
Why take part?
Share tricks of the tradeExchange tips
Discover new things
Meet people
Find support
Interact
Build careers
Brag
Appreciate other’s work
Inspire Share insights
Connect with event attendees
Educate
Keep in touch
Raise awareness
Enlarge your World
Enlarge your World
Change the waywe Interact
Change the waywe Interact
Change the waywe do Science
Change the waywe do Science
What is it like?
engineeringexchange.ning.com
www.artreview.com
So, what couldone for
Groundwater
look like ???
groundwater.ning.comNow online:
How does it work?
• People become members • They can organize themselves in groups
• Each member & group• Profile/ personal page• Blog• Forum• Events calendar• Photo and video• RSS
How does it look?
• members • groups
What do they get?
• Profile/ personal page• Blog• Forum• Events calendar• Photo and video• RSS
What does it offer?
• For Groundwater Specialists• advertise your work• promote yourself• Stay up to date• Keep in touch • Meet colleagues• Collaborate• Find opportunities
It is fun, easy & not time consuming!
Groundwater.Ning.com
for the
GeoHydrologist 2.0