Student is looking for...

1. "information"

2. "something updated"

3. Global

4. Technologies for communities of practice

5. Www is mostly borderless.

6. Digest & filter with stars, pockets, snippets, notes

7. Apps - Twitter, aggregator, alerts - offline-friendly

8. Experts

9. "in this world"

10. Research agenda

11. Find and follow eg Twitter, blog, group - or old style email list.

12. Join in judiciously to get noticed