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Web 2.0- Made Out of People
Mindmap summing up the memes of web2.0 with example sites and services attached. It was created by Markus Angermeier on November 11, 2005.
Web 2.0.
A term I have come to really love. A term that signals change. A term we hear often these days.
But, what exactly is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is a place where people realize that network effects should come from communities and user contributions- keyword being “participation”. It is oriented toward interaction and social networks rather than a traditional website. Thus, due to participation and interaction, an essential part of Web 2.0 is connecting intelligence, turning the web into a kind of giant global brain.
To put it more solidly, let me give you examples; , Britannica Online is Web 1.0 while Wikipedia is Web 2.0, Ofoto is Web 1.0 while Flickr is Web 2.0, personal websites are Web 1.0 while blogs are Web 2.0.
Blogging, podcasting, and dynamic photosharing are a huge part of Web 2.0. The syndication and messaging capabilities of the new web have created a tightly-woven social fabric among individuals. Sites like del.icio.us and Flickr have established a concept that some people call “folksonomy” (in contrast to taxonomy), a style of collaborative categorization of sites using freely chosen keywords, referred to as tags. Simply, the democratization of the web!
One of the things that has made a difference is a technology called RSS, which allows someone to subscribe to a page, with notification every time that page changes, sort of like a “live web”. This technology is now being used to push notices of new blog entries, stock quotes, weather data, news briefs, etc.
The technology infrastructure of Web 2.0 is also different from that of Web 1.0. For example, a new dynamic technology called AJAX which increases richness and responsiveness of web applications is a key component of Web 2.0 applications such as Flickr, 37signals, and Gmail. Other such dynamic technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Perl, Python, and PHP are also finding their place in Web 2.0.
All in all, the Web 2.0 is a social phenomenon where a change in approach in creating and distributing Web content- say hello to open communication, decentralization of authority, and freedom to share and re-use.
One of the parts that I find most fascinating part about Web 2.0 though is the fact that it is right at this moment: a widespread awakening to the fact that the game has changed.
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January 8th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Web 2.0 buzzword
A lot of miss understanding around what web 2.0 means, Web 2.0 as I understand it is not a technology like AJAX or Ruby on Rails, web 2.0 is a new platform new way of thinking of the web from…
January 18th, 2006 at 2:03 am
Take a look at this article on A List Apart concerning the Web 2.0 phenomenon, and the caveats on naming this beast.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
nice and insightful post.